The Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) is due to release the draft call termination regulations for public comment on Friday.
ICASA says the text will outline the authority's position on both revised termination rates, and potential levels of asymmetry being made available to smaller players - a move Cell C has long been pushing for.
Mobile termination rates (MTRs) - or interconnect fees - are the fees operators pay each other to terminate calls on their networks.
This upcoming publication follows a review of the 2010 call termination regulations and forms part of ICASA's Cost to Communicate programme, launched in June with the ultimate goal of reducing the high cost of communication in SA.
"The authority recognises the importance of providing surety to all stakeholders on the future of termination rates in SA," says ICASA.
The telecoms watchdog previously issued its views that the cost of termination on a mobile network "may be as low as 15c".
MTRs are currently 40c (peak and off-peak) - the amount they dropped to as of 1 March this year as part of ICASA's termination rate glide path. The current rate is down 30% from the previous rate of 56c and 68% down from a high of R1.25 three years ago, when ICASA instituted the sliding scale, which has seen MTRs dropping by 16c annually.
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