[kictanet] Equitel - M-Pesa battle heats up as Safaricom hikes termination fees

[Ali Hussein]

This is definitely a case that requires serious attention from the
regulator.

Ali Hussein
Tel: +254 713 601113
On Aug 20, 2015 8:36 PM, "ngethe.kariuki2007 via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Since Safaricom is dominant in the mobile money termination market and in
> the absence of any regulation, it is in their interest to maximise returns
> in that "market segment" .So, Safaricom is behaving as expected!
>
> John Kariuki
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Dennis Kioko via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date:
> To: ngethe.kariuki2007 at yahoo.co.uk
> Cc: Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi at gmail.com>
> Subject: [kictanet] Equitel - M-Pesa battle heats up as Safaricom hikes
> termination fees
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> Good Afternoon Listers,
> Safaricom has increased termination fee - the amount of money paid to it
> by Equitel for money to be sent from one network to another.
>
> This has left Equitel users with high transaction costs on Equitel to
> M-Pesa transactions. See story
> here http://www.infotake.co.ke/2015/08/equitel-users-silently-hit-by-100.html
> <http://www.infotake.co.ke/2015/08/equitel-users-silently-hit-by-100.html>
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