[kictanet] AIRTEL REIGNITES TARIFF WARS

Fri Aug 16 18:10:21 EAT 2013

Now I hear there was a major hiccup at Safaricom that made several numbers
unreachable, and yes, I know someone who went through this. Let's wait for
official communication from Safaricom so we can know what happened.

Funny advise that was - to divert all calls to 'another working number'.
1. Does this mean Safaricom expects, as a standard, that everyone should
have an alternate number??
2. And suppose the alternate number is also in the same affected lot? Or
did they mean 'divert to another network'?
3.  And who did they think is supposed to pay for the 'divert' charges when
it is their fault?

On 16 August 2013 17:59, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:

> I hope CCK logs the downtime experienced today. Many Safaricom numbers
> have been "mteja" for like 24hours. Safaricom advice has been to divert all
> calls to another working number
>
> ______________________
> Mwendwa Kivuva
> twitter.com/lordmwesh
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>
>
> On 16 August 2013 16:10, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>
>>> ______________________
>>> Mwendwa Kivuva
>>> twitter.com/lordmwesh
>>> google ID | Skype ID: lordmwesh
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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>>
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>> Best regards,
>> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
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>
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Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
+254733744121/+254722743223
"I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."
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