Important information for people who use Truecaller in South Africa
Truecaller won’t block or identify spam calls for South African users unless it is their default caller ID app.
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Cellular | Microsoft Teams | MTN | spam calls | Vodacom | voice calls
WhatsApp and spam calls cost Vodacom and MTN billions
Vodacom and MTN said their South African customers have grown reluctant to answer calls. However, data-driven calling has a greater impact on call volumes.
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Fight against spam calls in South Africa
Vodacom has deployed network-level interventions to block spam calls.
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Ahmore Burger Smidt | Department of Trade Industry and Competition (DTIC) | direct marketing | Parks Tau | RSG Geldsake | spam calls
Nuwe regulasies om lastige bemarkingsoproepe hok te slaan
Ahmore Burger-Smidt, hoof van regulatoriese sake en direkteur vir mededinging by Werksmans Prokureurs, verduidelik wat die nuwe regulasies vir direkte bemarkers behels.
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Consumer Protection Act | Department of Trade Industry and Competition | South Africa | spam calls | Telecommunications | Werksmans Attorneys
Say goodbye to spam calls as you know them in South Africa
The Minister of Trade, Industry & Competition, Parks Tau, has gazetted major changes to the Consumer Protection Act targeting spam calls.
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Cellular | Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) | Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) | spam calls | telemarketing | traditional calls
Voice calls under threat in South Africa
The popularity of data-based calling services like WhatsApp, combined with spam calls forcing many residents to be very selective about which calls they answer, is killing traditional voice calling in South Africa.
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Cliffe Dekker Hofmyer | Mobile | Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) | spam calls | Vodacom | WhatsApp
Spam calls are killing mobile voice calling in South Africa
Spam calls have become such a problem in South Africa that people are stopping answering calls, using platforms like WhatsApp instead.