I'm sure safaricom have sent their share of scouts to study the Indian telecom market in the past and it's easy to tell from their response so far, that they know what's coming their way unless they join the bandwagon and offer competitive rates and QoS. Its highly unlikely that they'll cap their operating expenses just to maximize their profits at the risk of losing their customer base, which is after all their stronghold. On 1/24/11, m mugo <mugo2of3@gmail.com> wrote:
The gov't should just let demand, supply, customer satisfaction and goodwill among other factors determine costing
Arguments have been put forward to try to justify a foreseen meddling by gov't in the industry; we all know too well that would be for the sole purpose of protecting its interests.
...and I like the satire contained in Saturday's Nation paper (see link below)
http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1093600/-/nt0f37z/-/index.html
My favorite; 'some of the mobile phone operators would close, leading to massive unemployment............. There would be a graduate at every closed shop corner the following evening, waiting to mug you.'