By March next year, millions of South African consumers will be able to keep their data and roll it over to the following month without losing it.
This is confirmed by major mobile networks who have finally complied with the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa)’s End User Services and Subscriber Charter Regulations (EUSSC), which Icasa already wanted implemented by June. Icasa called for consumers to be able to keep their data for a longer period after South Africans complained about high costs.
Most of those who are losing data monthly are on contracts with their networks, while prepaid customers can keep their data for a longer period, but it costs them more...