[kictanet] Safaricom halves its internet bundles pricing

Thu Mar 5 14:07:40 EAT 2015

Mwaura, thanks for this excellent and helpful analysis.

The problem with Orange is they simply won’t extend the 3G to “diasporia” areas like Syokimau onwards.  The same goes for Airtel.

So the sizeable population there is stuck with Safaricom. There’s a glimmer of hope through Liquid Telkom which has started making some inroads with residential installations at Kshs. 3, 000 unlimited. I however do have details on how this is capped or speeds but it is a start.

John Masiwe

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Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 1:23 PM
To: John Masiwe
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Safaricom halves its internet bundles pricing

Its a vicious cycle data that's not about to end anytime soon, given social media's recently discovered influence. We all know what led to Safaricom's change of rates.

Airtel's Unliminet is silent on Bundles higher than 6GB. Unliminet seems to favour low data users. Last i checked, it offered 20GB for 8,000/=. I'm not going to dwell much on them.

Orange are the only ones who seem to have nailed it. With their Mobile WiFi modem. A  3G palm size, battery powered, modem that shares internet via WiFi. You can connect upto 5 devices. Speeds upto 7Mbps. The gadget goes for 5,000 & comes with free 20GB. 

Orange: For ksh 3,000 a month one gets 20GB & reduced speeds thereafter. Safaricom is offering 10GB & 10GB free at night for 3,000/=. One gets 10GB weekly for 990/=. If i choose a weekly plan, i only need to add an extra 1K to get a total of 40GB in a month of 4 weeks. 

Orange's pricing structure seems to give the best fit between cost & data. With more data, more tasks can be done. 

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On Mar 5, 2015, at 12:21 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

Listers

Safaricom has basically halved the price of its internet bundles.

http://safaricom.com/bundles/

Predatory Pricing or meeting a market demand? 

Who benefits and who looses? 

These are the questions that we must ask. 

>From where I'm sitting I can tell you one thing for sure - I'm not complaining about these new prices. I'm even willing to forgive them for capping my bundles to one month... Although it does raise pertinent issues on Net Neutrality.

Let's look at it this way:-

I used to buy 1k worth of bundles which got me 1.5GB plus a 750MB bonus exclusively for night use (between 10.00pm - 10.00am) 

Now for the same 1k I get:-

2GB plus 2GB bonus for night use.

Predatory pricing or consumer based pricing? The answer depends on whether you are a consumer or Competitor.  :)

One thing is for sure. These prices can come down further. (We Kenyans are never satisfied, right?) :) 

Weekly Internet Bundle (Please Select One)

·         ( ) 4MB + 4MB (Ksh 5)

·         ( ) 10MB + 10 MB (Ksh 10)

·         ( ) 30MB + 30 MB (Ksh 25)

·         ( ) 65MB + 65 MB (Ksh 50)

[BUY BUNDLE]
Monthly Internet Bundle: (Please Select One)

·         ( ) 100MB + 100MB (Ksh.100)

·         ( ) 300MB + 300MB (Ksh.250)

·         ( ) 650MB + 650MB (Ksh.500)

·         ( ) 2GB + 2GB (Ksh 1000)

·         ( ) 5GB + 5GB (Ksh 2000)

·         ( ) 10GB +10GB (Ksh 3000)

·         ( ) 25GB + 25GB (Ksh 5750)

·         ( ) 50GB + 50GB (Ksh 6750)

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