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

[Rose Lukalo -Owino]

I could not agree with you more JB. Pretty thoughtless move on part of
Safcom at a time when it is under scrutiny and should be "playing nice"..
Rose

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On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 10:00 PM, Ohaga JB via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> The regulators have been searching rather 'unsuccessfully ' at examples or
> scenarios when Safcom abused it's dominance, I may well be very wrong but
> this here seems to me like the perfect example!
>
> JB.
>
> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:57 Ali Hussein via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from Samsung Mobile
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -------- 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
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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>>> blog.denniskioko.com <http://www.denniskioko.com/>
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