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Safaricon the most EXPENSIVE provider
Njung'e
#31 Posted : Thursday, August 19, 2010 5:26:41 PM
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@Wamutonyi,
You are smiling at the idea....heh!.Bare knuckles.Sell it and ZAP me mbili baridi...lol.

ACT..
Funny.Someone will stick to sufcom simply coz he/she is a shareholder?.....Idiot!!....Saving per minute on Safcom to Safcom viz Zain to Safcom is the price of one Safcom share.Save the money now and buy more shares later.
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kivairu
#32 Posted : Thursday, August 19, 2010 5:55:33 PM
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Its in everyone's interest that zain stays a float. Having said that, revenue streams from voice calls in the telecommunication industry is so poor.ARPU'S going down everyday.This war should never, ever be about tariffs.These one bob shenanigans you see around cannot sustain a business.The one bob tariff doesnt even make business sense.Safcon shouldnt respond by dropping tariffs.If i were safcom i would stay put with my 'business sense 'tariffs.You sure cant sustain a business on a bob.The war should be about innovative products and VAS.When orange in its warped logic dropped tariffs to a bob, what can they show for it? where are the masses? Telcos that stay innovative will retain their numbers with very minimal churn.But before Zain can reduce tariffs to a bob, can't they distribute what they have? How easy is it to access any zain product? I realised you can go 5 shops without getting zain airtime, same shops are stuffed with all manner of safcom products.

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bird_man
#33 Posted : Thursday, August 19, 2010 6:04:49 PM
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I think each provider wants subscribers first by giving them a crazy offer.Once they are in that network they can then work on distributorship and new products.
Some of these companies have huge huge budgets that can sustain losses for even 2yrs.I think its an all out war now.......and WE are winning!
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Njung'e
#34 Posted : Thursday, August 19, 2010 6:28:24 PM
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@Bird-man,
Zain's achilles has been distributorship as Kivairu so rightly put it.I read somewhere that they have a war chest to double the number of distributors and take coverage to 90%.....meanwhile vita vya panzi...??
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2012
#35 Posted : Thursday, August 19, 2010 6:42:57 PM
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kivairu wrote:
Its in everyone's interest that zain stays a float.


Well said! At the moment only zain can give scom a run for their money. I don't even want to imagine how much scom would charge us if there was no serious competitor especially now that we know just how important communication is to Kenyans.

BBI will solve it
:)
subaru
#36 Posted : Thursday, August 19, 2010 7:52:05 PM
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this will be a serious price war in kenyas history lets wait and see what will happen otherwise enjoy the offer as it lasts
ProverB
#37 Posted : Thursday, August 19, 2010 7:56:58 PM
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subaru wrote:
this will be a serious price war in kenyas history lets wait and see what will happen otherwise enjoy the offer as it lasts


it's a permanent tarrif boss.. not an offer...permanent especially now that interconnectivity rates are below kshs2.20..zain is hoping to hit mass market in terms of lower disposable income bracket gopting to call thro zain now.. why lie.. this will be interesting to watch... Safcom better pimp up on data.. end loser in all this drama is ACCESS!!!
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kadonye
#38 Posted : Thursday, August 19, 2010 8:35:10 PM
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Njunge wrote:
i see groom for safcom

Laughing out loudly
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guru267
#39 Posted : Thursday, August 19, 2010 8:48:55 PM
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Wa_ithaka wrote:
I think once you factor in costs, its not sustainable. If i was Safcom, I'd just chill for a couple of weeks and see if Zain's network can sustain the initial jubilation

@wa_ithaka do you really think zain doesn't use hundreds of financial metrics when coming up with costing....

They are prepared to operate at a loss for as long as it takes until they get the huge volumes of people....

There is no way kenyans will continue pay 300% more than safcon... And I'm selling my shares tomoro..
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trizher
#40 Posted : Thursday, August 19, 2010 10:31:52 PM
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. . . .its a tight one bosses and bossresses . . . . .safcom wamewezwa raundi hii. . . . My dad tells me . . . .Nakuru Zain lines na airtime imeisha. . Nikija kenia . . .m in
...We do it for the $$$$!!
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