At this rate we will have too many MVNOs competing against each other.

Does one just wake up and declare themselves MVNO or do they apply for a license from CCK?

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CAK director-general Francis Wangusi, however, said all the three applicants had sought to use Airtel’s Network and that Telkom had nothing to worry about.

Airtel wil be having 4 MVNO's on its network (Finserve Africa Limited, a subsidiary of Equity Bank, Mobile Pay Limited, owned by Tangaza Money, KQ and Zioncell Kenya). Will it still be able to offer quality services, does CAK factor this in issuing its license?
ION SCB have stopped its M-Banking services through Airtel because of "compliance issues"!

One of the reasons Equity gave for having their own MVNO was to manage clients' security. Equity 'controls' the SIM not Airtel.

KQ shall only be providing roaming services globally to its guests. Therefore, shall be seeking to diversify the revenue streams while enhancing her guest experience. This is better than being in direct competition with the telecommunication service providers, you know Safcom will win anytime. The details are still scanty but they said the partnership allows Airtel to host KQ Mobile; as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator, (MVNO) on its Network. Also put, they will sell AIR TIME.

And in this harsh economic times who would not want to diversify?

My thought exactly. They just acquired Dreamliners, their focus should be expansion in the right markets to take advantage of the Dreamliner's fuel economy.