mlennyma wrote:Ericsson wrote:VituVingiSana wrote:mlennyma wrote:kimanimsc wrote:kimanimsc wrote:watesh wrote:Do you guys think Faiba can become a potential threat to Safaricom's fast growth in the data business?
120 GB at Ksh 4K - validity 30 days.
to capture well the masses they need to split the 1GB data for 50 Bob further to like 500mb for 25,250mb for 15 and kitu 100mb for 10 but you can now see safaricom is hell expensive
Based on @wororo’s list of compatible phones, there’s no need to sell sub-50 bundles. Folks who can afford the $500+ phones can spend 50/MB per day. Or even less per MB with a plan.
So wanjiku doesn't need to migrate
ask equity bank or even safaricom how important wanjikus kadogo economy is...offering smaller packaging will cost them nothing ...maintaining a car is the task but buying is a one-off thing
If Faiba can contract a Chinese manufacturer to supply cheap/affordable phones ($100 max) that support 700 MHz then it makes sense otherwise why complicate offerings for folks when the only phones that are compatible are the $500+ ones?
That said, the cost of phones keeps on dropping and good refurbished or even new phones [that match @wororo's list] will start showing up soon at $250 or less.
Though one should be careful to try to be everything to everyone. Apple is the most profitable phone [among other items] firm and they chose premium offerings [phones, laptops, etc] vs Nokia. Likewise, Safaricom has chosen a higher priced route with priciest calls, priciest data and priciest Mobile Money BUT they have the best coverage and (probably) quality. There's a market for that.
In my case, I have one of the compatible phones so... bring on the Faiba SIM ;-) ... I will keep Safcom but I want to enjoy the cheap data too.
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