[kictanet] Orange to exit, CS to yank the NOFBI contract from orange

[Phares Kariuki]

In Uganda, MTN wants to purchase Orange, that's confirmed, not sure about
rest of Africa.


On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 10:58 AM, James Mbugua <jgmbugua at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Any truth to the rumours that MTN might take over Orange's operations in
> Africa?
>
> James
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 9:51 AM, S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Orange persisted in enforcing bandwidth caps even on ADSL losing business
>> to Zuku (Wimax and Fiber) which did not insist such bandwidth caps.
>>
>> Trust local shareholders + new local investors will get a Kenyan
>> CEO/Business Leader to sort out Telkom Kenya.
>>
>> Think of Uchumi supermarkets and how it recovered under sound *Kenyan*leadership :)
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Murigi / Stanley Muraya
>>
>> *"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one
>> who takes a city." Prov 16:32*
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> It's now clear that Orange will be exiting the East African market by
>>> end of the year.
>>>
>>> In an apparent related development the CS has given Orange notice that
>>> the Government intends to cancel the NOFBI contract. This is as it should
>>> be. The Government is making the right move yanking this out of a partner
>>> who unfortunately through either ineptitude or inability to read the market
>>> or both has turned one of Kenya's Crown Jewels into so much confetti..
>>>
>>> I'm curious though what next for NOFBI? Will it be collapsed into the
>>> new proposed PPP for infrastructure? I'm sure the industry will be
>>> following this with interest.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://mobile.nation.co.ke/news/Orange-exit-set-to-rock-telcom-market/-/1950946/2256276/-/format/xhtml/-/7wvdim/-/index.html
>>>
>>> *Ali Hussein*
>>>
>>> +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>> "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world
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>>>
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