Actually in this video aired sometime last year, the chairman of bharti airtel in india explains very clearly what their strategy is all about.. He raises very impostant issues which from the previous interview shown (Bob vs Larry madowo) goes to show that there is a paradigm shift in thinking between the two companies. 

@safaricom justifies their arguement by stating that they have made huge investments in infrastructure and continue to do so. 
@bharti says it makes no sense in africa (or anywhere else) for companies not to share infrastructure. having three masts in a village means triple the cost (eventually transferred to the client in the long run. 

Credible sources tell me safaricom has been reluctant to participate in sharing of infrastructure or not, and while this may or may not be hot air, it goes to show the stereotypes within the "still thinking as a monopoly" company... I still believe safaricom is enjoyina a lot of this "government" support because of a certain 5% shareholding.....

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
And if they are taking money from overseas to pay for our calls and pay tax, is this not the foreign cash injections we keep talking about? Why has the govt never been concerned by all those foreigners who overpay for rent and drive it high above the affordability of normal Kenyans? We cant fix some things and overlook others
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