Icasa retracts collusion claim against mobile operators

Icasa retracts collusion claim against mobile operators

Communications regulator Icasa has retracted a suggestion by one of its councillors that South Africa’s mobile operators may be colluding over new data expiry rules, an embarrassing climbdown for the authority three days after the claim was aired in parliament. In a statement late on Friday, Icasa said it had received “numerous requests for clarification”…

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MultiChoice, Altech face prosecution over alleged pay-TV collusion

MultiChoice, Altech face prosecution over alleged pay-TV collusion

The Altech Node set-top box was discontinued in 2015 The Competition Commission has referred MultiChoice South Africa and Durban-based decoder manufacturer Altech UEC to the Competition Tribunal for prosecution, alleging the two companies entered into a market-division agreement in February 2014 under which Altech would not compete with MultiChoice in the pay-TV market. The referral…

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