Network operators ask for diesel rebate and relaxed competition rules over load-shedding

GUEST – Nomvuyiso Batyi - CEO of the Association of Comms and. Technology(ACT)<br /> <br /> South Africa’s mobile network operators have asked government for a diesel rebate and permission to collaborate on sharing power sources and security at their towers.<br /> <br /> Through their industry association, the Association of Comms and Technology (ACT), the operators expressed their “deep concern” about the worsening status of load-shedding.<br /> <br /> ACT members include Vodacom, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, MTN, Rain, and Telkom.<br /> <br /> “Heightened and sustained levels of load-shedding in recent times have already resulted in a record quantum of energy shed by South Africa’s power utility Eskom in a calendar year — and we’re yet to reach halfway through 2023,” they said. <a href="http://www.kayafm.co.za/">Kaya FM </a>