On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Humphrey Ngoiya <hngoiya@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

"I still think the fees should remain the same at USD 25 million. That's what Safaricom paid, and with inflation the money is even worth less."

some time back the nokia 3310 cost around 15K, by your reasoning it should now cost 20K after factoring in inflation.
Personally, I belive license fees should be tied to market trends and not history.

The 3310 depreciates over time, a 3G license appreciates because, based on my understanding of how these things work, more Kenyans are getting connected and thus the holder of the license will most likely make more money this year than last year, until such a point that any Kenyan that can be connected is connected, at which point the revenue generated by the business activities allowed by the 3G license will stabilize.

Personally, I believe they should all pay the 25m.

On other matters, it would be interesting to know how this money is spent by CCK and/or the GoK.