[kictanet] CA loses power to regulate dominant telcos

[Rose Lukalo -Owino]

The question that must be asked is whether that success of the tech sector
is encouraging or stifling the emergence of others and future growth and
expansion and in so doing serving the public with newer, better shinier
opportunities. Behind the scenes conversations within the tech sector
suggest to me that emergent players choose to play safe and stay out of
sight of the dominant players lest they be whacked into oblivion for daring
to demand a piece of the cake. That doesn't serve the new players in terms
of freedom to contribute nor does it serve the public in terms of
availability of choice, competitive pricing and service.

On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 12:59 PM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy <
ultimateprogramer at gmail.com> wrote:

> It may be more disturbing is that at this rate - we will be having stories
> in the archives about how great an innovative sector and Silicon Savannah
> Kenya really was really soon - or the rise and fall of the innovation space
> in the Silicon Savannah. We were hailed for being a "hotbed of innovation"
> recently. But if innovators will be constantly suffocated - there is little
> to hope for for innovation to have prosperity. Overall the tech sector is a
> major backbone of our recent economic prosperity.
>
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Rose Lukalo -Owino via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> From the consumer rights perspective on whose behalf competition law
>> exists, I think it is critical to take the conversation away from business
>> and engineering and the technology and always reference the impact a
>> business has in/on society.
>>
>> It is after all why we as Kenyans "license" business and with that same
>> authority we can revoke that license if at any point we feel a business is
>> hurting citizens or disrespecting the privilege of doing business with them
>> in any way. (Hands up if you still can't get your cellphone company to pick
>> up the (_____) customer service lines.)
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 5:38 AM, Nanjira Sambuli via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> It's bound to be an interesting ride!
>>>
>>> ----
>>> *CA loses power to regulate dominant telcos
>>> <http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/CA-loses-power-to-regulate-dominant-telcos/-/539546/3021508/-/u0rm7ez/-/index.html>*
>>> // *BusinessDailyHome
>>> <http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/CA-loses-power-to-regulate-dominant-telcos/-/539546/3021508/-/u0rm7ez/-/index.html>*
>>>
>>> The Communications Authority of Kenya has lost powers to independently
>>> monitor dominance and act against its abuse – leaving it with a narrow
>>> mandate of licensing new players and allocating frequencies.
>>> ----
>>>
>>> Shared via *my feedly reader <http://feedly.com>*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Nanjira.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone.
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