Thin SIM cards in the country now, ready for roll out
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Safaricom is really rattled. Hehehe! ...pwagu hupata...?

This are two bulls which are almost entering the ring to battle it out,all signs indicate equity will overturn the tables with a solid business and only going for value addition on the other hand,mpesa account is not as effective as a bank account which equity is using as base for money transfer.

@with all due respect you can't say that because nothing really has been rolled out seriously even the so called thin sim not yet,its the benefits which will force pple to rethink their provider as for me i retained my number they just changed the prefix of my alternive number i had given.I think your statement can be valid after six months of serious marketing campaign and the response that point in time

@Ericsson, how do you force clients to switch to a product/ service that u haven't launched? given the first batch of the thin sims has just arrived ... wait for the official launch probably later this month as the war drums.

@mkeiy
It shall come to pass

@mkeiy
I don't argue or try to substantiate my claims.
I leave it to you to observe and see whether what I said was true or not

sasa why cant you substantiate your claims? You should stop "claiming!"
You want to be treated like a prophet!

Boss the 2day problem had nothing to do with MKesho!!!

I was in one of their branches and some customers were very excited about the thin sim technology....some were even testifying how efficient it was apparently some customers had been given the sim card during the pilot stage sometime back and had enjoyed the service...

The problem was with the ordinary SIM cards ...the customers were unwilling to discard their current SIM card for equitel SIM....

I think Equity success will be hinged on the ThinSIM technology...and if The regulators give it a clean bill of health after the pilot, Safaricom will be in trouble.

It is also interesting that Equitel network charges are somehow similar to safaricom 4/= across networks.

I visited one of the Equity Agents and found that the tariff guide was different from what we are being told ...the charges were escalating according to the amount withdrawn max being 225/= if you are withdrawing above 100K....I think they will review the charges once Equitel is fully rolled out.

All in all Equitel will have an uphill task to dislodge safaricom given that Mpesa success is in safeguarding the interest of its agents who eventually ensure safaricom maintains one of the most efficient and expansive distribution network.