I hear YU are about to launch their "MPESA" service. This is after essar bought a stake in Obopay together with Nokia:
Perhaps a better strategy would be for Safaricom/Zain etc to come up with a payment platform, a VISA/Paypal (forgive inaccuracies of choice illustration), for mobile. That way, the mobile companies can all have stake in it (something like what banks have with Pesa point or Kenswitch). The company developing this will have the sole purpose of developing the service,and hence you can have industry standard practice. i.e. KPLC only plugs in once. The ATM systems plug in once. And it's independent of network. My two pence... -- With Regards, Phares Kariuki | T: +254 734 810 802 | E: pkariuki@gmail.com | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: kariukiphares |