On 03/06/2010, Bernard Owuor <
b_owuor@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I think CCK should refund the $25million that was paid by safcom, and desist
> from charging such licensing fees - unless the goal is to protect the
> licensees from spurious competition. As we have seen, the high fee only
> serves to hinder competition - or, are Zain and Orange "spurious"
> competition?
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> I also think that a pay per use model for levies could be fairer to all,
> than a once-off. If the innovator makes a killing, it's only fairer that CCK
> (GoK?) shares in it. On the other hand, if it's a bad deal, the company
> should not be punished for it.
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> From: Moses <
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> To: Skunkworks Mailing List <
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> Sent: Wed, June 2, 2010 4:29:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Zain to Launch 3G Service in July
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> 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.
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> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Peter Karunyu <
pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Humphrey Ngoiya <
hngoiya@yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote:
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>>>>
>>>"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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