[kictanet] Orange/Telkom slash internet costs by 40pc

[John Walubengo]

I am indeed watching the Orange space with their new internet tariff offerings. Whereas Safcom&Zain are charging per downloaded MB (data-centric charges), Orange_TKL throws in a totally new dimension i.e. non-data based tariff which time-based. That is per minute billing irrespective of your data volumes. 

I think things are going to start heating up even before the fiber lands...reminds me of the original mobile tariff battles that were between the 'per minute' visa viz 'per second' billing models. 

I can only say - let the games begin and may the best team win.

walu.


--- On Fri, 2/13/09, Alex Gakuru <gakuru at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Alex Gakuru <gakuru at gmail.com>
> Subject: [ke-internetusers] Orange/Telkom slash internet costs by 40pc
> To: "ke-users" <ke-internetusers at bdix.net>
> Date: Friday, February 13, 2009, 10:50 AM
> A thank you to Orange/Telkom for solving three problems,
> while making money:-
> 
> 1) lowering communications costs for consumers( ICT
> Consumer
> Association of Kenya opposes all tariffs increases,
> welcomes all
> reductions)
> 
> 2) addressing longstanding "office-hours-only"
> internet problem
> (attached Kenya Internet Exchange Point "graph 3"
> proves it).
> 
> 3) Universal Access-all of Kenya's internet is/has been
> 80 per cent
> only used in "affluent" Nairobi (CCK Internet
> Market Study)
> 
> Alex
> ------excerpt--
> [Daily Nation]
> Orange slashes its internet access fees
> EVANS NYABIAGE
> February 12 2009
> 
> It will now be cheaper to use the internet after Telkom
> Kenya slashed
> its access fees through the Orange network by 40 per cent.
> 
> The new rates mean that one can browse for Sh1 per minute.
> 
> "With equipment cost of Sh3,500 for the plug-and-play
> modem and
> browsing charges for Sh1 per minute during off peak hours
> (7pm-7am),
> universally affordable internet access for Kenyans in rural
> and urban
> areas is now a reality," said Telkom Kenya head of
> marketing and
> strategy Jean-Michel Chanut.
> 
> The revamped internet service is a pay-as-you-go one that
> comes with a
> modem, a data-enabled RUIM card (Removable User Identity
> Module), Sh50
> bonus airtime on activation and a step-by-step set-up
> guide.
> 
> Subscribers will be able to top-up upon purchase of Telkom
> prepaid and
> VoIP top up cards.
> 
> A government move in the 2008/2009 budget to scrap import
> tax on
> telecom equipment such as mobile phones and those required
> for putting
> up base stations, has resulted in cut-throat competition in
> the
> industry.
> 
> <http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/-/1006/529474/-/j2b57fz/-/>
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