On 5/13/10, aki <
aki275@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Corrections are welcome.
>
> Been reading the various articles and reactions of players in the
> industry including using the excuse that CCK is going to control
> prices! This is BS... and the operator who is championing the price
> control clause is playing politics with Kenya's Telco future. A few
> years ago CCK should have shut down this operator for its lack of
> reliable and consistent services, then the headlines would have been "
> Operator ready to drop prices, kenyan regulator opposes such a move ".
> Telco pricing has been abused many times with short term goals, market
> killer strategies and they know it. Safaricom knew that the least
> possible price drop over a given network ratio of usage subscribers
> and costs with entrance of new operators would be at a certain
> Ksh/minute. It went down this road very quickly and dominated the
> market. Kenya's Telco future in not in the hands on ONE operator (
> whoever maybe dominant at the particular time ) because if it is, we
> are going to create a monster. That is the bitter reality. Finding
> long term solutions is not easy but I must say CCK and others who came
> up with the regulation have taken the first steps towards streamlining
> the sector.
>
> Sorry Greens, you may have bullied other operators in submission but
> you cannot bully the regulator. CCK public relations Dept need to up
> the war of words on the matter because there are 2 sides to a coin.
> CCK is not a share holder in other any operators so whatever it is
> doing is in the interest of the country's telco future, lets hope no
> policitics will kill the good that is going to come out later in
> future.
>
> And to Safaricom : Why 4G and expensive wireless licensing when you
> have the necessary licenses to compete with Orange/TKL on copper and
> adsl services? In my understanding, you are taking shortcuts on
> infrastructure and developments. Why build a Wireless Future kenya
> when there will be no frequencies left to do so?
>
> And as long as we have kenya's vision based on wireless networks,
> quick deployments and quick profits, we may as well compeletly forget
> real broadband.
>
> Me amature thots, going by the articles. :-)
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