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

Fri Aug 21 07:20:56 EAT 2015

Simiyu

Interesting analogy..However misplaced it is...:-)

I think this list's contributors have been a major proponent of Safaricom's against the ill-advised push to dismember it. Having said that we also cannot allow such actions to go unchallenged. It's perpetuating the impunity this country's citizens are fighting hard to destroy. 

40%+ of Kenya's GDP passes through the Mpesa system. It has become the de-facto ATM Network for the country hence restrictive tendencies should not be allowed. This is a perfect (if what Safaricom has done against Equitel is true) opportunity for the regulator to show us why they were once voted the best regulator in Africa. 

Can the regulator stand up and be counted? 

Ali Hussein
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> On Aug 21, 2015, at 6:43 AM, simiyu mse via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> 
> Its easy to throw stones at the elephant eating your vegetables calling it a brute when you are busy cordoning off its migration routes.
> 
> My 2cents in MPesa balance.
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>> On Aug 21, 2015 3:32 AM, "Rose Lukalo -Owino via kictanet" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>> 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
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>>>>> On Aug 20, 2015 8:36 PM, "ngethe.kariuki2007 via kictanet" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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>>>>> 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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>>>>> Sent from Samsung Mobile
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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 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -- 
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