Let me ask guys on this page. If your competitor slashed prices for the sake of it, do you slash yours immediately? In my opinion the folly therein lies in believing that your services are of equal value and your economics are the same. Which I think is not the case here
There has been euphoria as is the usual kenyan behaviour (elections, IPOs , Pyramid schemes) without considering the bigger picture. To date few of my friends who did not already have a Zain line bought one. Which means that they probably just call more from Zain but still carry out their surfing, money transfer and mobile banking from their safcom line. And when they run out of Zain airtime in an area without a dealer, still call from safaricom
Also I dont believe Safaricom are dropping prices this week purely on zains assault, they are probably just doing it faster, because price reduction after CCKs move would only have been hampered if the big 4 telecoms colluded not to reduce prices. After which CCK would have still cracked the whip.
Lets understand the business behind safaricom. Not just wish doom on them because they are succesful
Joram
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Solomon Mburu Kamau
<solo.mburu@gmail.com> wrote:
On 23 August 2010 09:47, Peter Osotsi
<peter.osotsi@gmail.com> wrote:
Its like having a disloyal wife, there's nothing you can do as long as you love her and her waywardness.
My simple take.
As long as a woman is beautiful, she'll never lack suitors!!!
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On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 9:29 AM, marto
<martow@gmail.com> wrote:
The CCK consultants study put the cost of setting up a call at Ksh0.88,
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Oliver Ndegwa
<olie.ndegwa@gmail.com> wrote:
For safaricom to put their foot down and say that they are not moved by Zain's move, its completely infamous. Either these guys were not prepared for such or I would call their stance the last kicks of a dying horse. Very very powerful and resistant. They need to swarrow their pride and come back to their senses and start to understand that the long queues in Zain shops are not people registering as voters. These are safaricom customers making a big switch.
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