On 14/04/2009, Phares Kariuki <
pkariuki@gmail.com> wrote:
> This mess ends the day CCK allows for number porting...
>
> On 4/14/09, ndungu stephen <
ndungustephen@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> @ndungu you are partially right but zain(when kencell) made a tactical
>>> blunder by insisting on per minute billing and gave safaricom a head
>>> start
>>> and.. marketing!!! celtel/zain (zain kidogo improved) below average and
>>> safaricom are on top on that with extra services like 3g, bonga point,
>>> mpesa
>>> et c but if u ask me zain has a better deal for voice most of us are just
>>> locked up in safaricom coz of the convinience of peopl i call oftenly are
>>> in
>>> safcom (look at your phone book) how many guyz are in zain.
>>
>>
>> I must admit i have very few guys in my phonebook in other networks,
>> though
>> i have tried to encourage 'cheaper calling rates' with no success,,, i am
>> not againist safcom, they have offered a lot of good service that is
>> keeping
>> the subscribers. The marketing department is also super.
>> I remember them telling us that when they first came up with the mpesa
>> idea [i.e the kiosks idea] only one guy showed up and he slept through out
>> the meeting [cos he was on ramadhan].
>> But put the marketing guys a few months later, a few choir songs on radio
>> and every kenyan is curious to try it out.
>>
>> Now strangely, i have not heard anything on Zap, i know they are on
>> trial,,
>> but still....!!!?? Back in the country side, no one knows about Zap,,
>> [i.e
>> citing majority]
>> ========
>>
>> However, my point focuses on whether Zain [and others] are disadvantaged
>> or
>> not,,, i think they are.. citing that the government has stakes in the 3
>> telco companies...not forgetting that the backbone of telco connections
>> rests on telkom.
>>
>> Secondly, kenyans are very oriented on taking sides,, Zain which bought
>> Kencell [but Zain is not kencell] was disadvantaged from the beginning
>> because people associated it with 'a rich man's network'.
>>
>> Whilst forgetting that if you hook up the majority, then the 'rich' will
>> most definitely follow.
>> For example the students [wasotaji] of yesterday, are the working class of
>> tomorrow.
>>
>> I dont think kenyans have forgiven them yet. :-)
>>
>> If zain wins its current "connection fee wars" in court, I think they will
>> claim a level playing field,,, what will remain is to compete on services
>> and tariffs.
>>
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>
>
> --
> With Regards,
>
> Phares Kariuki
>