[kictanet] Telkom seeks mobile licence

[Eric Osiakwan]

Obviously this is to boast thier stakes ahead of the sale.

Kenya had being commended hihgly in the international community for  
not bundling the fix incumbent with a mobile operation to create anti- 
competitive practises which has being the norm but it looks to me  
that things are fast changing in the opposite direction......

Eric here


On 2 Oct 2007, at 09:02, alice wrote:

> Telkom seeks mobile licence
> Published on October 1, 2007, 12:00 am
> By Alari Alare and Agencies
>
> Any party opposed to the granting of a mobile cellular operator
> licence to Telkom Kenya has less than 60 days to lodge objections to
> the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK).
>
> In a Kenya Gazette notice issued on Friday, CCK Director-General, Mr
> John Waweru, said that Telkom had made application to the regulator
> for the licence.
>
> "Any public or local authority, company, person or body of persons
> desirous of making any representation on or objection to the grant of
> such licence must do so by a letter addressed to the commission on or
> before the expiry of 60 days, effective from September 21 this year",
> said Waweru, in the gazette notice.
>
> Telkom Kenya has rolled out a CDMA-based network that has drawn
> criticism from GSM operators.
>
> Competitors argue the Telkom network works in the same way as theirs
> and should therefore be subject to the $55 million licence fee they
> paid.
>
> Telkom did not have to pay for the CDMA service as the regulator
> considered it a landline service, since it was originally designed to
> roll out fixed services in remote areas, which are cheaper to reach
> with wireless infrastructure.
>
> But it aggressively entered the mobile market earlier this year with
> cheap rates, shaking up the competition and creating a potentially
> lucrative business Telkom executives say make it more attractive to
> outside investors.
>
> "The reason for granting the licence is to enable the applicant to
> provide and operate mobile cellular services," said Waweru.
>
> There are about 9.5 million mobile subscribers with Safaricom laying
> claim to 6.3 million customers while Celtel Kenya, has about three
> million.
>
> The third GSM operator, Econet Wireless is yet to roll out, after
> being licensed and allocated frequencies.
>
> http://www.eastandard.net/news/?id=114397529
> <http://www.eastandard.net/news/?id=1143975293>
>
>
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