Re: EU to end roaming charges ?

https://www.icasa.org.za/AboutUs/CouncilandCEO/tabid/59/Default.aspx

Not a very inspiring read :/

I'm curious what "He obtained his PhD in Adult Education" means though,
sounds like fun :)

On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 12:31 PM, William Stucke <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi Nishal,
>
> Yes, that's right. They were planning to do it by 2013, IIRC, but the
> Mobile Operators successfully stalled the process.
>
> As you may know, I led something that rejoiced in the name of SHAR RATT -
> SADC Home and Away Roaming - Regional Alliance Task Team - which made
> significant progress towards implementing a glide path to bring roaming
> rates down to no more than a few % more than local rates.
>
> Unfortunately, in his infinite wisdom, Stevie Wonder defied the entire
> ICASA Council and flatly refused to sign the authorisation for me to attend
> the final meeting in November last year, when it was supposed to be all
> wrapped up. Needless to say, it didn't happen, and two years of very hard
> work were wasted.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> William Stucke
> 079-501-0850
> [email protected]
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Nishal Goburdhan
> Sent: 02 July 2015 11:44 AM
> To: IOZ
> Subject: [IOZ] EU to end roaming charges ?
>
>
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/01/business/international/eu-roaming-charges-net-neutrality.html?_r=0
>
> [..]
>
> Beginning on April 30, 2016, telecom operators will not be able to charge
> more than 5 euro cents, or 5.5 cents, a minute to people with European
> mobile service who make calls while in other European Union countries.
> There will also be a maximum charge of 2 euro cents to send text messages
> and 5 euro cents for every megabyte of data downloaded.
>
> by way of comparison, looking at my SMS history for the previous month, i
> see roaming rates for my carrier as (in ZAR per MB):
> EG: 17.50
> TN: 128.50
> MZ: 5.00
> NA: 17.50
>
> —n.
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