MTN, Telkom interconnect dispute to be heard by the regulator, ICASA (South Africa)

The telecoms regulator, Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) will hear an interconnection agreement dispute between Telkom SA and MTN today.

According to Paseka Maleka, the spokesman for the Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA), apparently there’s a party that doesn’t want to ink the agreement. The authority also wants to get transparency.

According to ICASA, it had received notification on June 23 from Telkom of a dispute with MTN after they failed to agree on the terms and conditions of interconnection.

The matter was referred to ICASA’s complaints and compliance committee (CCC) for hearing and adjudication