[kictanet] CA loses power to regulate dominant telcos

[Ahmed Mohamed Maawy]

Technology never stiffles. It facilitates. Mind you Safaricom is a 100%
technology based company.
On Jan 5, 2016 1:13 PM, "Rose Lukalo -Owino" <rlukalo at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>>> ----
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Nanjira.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone.
>>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> *Ahmed Maawy*
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