sheep wrote:This is the right time to jump into access...I wish I had more cash!!!
maybe the right time to jump into an abyss...
If today was May 11th 2007, then please, knock yourself out.
1 - At that time SCOM, Zain, et al did not have converged licences.
2 - At that time Zuku had not raised its head -
3 - mobile data (those annoying USB dongles we've seen getting hawked or unlocked here, esp SCOM ones) were either VERY Expensive (remember those things were abt 20k) or not widely available. Now every Dumb, Prick and Harry seems to have one.
4 - Telkom Kenya - aka the phoenix, is rising from the ashes with intentions of taking back the hill. Never mind their billion shilling loss...
5 - the different submarine systems we have active today (TEAMS and SEACOM) were but plans on paper. Now its a reality and Eassy will soon be commissioned.
AK moved to the consumer segment rather late and with a VERY pricey product. Now Zain/SCOM/Yu/Orange have more or less establised that EDGE/GPRS/3G can do as well as WiMax (or Fibre) esp when it boils down to cost. So, consumer market? No cigar, sorry.
Enterprise market - KDN, UUNet,, Afrol, Zuku, Safaricom Business, Orange Business, Tangering....should I go on?
Cost acquisition of OpenView - not yet making real $ from that.
What do you guys think? 2007 abt 55% market share in customers (and perhaps 70% in revenues) in the business segment....2010 its very likely about 25% in number of customers (and perhaps 35% in terms of revenues - lower bandwidth pricing thus lower revenues + competition + capex) .....