Battle over expiring unused mobile data heading to court
South Africa’s battle over expensive mobile data is heading to court, with Vodacom and MTN challenging ICASA’s tightened regulations aimed at protecting consumers from losing unused data and unexpected out-of-bundle charges.
And I’m disgusted with Vodacom and MTN for opposing them, I really am,” says DA MP Kathrine Alexandra Christie “We welcome stronger consumer protection measures that aims at preventing consumers from losing the value of unused data and being exposed to unexpected out of data charges,” says EFF MP Muzi Khoza.
For millions of South Africans, particularly those in low-income households, unemployed young people, students and small businesses, mobile data is not a luxury,” says MKP MP Sithembile Nkosi.
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