The South African Competition Commission (SACC) has confirmed it is again investigating the country’s mobile operators for collusion, although the SACC had cleared them of the accusation only a month ago. The SACC has subpoenaed documents from the companies.
At a hearing last month held by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee, Competition Commission Commissioner Shaun Ramburuth said there was no evidence of collusion between the operators, referring to interconnection fees which are a regulated issue, but last week retracted this and said that investigations were now being carried out.
Commissioner Shaun Ramburuth would not say how many people had been subpoenaed, saying only that the “process of interviewing them is under way”. Read the rest of this entry »
