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“Net Neutrality”: In the crossfire of politics, social values and disruptive technologies
“Net neutrality” has become a sound bite that conceals the diversity and complexity of the issues that it raises and the choices that it involves.
Reductions in Mobile Interconnection Rates in South Africa - When and How, Not Whether
Mobile interconnection rates in South Africa and consequently the prices of mobile telephone calls are unquestionably very high by international norms and practices, and well above the costs that cellular operators incur in terminating calls to their customers . The question is what the likely consequences of substantial reductions in MTRs might be and whether the net results would be beneficial or harmful. Typical arguments from cellular operators that oppose significant changes in MTRs include in particular: