I'm inclined to agree with Safcom. They might loose some customers, mostly those without MPESA, but Safcom is here to stay with the majority numbers. However, it will also be difficult for them to increase subscribers. IMO the future for higher profits is to get more revenue per subscriber. If Airtel, Orange... got an equal number of subsribers with Safcom, what next?.

Now there is a complex situation that exists today that didn't exist before. Mpesa and other SIM applications could get away with difficult UI experience back in the days, which they can't today because of the great UI experience on applications that can be downloaded on the phones. Back in the days a VAS is what was on the SIM, today, it's not. That means telecos have lost their grip on the VAS that can be put on the phone. IMO no teleco should be comfortable with the idea of having a unique VAS on their network.

So telecos have to attract content developers, who now hold the V in VAS. The only true way is to give the content developers decent revenue share on decent terms.

Now my conclusion is something I said many months ago after being frustrated by the low revenue share that telecos offer and the hoops that come with it...

The winning teleco is the one that will offer decent revenue share to content developers. Nothing more, nothing less. If Orange and Airtel (Zain, ...) want to cut down Safcom (assuming Safcom would, unlikely, be sleeping), give content developers at least 70%, and allow your subsribers to pay via airtime. That 70% is what the developer takes to the office, no strange hidden agendas! To put icing on the cake, allow an API to your systems so that content developers can integrate the payment in their applications.

To be fair to the telecos, it's said that under the law, a content developer has to go through a Content Provider (or PRSP, smthing like that). Well, it's about time such laws were removed, unless there is clear benefit for having them.

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Perhaps this question should be directed to the nairobi python user
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if im ever to move, it would be to EVDO, but im not soo sure number
portability applies to that.

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 8:01 AM, Gichingiri Kuria <gmail@gichingiri.com>wrote:

> I hope Airtel switch to 3G soon.
> Mpesa is the main reason most people will stay with Safaricom.
> This is a great time for Tangaza <https://www.tangaza321.com/tan/> to
> boost their marketing. They offer mobile money services (like Mpesa) and you
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> 2011/3/17 Jacob Odada <jacob.odada@gmail.com>
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>> I dont know where im going but im leaving safcom
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>> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>wrote:
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>>> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 16:31, Timothy Mutugi <timothymutugi@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>>>>
>>>> I am a former Safaricom Customer since circa 2000.
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>>>> 14 days to go...
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>>>> I am moving to Airtel.
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>>>> What about you?
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>>>
>>> Wait a moment! There is this stupid network (I mean it) named YU. Suppose
>>> I move with my number, and I experience some problem, who do I call for
>>> help? Do I still call YU?? When I lose my SIM card after porting the number,
>>> who do I call??
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>>> Reps at two different times. Besides asking for and getting proof of my
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>>> on this "regularly" thing, I don't use their network that much, but I could
>>> give them only TWO numbers I have called using their network! They could
>>> find those in their logs, yes, but they insisted I MUST give *three* numbers.
>>> No amount of reasoning would convince them that I am the genuine owner of
>>> that line. Now, that is what I call stupid, because from that day, I decided
>>> to let go of their network for G!! When CS Reps are made NOT to think out of
>>> the box, you have no chance, like I realized.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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