@ spark, what % comes from the two compared to voice? Safaricom is still voice dependent and will be for a very long time. Their data rates are higher than the other providers! What to do? Safcon is toast!

@X13 united, how do you leave your internet on all night and expect your credit to be still there in the morning?

@Chris79 & VVS

The truth is, my phones have been online more than half of their life, since the introduction of Sonyericsson quickshare and now xperia x10. Once I got OperaMini downloaded, the maximum charged per surfing etc has been 40 cents as far as I did not exit at any given time. Actually, my concern has always been power charge going down. A week or two ago, Safcom caught up with our trick of not subscribing for the internet service officially and man, aint they charging us like in a cyber cafe?

I have to device another approach to beat them at their own game. Just for kicks. I get satisfaction when am able to beat the systems. That's why I suspect the devil might have gotten the better of me.

I argue, Safcom looted from me for so long, I have to do something to get even. That is how I justify being able to go around wicked systems. Am yet to work on Airtel.

To console myself, I usually donate the saved looted money to a needy kid.

Did you know YU is the second largest mobile service provider in Kenya by subscriber base?

Na wewe QW, keep your word to VVS good to keep your swagger.

@surealligator thats quite an interesting tip...I did realise when using the opera mini sometimes I would browse for free ... but I didnt know safaricom were unaware.

This airtel promotion is God sent No matter what they make I think safaricom should just respond as always. The other Day I was about to switch to YU(I would never switch To Airtel I hate The colour)But Bob revised their sms charges right in time, Now Am waiting for Yu to revise theirs and see If I will switch to them.

I would really like pple to sell their safaricom shares when it hits 3bob I will add some more.

I really don't care if Airtel commit suicide. My pocket is showing signs of life, at last.
I know some may say that is a simplistic view because of the economic ramifications of lowered taxes etc but for now, I am quite happy to keep it simple.

The money saved on calls by businesses will be directed to other areas probably spurring more revenues, thereby making up for the drop in tax from telecommunication companies

Yu to yu now at 25 cents!!!!

@Sparky, not quite...at least not for data - one major constraint in terms of increasing consumption of data is the type of device. Less than 2% of total devices in Kenya are 3G. Another 8-10% are WAP enabled or USB dongles. So that leaves abt 88-90 % of devices that cannot consume data except SMS data - but non-SMS data?

The other aspect of data is the enterprise data in which spere SCOM is well placed having offerings like 3G (for personal and SME use), WiMax (for corporate use - they can beat the daylights out of AK if they like and I suppose they are already albeit in a haphazard fashion IMHO), VPNs (by mixing their own connectivity infrastructure with other players like Jamii (metro fibre), KPLC (backhaul), KDN (backhaul), etc etc and plugging in a few gaps using VSAT, Microwave etc. By and large, mobile networks will become the de facto delivery and access network for various services (mobile commerce, mobile government, etc etc)

However, not many people see the desert for the grains of sand....


Having said that, voice remains the bulk of revenues - the only thing is that even despite increasing subscriber numbers, the revenues are not growing - if you look just at that only, it might seem like they are doomed - but they are not.

The service seems not to be working..being trying the whole morning to subscribe to no avail

Could it have been a promotional gimmick????

Thanks alot vitumob the second option worked now am in..

Kwaheri safaricom..