SA’s phone charges of the highest

An international survey has found that South Africa's telephone charges are among the highest in the world. The survey by NUS Consulting compared call costs between 14 countries, including Australia, the UK, the US, Germany and South Africa. NUS Consultant Stephen Dolk says the country’s tariffs for national long-distance calls and cellphones are still the highest of the major world economies with which the country does business. But monopoly landline operator Telkom’s Pinky Moholi says NUS has surveyed South Africa along with 13 more developed countries. According to her a survey by Tarifica shows that Telkom's call charges are internationally competitive, as its information is based on 26 countries - including emerging market nations such as Argentina, Poland, Mexico and Hungary.