It's interesting to note that Safcom boasts as being the only operator to have a 3G platform in Kenya and soon they'll roll out 4G, yet there are places in Nairobi (such as South B) where 3G is not accessible. Maybe they should make the whole country enoy this service. Still on Zain, the govt appointed a taskforce to oversee the sale of Zain Kenya. Just wondering, suppose the Taskforce doesn't give a clean bill of health on sale (like what Gabon's govt did) of Zain Kenya to Bharti Airtel, will the sale be stopped, thus retaining Zain Kenya? I've aslo noticed when I pay bills to Zain Kenya, Celtel Kenya appears along the way. So we have Zain Kenya which is technically Celtel Kenya LTD? Zain Kenya Ltd 'doesn't' exist @ the Companies Registry, is it? On 3G or 4G, there is a need for Zain to focus on what the dominant player doesn't provide to the masses. The efficiency of these services need to create a conduicive environment for business and social development. I really wonder what is the essence of providing the same service that another company has perfected! Competition works well through innovations, though not the ultimate basis for leading. On 02/06/2010, Watson Kambo <wkwats@gmail.com> wrote:
True David, but by the way things stand they will pay 25M for the 3G, which I think they are so late to deploy, then Safcom will beat them to 4G again with what ever price CCK offers then in Four years when they now want 4G CCK will tell them to pay the same price as Safcom did ... so Why not be the first ones to lay out the LTE network ... as a matter of fact even the 3G network still cannot run on their 2/2.5G ... technically they will be laying out a new network ... only that on the LTE platform its a whole new architecture including the end user equipment ...
On 2 June 2010 14:31, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd < kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
Lest we continue throwing the alphabet soup, how many countries are live on LTE apart from Norway and Sweden?
Secondly LTE is a very different way of doing business and operating, it's not something any company including Sprint and Teliasonera, wake up on morning and start deploying.
My thoughts.
Kiania
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Watson Kambo <wkwats@gmail.com> wrote:
If I was Zain I would actually go for 4G at the same price ... atleast they would get value for their money ......
On 2 June 2010 12:29, Moses <mosenetk@gmail.com> wrote:
Does this line of argument also point towards the guys who got a unified license recently should pay all cumulative costs for each category they
got
just like the Safcon and Zain had payed separately? Now that the regulators will have costs for licensing and review of mobile money systems, does it mean mpesa should be asked to pay those costs(backdated with inflationary adjustments)? The easy access of the existing operators into the 3G segment will only serve to grow the industry and give us "real" broadband countrywide. The CCK should follow the fundamentals on which its created and stop falling to political noise so they can effectively regulate the industry while representing the public goodwill.
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
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.
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