Isaac Kiplagat, there's something you raised about bundling data and voice. What is Airtel's unliminet supposed to be called?
Then, who here has the manuscript on what the other service providers other than safcom are complaining about? Moreover, a copy of the draft bill.
All I see are emotions running high and invocation of economic classes and ideologies.
Regards.
Paul,There are so many underlying factors that has led to safaricom to be a barrier to competition itself. Innovation is positive gear to leverage competition.Safaricom has 3 main products; Mpesa, Data and Voice. They play with three aspects in throwing this people out of market.1. When zain entered the market with serious investment on voice- Safaricom reduced their voice rates and maximised on Mpesa and Data throwing zain out of the market. There are hundreds of similar cases.2. The current ICT policy does not allow bundling of services, safaricom has invisibly bundled data, mpesa and voice by playing around weakness in the policy. This policy need to be updated to tuckle dynamism in the market.Regards,IsaacInnovaOn 8 July 2015 at 13:49, Paul Korir via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:If anyone has information to the contrary on the above, I stand corrected.There are serious consequences riding on this decision. For one, a verdict of Safaricom being dominant will communicate to the market that there are size limits that the government should impose on corporate growth, which could keep multinationals at bay. It will be very interesting to see what the relevant authorities rule.I've been disturbed by the Airtel's claims that Safaricom is dominant. I am no apologist for Safaricom but would not defend the claim that I admire how organised they are.In order for Airtel's claim to be sustained, they would have to show that they has been equally competitive. They would have to show that it is primarily due to Safaricom's supposed dominance and not their lack of innovation that has let to them being uncompetitive. I think that is a very tough call for them given than they have changed hands thrice (Kencell to Celtel to Zain to Airtel). They would have to show that these brand changes have not had any adverse effect on their market position. Airtel is a pan-African corporation and it could also be the case that their market strategy is homogenous and disregards local cultural differences (given that Kenyans have 'peculiar' habits). I am not aware that Airtel (or any of its previous incarnations) has ever returned a remarkable profit. I only recall once seeing mention of Ksh.64 million profit in either 2006 or 2007.--Regards,
Paul K. Korir, PhD+353 86 224 19 66Ordnung muß sein
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