[kictanet] Airtel accuses Safaricom of sabotaging Mobile Number Portability

[Odhiambo Washington]

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 17:07, Andrea Bohnstedt <
andrea.bohnstedt at ratio-magazine.com> wrote:

> As far as I understand, this was in response to an earlier Safaricom press
> release today in which they claim that Airtel do not adequately inform
> subscribers who want to port about the implications:
>
>
> http://www.ratio-magazine.com/201104123892/Corporate-Press-Releases/Safaricom-Seeks-Regulatory-Intervention-over-Porting-Anomalies.html
>
> I have no access to the data on unsuccessfully ported numbers and calls
> that won't be completed. But the press release had the two porting request
> forms by Safaricom and Airtel respectively attached as a scan. Safaricom's
> requires the subscriber to sign that s/he has understood the implications
> (cleared balances, withdrawn remaining funds from mobile money accounts,
> deplete airtime, cash in reward points etc). Airtel's form does not include
> this (unless it's on the back or on a second page that wasn't scanned).
> Happy to send the attachments round if anyone is interested - just contact
> me directly.
>
> The FAQ are now fairly easy to find on CCK and Airtel and Safcom websites
> but I still suspect that a lot of people don't entirely understand what's
> going on.
>
> Also interesting: Orange and Yu don't yet feature in this debate.
>
>
Orange and Yu are still not among the "major players". They don't have the
numbers, the muscle, and (I dare say) the "will" to get there. Just count
them out of this war.



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