The Impact of the Call Termination Rate Reduction on Consumer Surplus in South Africa

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This thematic report presents some initial data on mobile call termination rates, and the welfare improvement due to call termination rate regulatory interventions, in South Africa for the period 2010 to 2015.

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15-12-2016

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No. 17 (2016)

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Thematic Reports

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Hawthorne, R. (2016) “The Impact of the Call Termination Rate Reduction on Consumer Surplus in South Africa”, The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC) [Preprint], (17). doi:10.23962/10539/21622.
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