WOW !!!! IGO Wireless Ltd, Instaconnect I know both firms !!! On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Larry Madowo <larrymads@gmail.com> wrote:
http://af.reuters.com/article/kenyaNews/idAFLDE65N08V20100624 Safaricom to acquire two more smaller data providers. That makes four if anybody is counting. Regards
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Japheth Kioko <japhking@gmail.com> wrote:
Their is something that clicked in my head from all this posts...
Is Safaricom listed as a company that can venture into any business they think of??? Even if they can do anything they want there should be measures in place to curb unfair competition.
regards
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Samuel Waithaka <samwaithaka@gmail.com> wrote:
Lately, my employer moved ISPs to Safaricom. I glanced at an invoice sometime (quite a sizable bill) and I kept asking, what's Safaricom's vision? Take over everything from everyone? As in, there's nothing wrong with sticking to your day job!
I was discussing with someone looking for hosting, and the moment they discovered Safaricom's offerings quickly dumped an almost done deal. (the poor small guy had really courted these people). This is the reality of Safcom's trends.
As Aki mentioned earlier, I too find 'innovate or die' rhetoric so out of touch with reality in this case. May be we can learn a thing or two from Europe whom have what I find to be very healthy unti-trust laws. Microsoft has had to pay heavy fines, ordered to strip Media Player from Windows and on and on for unfair practices. The point is, let everyone have equal chance.
On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 7:10 PM, aki <aki275@googlemail.com> wrote:
@Peter, I fully accept that we all should be leaders in technology, concepts and developments whether in small or big ways. The reason I call Safcom business developers dumb is because of the current trends. Why would any telco want become an IT company? Telco do telco things and grow revenues on bigger kills such as I listed. For sure something is not right in our Queen Bee. It can also be that Safcom is diversifying into IT to gain big govt contracts and supplies. Only time will tell what really is the reason for Safcom's trends.
Anyway, we cannot change what is about to happen in the market over the next 2 years so we need to brace and ensure that everyone ( self employed, soho, sme ) looks after their clients well so as to build loyalty. Services is the key to this and I hope many will not be affected by the trends.
Gd luck. :-)
On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote: .
@aki, reading your list of things Safcom should be doing but is not, I get the impression that you are kinda blaming the "dump" business developers there. Using the same concept, I can then blame you for not putting tyre pressure censors and infra red cameras in your ride.
They must have a reason why they are not doing that, it would be prudent to know this reason before assigning blame.
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