[Kictanet] Day 3 of 10: What are the existing Business Models for OFC provisioning

[John Walubengo]

Haven't heard much much from the Consumers...but here is
what Consumers in S.A are doing with regard to Telkom S.A
and their  high communications charges.

walu.
btw. Telkom SA is a leading sharholder in the SAT3
Consortium model.  We hope, that Telkom Kenya will not
force similar reactions - 5yrs after implementing EASsy.

--- Ashraf Patel <AshrafP at osisa.org> wrote:

> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:48:06 +0200
> From: "Ashraf Patel" <AshrafP at osisa.org>
> To: <idlelo2 at fossfa.net>
> Subject: [Idlelo2] Telecoms Action Group (TAG) lambasts
> Telkom SA on high
> 	Internet prices in full page ad in M&G
> 
> Consumer group fires salvo at Telkom  
> LESLEY STONES
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> STINGING criticism from the world-renowned Reuters news
> agency, evidence
> from numerous analysts and a verbal lashing by President
> Thabo Mbeki  himself have failed to penetrate Telkom's
impervious skin  and force it
> to cut its prices. 
> 
> So what impact will come from 200 despondent consumers
> moaning about the
> high cost of a phone call? 
> 
> Probably very little, but a full-page advert they placed
> in the Mail &
> Guardian this week is a piece of public activism that
> just may make
> Telkom's price-fixing executives squirm in momentary
> discomfort. 
> 
> The advert placed by the Telecoms Action Group (Tag) was
> funded by
> individual consumers including a sprinkling of lawyers,
> journalists and
> representatives of a couple of hi-tech companies.
> 
> It is big, bold and aims straight for the jugular. Under
> the headline,
> "The more of this you read, the more infuriated you'll
> become", the
> advert says: "Last year, Telkom recorded a staggering
> R9,3bn in profit.
> At your expense. Don't expect the government to step in.
> They couldn't
> give a hoot. They've got a 38% shareholding."
> 
> It points out that South Africans pay five times more for
> a local call
> now than in 1996, and that our internet access is among
> the most
> expensive in the world. Telkom has laid off 35000 staff
> in seven years,
> so its profits sky-rocket while consumers wait up to six
> months to get a
> line, it says.
> 
> The action group was set up by journalists Richard Frank
> and Alastair
> Otter, who run the tectonic.co.za newsletter.
> 
> Frank admits that Telkom is unlikely to react. "We are
> not naive enough
> to think our one advert is going to make Telkom slash its
> prices by 50%
> and neither is government or the regulator going to do
> much," he says.
> "The main purpose is to show that consumers have a voice
> in SA."
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> In reply, Telkom issued a statement on Friday saying it
> was committed to
> adjusting its pricing model consistently in order to make
> telecommunications more affordable and accessible to
> business as well as
> the broader public. 
> 
> Its last price revision saw an overall cut of 2,1% on a
> basket of
> products, while high-speed internet access line rental
> fell an average
> of 24%, it said.
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