Telkom, South Africa’s partially privatised fixed-line telephone company, will announce its proposed tariffs for next year on Monday, says Telkom CEO Sizwe Nxasana.
“With inflation being where it is, we can expect Telkom’s tariffs to be even much lower [sic] as we prepare to file for tariffs that will be implemented from January next year.”
Addressing the National Assembly communications portfolio committee on Tuesday, Nxasana said the proposed tariffs — to take effect from January 1 — will be lodged with the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa on that day and made public shortly thereafter.
Nxasana said the issue of Telkom tariffs “is always a very topical one, especially in the light of profits that Telkom is generating”.
However, he said it is important to realise that Telkom has been “rebalancing its tariffs” and it is aware that it needs to be competitive in the market place.
He noted that Tarifica — which monitors international communication-company prices for local calls — has found that South Africa is well below the average price for off-peak, three-minute local calls. — I-Net Bridge