caa a22 4500 388102829 CHVBK 20180307125327.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130s1999 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0021855300011359 doi S0021855300011359 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0021855300011359 Zlotnick Myron Telecommunications monopoly in South Africa—some human rights aspects and options for future regulation [Elektronische Daten] [Myron Zlotnick] In the Internet ruling the Authority did not come to the assistance of the monopoly. It is submitted that the vested interests of the ISPs outweighed any protection that Telkom could claim and it suited the Authority then to have reference to constitutional rights and universal sendee policies to justify its ruling. The Authority's perception of the market-place may have influenced the decision. In the call back ruling, however, the Authority came to the assistance of the monopoly. This ruling was based in part on a desire to protect Telkom's revenue. But it seems because the call back operators were not afforded an opportunity to present a case to protect their interests, the Authority assumed Telkom's interests to be more important. This notwithstanding, in both rulings the Authority opted for a value-laden rather than a technologically informed decision. While this may be commendable in terms of achieving the overall goals of the sector, it does lead to inconsistency. As I have alluded to above, this can perhaps be overcome if the Authority develops a coherent policy framework for decision making, i.e. the White Paper and the Telecommunications Act afford the Authority a number of policy beacons by which they may be guided and it is inappropriate to follow one (the Telkom monopoly) at the expense of others. Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies 1999 Journal of African Law Cambridge University Press 43/2(1999), 214-233 0021-8553 43:2<214 1999 43 JAL https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021855300011359 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021855300011359 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Zlotnick Myron NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of African Law Cambridge University Press 43/2(1999), 214-233 0021-8553 43:2<214 1999 43 JAL CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge