[kictanet] Airtel writes to regulators over Safaricom's market share

[Mwendwa Kivuva]

Good point Brian. It is without doubt Safaricom a.k.a Queen bee is
OVER-EXPLOITING the market.

Somebody just has to look at their profits in a country whose per capita is
only $2000. Their data prices especially, and money transfer cost are
immoral for lack of a better word.

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On 22 January 2015 at 19:34, Brian Munyao Longwe via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Actually, this is quite a serious issue, it has been proven the world over
> that an operator with significant market power (SMP) needs strong
> regulatory measures to ensure that they do not over exploit the market, and
> more importantly quench healthy competition...
>
>
> On Tuesday, January 20, 2015, Edith Adera via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>>  Interesting indeed!
>>
>>
>>  Need to study any "anti-competitive" behaviour and act....question is,
>> will the regulator(s) act? Safaricom has its owners.
>>
>>
>>  Consumer behavior also has a key role to play...I've argued that for
>> years and if memory serves, Michael Joseph once said "Kenyans have peculiar
>> habits". These habits play a BIG role in keeping the BIG player dominant!
>>
>>
>>  Edith
>>  ------------------------------
>> *From:* kictanet <kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.ca at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> on behalf of Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> *Sent:* Monday, January 19, 2015 11:53 PM
>> *To:* Edith Adera
>> *Subject:* [kictanet] Airtel writes to regulators over Safaricom's
>> market share
>>
>>   Listers
>>
>>  This is interesting.
>>
>>  Airtel Kenya has written to Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) and
>> Competitions Authority of Kenya (CAK) asking that Safaricom be declared a
>> dominant player in the market. Airtel Kenya, which is targeting a bigger
>> share of the country's voice, SMS, data and mobile-money transfer business,
>> claims Safaricom has been using its dominance to prevent others from
>> growing their business. It is asking the two regulators to intervene and
>> stop the telecommunications sector's slide into a monopoly where the market
>> leader, allegedly has freedom to do whatever it wishes.
>>
>> Read more at:
>> http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2000148531/airtel-writes-to-regulators-over-safaricom-s-market-share
>>
>>  I'm curious as to what remedies there are in the act to reverse
>> safaricom's dominance.
>>
>>    *Ali Hussein*
>>
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