As they say, 'what goes around comes around.'
I would have wished for some consolidation. I hate to have 4 phones.
And then I saw some Chinese mockup with 4 sim-cards. How I wished I could have that technology on my Nokia. And that phone also had a zoom camera, a radio and a analogue TV with a huge antenna. All in one Chinese phone. Jesus!
Weren't Vivendi the original Kencell owners?
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On 6/12/09, Njoroge Tito <titonjoroge@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.businessdayonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3164:vivendi-set-to-acquire-zain&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=18
>
> 2009/6/12 Victor Maina <vmaina@gmail.com>
>
>> According to reports all over the net, a very powerful French Telco
>> with operations in Africa ( most likely Orange) has interests in
>> buying Zain's operations in Africa for an estimated $12billion plus a
>> discount of all the debts. However, Zain intends to hold on to its
>> Sudanese operation.
>>
>> In light of this, I suspect Safaricom are watching the situation very
>> very closely as Orange could turn out to be an even bigger nightmare
>> than previously thought. I would be very concerned if I were
>> Safaricom.
>>
>> On 10/06/2009, nyarotho kennedy <kenyarotho@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > So they are going to let Suffericom rule this industry?? They must be
>> > Inzain people! Not to worry good people,as the good book would say,
>> > every cloud has an Orange lining that costs less than a dollar a day!
>> > Yu make my day skunk. God bless y'all!
>> >
>> > @Rita, hello?
>> >
>> > On 6/10/09, MUTUA Andrew <mutua.andrew@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> This is highly welcomed- there's definitely an underlying systemic
>> >> issue
>> >> in
>> >> Zain/Celtel/Kencell (what I would call a shoot-yourself-in-the-foot
>> >> mentality). They need a complete overhaul of it's strategic and
>> execution
>> >> component.
>> >> This the only GSM company I know of which instead of increasing it's
>> >> subscriber numbers and making profits in a highly virgin and lucrative
>> >> market is doing the reverse.
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> MUTUA, Andrew
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "nyarotho kennedy" <kenyarotho@gmail.com>
>> >> To: <njukey@gmail.com>; "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 6:55 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Zain selling ?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> Hey if its Orange ( read France Telecom) one Rita Gitobu of Telkom
>> >>> should immediately contribute her 2cts to this thread...ti hi hi!!
>> >>> Rita are u guyz taking this to the next level??
>> >>>
>> >>> On 6/9/09, nyarotho kennedy <kenyarotho@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>> Hey if its Orange ( read France Telecom) one Rita Gitobu of Telkom
>> >>>> should immediately contribute her 2cts to this thread...ti hi hi!!
>> >>>> Rita are u guyz taking this to the next level??
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On 6/9/09, David Njuki <njukey@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>>> 2009/6/9 Moses Kemibaro <moses@dotsavvyafrica.com>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> What if its France Telecom? Consolidation across African markets!
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> What if its Orange?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> --
>> >>>>> Δαβίδ
>> >>>>> Josh
>> >>>>> Billings<
>> http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/josh_billings.html>
>> >>>>> - "Every man has his follies - and often they are the most
>> interesting
>> >>>>> thing he has got."
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
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