[kictanet] AIRTEL REIGNITES TARIFF WARS

Odhiambo Washington odhiambo at gmail.com
Fri Aug 16 16:10:10 EAT 2013


Which Safaricom?

I mean the one that has been down? :)


On 16 August 2013 15:52, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:

> Safaricom has been down for the whole day. The competition must be very
> happy.
>
> Regards
>
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> On 16 August 2013 15:05, Mark Mwangi <mwangy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  I wonder why networks like Airtel are not flogging twin SIM Phones.
>> Safaricom are not their competitors. Different lanes.  They will not win
>> against Queen bee. They can however cannibalize their voice and text
>> market. Twin Sims are the only way to do this in my opinion. Let users keep
>> the Safaricom Line but offer them a "Mpango wa Kando" line that they can
>> use for Data, Voice ETC when they are feeling broke. Same phone 2 SIMS.
>>
>> Attacking Safaricom will only wound them. I for instance will not dump my
>> Safaricom Line even if calls are free on the other networks. I however
>> operate an Orange line for voice and data. Split the revenue. But Alas walk
>> into an Airtel shop and their handsets are ridiculously priced symbian
>> things.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 2:50 PM, James Mbugua <jgmbugua at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Listers
>>>
>>> It looks like Airtel have used the lowering of interconnection (MTR)
>>> rates by CCK to restart the tariff wars.
>>>
>>> They have introduced a promo tariff for Sh2/- per minute across all
>>> networks.
>>>
>>> I wonder how the other operators will respond.
>>>
>>> I thought one of their recent business moves was wise amidst many
>>> baffling ones but I'm not sure where to place this one.
>>>
>>> James
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