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vinii		#51 Posted : Monday, October 03, 2011 10:10:34 PM
Rank: Elder Joined: 10/14/2009 Posts: 2,057		Airtel and Orange about to raise tariffs.... Wahindi wali tu enjoy ! If you are an eagle don't hang around with chickens; chickens don't fly....
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VituVingiSana		#52 Posted : Tuesday, October 04, 2011 1:48:33 AM
Rank: Chief Joined: 1/3/2007 Posts: 18,371 Location: Nairobi		If Airtel attracts enough voice subscribers then it will have its own Club Effect... Safaricom will make more from its voice subscribers but lose voice subscribers to Airtel... BTW, Orange has an offer for 200 on-net minutes per day for 20/- Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - *to paraphrase Warren Buffett*
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JBlaze		#53 Posted : Thursday, October 06, 2011 7:58:27 PM
Rank: Member Joined: 7/15/2009 Posts: 16		vinii wrote: Airtel and Orange about to raise tariffs.... Wahindi wali tu enjoy ! Airtel Kenya has announced that it will not increase calling rates, even as the current economic situation threatens to push up operation costs. This is not good news for Mpesa http://www.nation.co.ke/.../-/rtlfesz/-/index.html
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jawz1		#54 Posted : Thursday, October 06, 2011 8:20:17 PM
Rank: Member Joined: 8/4/2008 Posts: 205 Location: Nairobi		CCK report shows interesting trends this year...Safcom and Orange gain subscribers while Zain loses, check it out below: CCK Report "When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear." -- Zen proverb
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jaggernaut		#55 Posted : Friday, October 07, 2011 8:07:25 AM
Rank: Elder Joined: 10/9/2008 Posts: 5,389		And there's a time we used to pay 32 bob within safcom and 50 bob to call kencell. Times have really changed.
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McReggae		#56 Posted : Friday, October 07, 2011 9:06:54 AM
Rank: Elder Joined: 6/17/2008 Posts: 23,365 Location: Nairobi		jaggernaut wrote: And there's a time we used to pay 32 bob within safcom and 50 bob to call kencell. Times have really changed. Those times were crazy man, infact it was actually 33/= and 52/= ..."Wewe ni mtu mdogo sana....na mwenye amekuandika pia ni mtu mdogo sana!".
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Iborian		#57 Posted : Friday, October 07, 2011 11:27:47 AM
Rank: Member Joined: 4/17/2009 Posts: 194		hisah wrote: Anybody see this math - those that shift to other operators from the green elephant will make the other operators pay more interconnection fees to the elephant since it is cheaper to call from the other operators... Unless elephant loses a huge chunk of its subscribers (say 40%), the tariff hike is a master act! Talk of shifting your costs to your competitor... This is not quite correct.
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Iborian		#58 Posted : Friday, October 07, 2011 11:34:40 AM
Rank: Member Joined: 4/17/2009 Posts: 194		jimmy1 wrote: hisah wrote: those that shift to other operators from the green elephant will make the other operators pay more interconnection fees to the elephant since it is cheaper to call from the other operators correct, however safcom will only get 2.21/per min as interconnection fee, the network charging 3/ for calls to safcom will earn 0.79 cents. This means safcom will be 'losing' 1.79/ because if the call was within the safcom network they woul have earned 4/. If a good number migrate from safcom to other network, calls to safcom may become fewer because the cheaper networks already have incentives for calls within their networks. This may signal the beginning of a club effect Unless, I am wrong, I believe Interconnection fees are charged once per call. Hence if I make a call lasting for 10 minutes using my Yu or Airtel line to call a safcom number, these Telcos make Kshs 30 from my call and pay Safcom Kshs 2.21 to safcom leaving them with a net of Kshs 27.79. This is money that would have previously gone to Safcom. As I stand to save Kshs 10 on this call, why should I use Safcom if I have an Airtel/Yu Sim. I will keep my SCOM for MPESA and probably data and migrate all my voice calls elsewhere.
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Impunity		#59 Posted : Friday, October 07, 2011 11:51:01 AM
Rank: Elder Joined: 3/2/2009 Posts: 26,331 Location: Masada		McReggae wrote: jaggernaut wrote: And there's a time we used to pay 32 bob within safcom and 50 bob to call kencell. Times have really changed. Those times were crazy man, infact it was actually 33/= and 52/= I mbought my initial Kencel SIM at KES 1,999, while my college roomate mbot a Safcon line at KES. 2,500; back in 2003/4! Things change. Portfolio: Sold You know you've made it when you get a parking space for your yatcht.
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Lolest!		#60 Posted : Friday, October 07, 2011 12:38:20 PM
Rank: Elder Joined: 3/18/2011 Posts: 12,069 Location: Kianjokoma		Impunity wrote: I mbought my initial Kencel SIM at KES 1,999, while my college roomate mbot a Safcon line at KES. 2,500; back in 2003/4! Things change. I bought my line around the same time. To the best of my recollection, it wasn't that expensive. But the cheapest credo was 250
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