13 Sep
2010
13 Sep
'10
5:46 p.m.
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Phares Kariuki <pkariuki@gmail.com> wrote:
Hmm... Seems the Government may be yielding to pressure to raise the interconnect rates... The Zain CEO won't be the happiest guy around... http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/Focus%20shifts%20to%20...
From the article ::
"" Dr Ndemo said with interconnection rates at Sh2.21, taxes at 26 per cent, plus salaries and agents fees to be paid, the companies would struggle to make a profit from voice. "" This statement is quite odd -- given that interconnect charges in india are about 1/6 th of the above figure ... and in Israel they are 1/2 of the above figure and you still find mobile companies operating profitably.