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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