I hav no mercy on Safaricom and i believe their exploitation days are over.I fail to understand why some people after being exploited through Safcons exobitant fees can side w/ them aganist CCK.There are so many companies that produce good results in regulated business enviroments.Safaricom ? What's all the noise for ??????

@qw25041985:
why such a complex name?

Any way, this is not a matter of "taking sides", rather, it is a question of whether the regulation is fair or not. And, BTW, it is not accurate to suggest that SCOM has been operating in an unregulated industry.

The question therefore is: is it fair (for example) to require the dominant player to give CCK 90 days notice of any changes in tariffs? What will CCK do with the notice? Well, they will publish it for all and sundry and invite the public to make objections and then eventually approve or disapprove the new tariffs.

This is the kind of thing you do when you are dealing with a monopoly. Not in a sector where you started out with three competitors out of whom one became dominant after five years of stiff competition.

Can you imagine CBK doing the same...after all, Equity bank controls about 50% of all bank accounts in the country.... and I am told that the number is likely to rise to about 80% in the next 12 months [after their joint venture with M-PESA comes alive this week...]

Kind of surprised that safcom have not reacted to Zain's lowering of tariff!

chill out! first equity controls just a fraction in banking in this country, its is a political entity. anyways, the point here is safcom needs to be regulated, we can't be having people paying so much for this company not to relate to there profits. It is currently the most expensive service provider, with the most biggest profit margin and then what, its current market value is still equal to the IPO value! where is all that money going to. I think this move came in at a better time, now they better wake up.

Why start a new thread on this when there is another one discussing exactly the same thing? Onother peculiar Kenyan habit?

Why start a new thread on this when there is another one discussing exactly the same thing? Onother peculiar Kenyan habit?

What do you mean by "just a fraction"? Isn't 50% a fraction? It can also be written as 1/2

Also; "Political" Explain further. I shall start a new thread where you can post your comments on this... go here http://wazua.co.ke/forum...sts&t=6968#post78439

CCK reduces portability fee to 200 bob. Pole Safaricom. If you are shareholder, sell NOW so that I buy at 5 bob.
VVS, I agree with you. Kama hupendi Safaricom, si basi utoke! No one is forcing you to stick with it. A line for Yu costs 20 bob only. And you KNOW that the calling rates are much cheaper on the other side of the fence, so whats holding you back. (Maybe the low speed EDGE internet). Plus you can buy a "Kabambe" phone for 2000/= and put your Safcom Sim in it and the other phone to put your "preferred" network. Talk about have your bread buttered on both sides. Safaricom have done nothing wrong. They came in and beat Kencell.
And anyone describing Kenyatta a Visionary must be bonkers. He screwed the Mau Mau in the ass.
Can someone hear that? Oh wait. Its just Dedan turning in his grave.

if interconnection rates are reduced significantly, the other networks will make more money when their calls terminate in safcon network. safcon will just be left with a huge subscriber base but not necessarily huge profits

@Wazua.. the real one...

Please combine this thread with the old one discussing the same issue.. otherwise we're repeating the same things..