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Only 400 have hamaad - ported
mukiha
#1 Posted : Tuesday, April 12, 2011 10:12:26 AM
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By Friday last week, only 400 people had filed requests to port their mobile phone numbers: http://www.nation.co.ke/...2/-/ph29e1/-/index.html

This MNP thing is going to flop...and with it, Airtel will also go to the dogs....
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dossy7
#2 Posted : Tuesday, April 12, 2011 10:19:00 AM
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I couldnt agree more these kuhama thing is just not working Number one most of us rely on Mpesa and it is everywhere.
How many Zap agents do u see around?
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ProverB
#3 Posted : Tuesday, April 12, 2011 10:44:09 AM
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DN Tue..April12,2011 wrote:

Porting Access Kenya Ltd, the company engaged to manage mobile number portability, targets at least 300,000 ports a year, for it to break even.

To beat this target, the firm must process over 25,000 ports a month. But that, too, looks unlikely. Information Permanent Secretary Dr Bitange Ndemo has painted a dim picture of the service.....
Brick wall

Now...if ever there was a ranking of worst,most ill advised investment venture of the year.. this one wins hands down!!..on all counts.. revenues, Return on Investment, Innovation, new product..market penetration..actually..no competition and you still flop!!.. smile ..

@Portin Access Kenya Ltd,Airtel, na wengineo. Samahani, wateja wa nambari mnazotafuta, wamewaruka! Brick wall Brick wall
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mukiha
#4 Posted : Tuesday, April 12, 2011 10:49:10 AM
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DN Tue..April12,2011 wrote:

Information Permanent Secretary Dr Bitange Ndemo has painted a dim picture of the service.

Last week, he said it will be undermined by the fact that many Kenyans already have adopted a multi-SIM model, which enables them to enjoy the services of two or more networks.

“It (number portability) fails everywhere but we had to do it. People have many phones and so why would they move when they are already customers in the various networks? I cannot see it succeeding,” said Mr Ndemo.


Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.
Ka-Dry
#5 Posted : Tuesday, April 12, 2011 11:27:03 AM
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I agree with this view.
There is a key value added service (MPesa) that is connected to (or ridding on) the Safaricom Sim Card. Unless it is de-linked, its hard to see how this scheme will succeed.
bkismat
#6 Posted : Tuesday, April 12, 2011 12:26:05 PM
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ProverB wrote:
DN Tue..April12,2011 wrote:

Porting Access Kenya Ltd, the company engaged to manage mobile number portability, targets at least 300,000 ports a year, for it to break even.

To beat this target, the firm must process over 25,000 ports a month. But that, too, looks unlikely. Information Permanent Secretary Dr Bitange Ndemo has painted a dim picture of the service.....
Brick wall

Now...if ever there was a ranking of worst,most ill advised investment venture of the year.. this one wins hands down!!..on all counts.. revenues, Return on Investment, Innovation, new product..market penetration..actually..no competition and you still flop!!.. smile ..

@Portin Access Kenya Ltd,Airtel, na wengineo. Samahani, wateja wa nambari mnazotafuta, wamewaruka! Brick wall Brick wall


Whoever came up with this Porting Access Kenya Ltd is going to get his fingers seriously burnt.
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Barrywhite
#7 Posted : Tuesday, April 12, 2011 3:01:34 PM
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I hope at the end of the month, CCK will come clear on the status of MNP - total number ported; and to which operators. It would be irresponsible of CCK to create so much hype about a technology and drive the industry to invest so much; and then just keep quiet about it. At the very list, Kenyan subscribers should be updated on status of MNP and impact. If CCK goes to slumber, can Synovate Kenya or some other company do a survey and tell Kenyans the status?
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Elder
#8 Posted : Tuesday, April 12, 2011 5:14:14 PM
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bkismat wrote:
ProverB wrote:
DN Tue..April12,2011 wrote:

Porting Access Kenya Ltd, the company engaged to manage mobile number portability, targets at least 300,000 ports a year, for it to break even.

