South Africa’s current mobile interconnect rate is 125c per minute, to be reduced to 89c from 1 March 2010. In 1994, it was 20c, worth about 50c in today’s terms. (mybroadband.co.za, StatsSA)
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The same report shows that African countries with termination rates under 50c include the Seychelles, Mauritius, Malawi and Ghana. At least a further eight African countries have termination rates below 89c. There’s still along way Vodacom and the likes must go.
A report commissioned by the Department of Communication in June 2009 (International Peer Benchmarking Study on South Africa’s ICT Sector), revealed that in 2007, South Africa’s mobile termination rates were very similar to Chile’s and Brazil’s, about five times South Korea’s and Malaysia’s, and about 13 times India’s (all using PPP).
A long way to go indeed.