[kictanet] Kenya IGF 2010 Mailing List Discussions Day 3 of 8 Theme : Infrastructure Issues - Impact of the Unified Licensing Model IGF Mailing List Discussions

[Barrack Otieno]

Great Intervention Grace, do you have an idea on who are what we can do to
get this Consumer protection laws in place? possibly a townhall meeting or
Kamukunji to address the issue, i surpose it is a burning issue...

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Grace Bomu <nmutungu at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Unified Licensing without adequate consumer protection laws is not the best
> situation because with the freedom to offer converged services licensees are
> prone to practise unfair trade and uncompetitive pricing. This is exactly
> the situation in Kenya with strong the telecos/ GSM companies practising
> monopoly. We definately need the anti-competition and consumer protection
> regulations that were consultatively discussed by multiple stakeholders but
> shelved after gazettement to be implemented.
>
>
> On 9 July 2010 11:59, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Lord Mwesh :-)
>>
>> Good question, it seems like this is a very tough subject based on the
>> limited responses that we are receiving, it might be an indicator to the
>> regulator that more needs to be done in terms of awareness on the new
>> License, i saw an interesting discussion on another list where a Telco was
>> being blamed for taking over everything, i found the discussion to be
>> misplaced since they are taking advantage of the provisions in the new
>> licensing model, the question is whos responsibility is it to educate the
>> Mwananchi and local businessmen who feel they are losing out...any take on
>> this from seasoned experts MM?
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 8:37 PM, lordmwesh <lordmwesh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  It's true that the Unified Licensing Model will stiffen up competition
>>> on telecommunication companies which in turn will spur growth in the
>>> sector and thus give end users more choices.
>>>
>>> My concern is, will the government loose the revenue it gets by
>>> issuing single licenses? Will the small players in the industry afford
>>> the license fees for unified licenses?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Mwendwa
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