To beat this target, the firm must process over 25,000 ports a month. But that, too, looks unlikely. Information Permanent Secretary Dr Bitange Ndemo has painted a dim picture of the service.....
Brick wall

Now...if ever there was a ranking of worst,most ill advised investment venture of the year.. this one wins hands down!!..on all counts.. revenues, Return on Investment, Innovation, new product..market penetration..actually..no competition and you still flop!!.. smile ..

@Portin Access Kenya Ltd,Airtel, na wengineo. Samahani, wateja wa nambari mnazotafuta, wamewaruka! Brick wall Brick wall


Whoever came up with this Porting Access Kenya Ltd is going to get his fingers seriously burnt.


Here is to hoping that it was some politically connected individual involved in some back room deal kind of thing.
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aydenjason
#9 Posted : Tuesday, April 12, 2011 7:17:53 PM
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Ooh save kenya such idle talk.. Ask the insiders. On 1st april alone, airtel activated thousands of PortINs on the system. I think..if allowed airtel shud publish its MNP REQ Ids to end such ignorant assumptions.
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Foreman
#10 Posted : Tuesday, April 12, 2011 8:54:33 PM
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aydenjason wrote:
Ooh save kenya such idle talk.. Ask the insiders. On 1st april alone, airtel activated thousands of PortINs on the system. I think..if allowed airtel shud publish its MNP REQ Ids to end such ignorant assumptions.

iko wapi LINK ya haya madai?... na uombe usaidiwe kama huelewi mambo ya wazua
quicksand
#11 Posted : Tuesday, April 12, 2011 9:01:14 PM
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aydenjason wrote:
Ooh save kenya such idle talk.. Ask the insiders. On 1st april alone, airtel activated thousands of PortINs on the system. I think..if allowed airtel shud publish its MNP REQ Ids to end such ignorant assumptions.

Are you an Airtel insider then, championing their causes on Wazua?
erifloss
#12 Posted : Tuesday, April 12, 2011 9:11:49 PM
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aydenjason wrote:
Ooh save kenya such idle talk.. Ask the insiders. On 1st april alone, airtel activated thousands of PortINs on the system. I think..if allowed airtel shud publish its MNP REQ Ids to end such ignorant assumptions.

On behalf of other Wazuans Proof ama link tafadhali otherwise Bharti will continue swimming in losses...
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spanner
#13 Posted : Wednesday, April 13, 2011 9:36:36 AM
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dossy7 wrote:
I couldnt agree more these kuhama thing is just not working Number one most of us rely on Mpesa and it is everywhere.
How many Zap agents do u see around?

None from where i am..
Elder
#14 Posted : Wednesday, April 13, 2011 10:33:47 AM
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spanner wrote:
dossy7 wrote:
I couldnt agree more these kuhama thing is just not working Number one most of us rely on Mpesa and it is everywhere.
How many Zap agents do u see around?

None from where i am..


Find it hard to believe that one would port from Safaricom to Airtel knowing very well that they forfeit their Mpesa account with that. Then again for all we know Airtel may be targeting Yu and Orange users and not Safaricom.

Personally think that Airtel ought to focus more on ZAP and 3G and less on this kuHAMA stuff.
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Bettertry
#15 Posted : Wednesday, April 13, 2011 10:34:24 AM
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The low rate of response towards MNP just serves to show why Airtel & Orange CEOs, so badly, wanted to piggy ride on Safaricom Mpesa service!!! Their wish was for CCK to allow this to happen... they all along knew without that MNP wouldn't work in their favour. For example, l'd luv to port out of Safcon coz l've an issue with my Mkesho service since Aug. last year!!! Lakini sasa nikihama niende Orange naona nikiumia juu Iko Pesa haiko kila mahali... ZAP pia ni ivyoivyo.
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