[kictanet] Safaricom Limited adjusts its tariffs

Wed Oct 5 07:58:54 EAT 2011

Well said Bobby, as we wait for a commission of inquiry on the sliding
dollar.

My two dollars ;-)

On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 5:55 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Before the price wars that brought the calling rate to below 10/- by mobile
> phone charges averaged 15,000/-, my internet was about 5,000/-.
>
> After the price drops I decided to retain my expenses but increase the
> utility of the money.
>
> I installed a WiMax link in the house, changed my office ISP to Safaricom
> and convinced my partner to change his home ISPs to Safaricom.  By total
> communication cost to date has dropped to 14,000/- and with Skype my partner
> and I can communicate constantly at a flat rate.
>
> Let as embrace the new communication channels that have been made available
> and stop insisting on lowering tariffs of voice calls and appreciate the
> lower priced and more reliable broadband services.
>
> Now all I need is a public WiFi network in the CBD and all my calls can
> move to VoIP.
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
>
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
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> *From:* Mark Mwangi <mwangy at gmail.com>
> *To:* robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 17:26
>
> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Safaricom Limited adjusts its tariffs
>
> The increase by a shilling will not affect consumers by much if you ask me.
> The cumulative effect is only felt by Safaricom and as the CEO said it is
> necessary. There are options if we cant stomach an increase by a shilling
> then we should move communication to email and twitter.
>
> On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 11:07 PM, Edith Adera <eadera at idrc.or.ke> wrote:
>
> With number portability in place and some providers having free calls (with
> minimum ksh 2 per day...permanently!)...I think it's quite clear what
> direction consumers will take!
>
> Edith
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> idrc.or.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of James Mbugua [
> jgmbugua at gmail.com]
> Sent: 01 October 2011 12:16
> To: Edith Adera
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Safaricom Limited adjusts its tariffs
>
> Since I was with Collymore qhen he made the announcement, I can say
> this: it was not an easy decision for Safaricom to make.
> I totally disagree with some of their data pricing plans but I see the
> logic of the retail voice tariff increase.
> The company has 2100 plua base stations many on own masts. Exh of them
> needs a standby generator to keep it runnuning in case Kenya Power
> does what it does best: plunge people into darkness.
> Reason 2: Kenya Airways, the only other company besides SafCom,
> Kenolkobil and Kenya Power that generates a billion dollars a year, is
> not entering dedicated cargo business blindly.
> One of the big imports from the Far East is telecom equipment, a lot
> of it by or for Safaricom. With the Kenya Shilling sliding wildly,
> Safaricom is ending up paying a lot more than it budgeted, not just
> for the equipment but also for the transport becuase of fuel.
> The company did not say if it will increase or reduce tariffs if and
> when the current economic environment changes, my guess would be yes
> to an increase if inflation keeps rising and the Shilling continues to
> slide.
> We are looking to the US to announce a dip into recession which would
> plunge crude prices by 20-30 USD per barrel the same day. It would
> begin to solve our currency issues.
>
> On 9/30/11, waudo siganga <emailsignet at mailcan.com> wrote:
> > Since we are in a competitive environment I would expect news of
> > individual operators changes in price to be useful only for
> > purposes of informing consumers to take decisions. The importatnt
> > thing is that no operator should be stopped from reducing or
> > increasing their prices as they wish. My own belief is that the
> > price elasticity of demand for mobile voice  is fairly negative,
> > especially given that an individual consumer can run multiple
> > SIMS. Let's wait and see.
> >
> > Waudo
> >
> > On Friday, September 30, 2011 4:40 PM, "Harry Hare"
> > <harry at africanedevelopment.org> wrote:
> >
> > This has been long coming  [1]http://bit.ly/oYOiHr
> > Enjoy your weekend.
> >
> > Harry
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