[kictanet] Consumer protection a means of cutting Safaricom’s dominance

Nelson J kwaje nelson at web4all.co.ke
Thu Feb 23 09:38:59 EAT 2017


Not trying to be too simplistic, but this cartoon 
<http://gadocartoons.com/safcom-dominance/?utm_content=buffer6c463&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer> 
says  a lot about what is happening in this market. #Safcom_dominance.

http://gadocartoons.com/safcom-dominance/?utm_content=buffer6c463&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 


Nelson Kwaje

Team Leader

WEB4ALL Ltd


On 22/02/2017 01:53 WB, Erick Mwangi via kictanet wrote:
>
> Well Kanini being restrained and dominating are good things given in 
> equal measure - pun intended!!
>
> Research has shown that several factors influence a company’s ability 
> to retain market leadership, among them technological innovation, 
> changes in market structure, short product life cycles, capital 
> strength and promotional prowess. However, one critical factor has 
> largely been ignored: the psychological forces that drive decisions 
> consumers make and, specifically, the degree to which people feel they 
> have choices. Once people have learned a company’s unique technology 
> interface, they become more efficient using that interface and are 
> often reluctant to switch to competing products that require new 
> skills or allow for only limited transfer of current skills. As 
> companies such as Microsoft have demonstrated with its Windows 
> operating system and Office software, early movers with dominant 
> market shares are in an ideal position to provide customers with 
> interface-specific experience that creates this type of competitive 
> advantage.
>
> Studies have shown that once consumers learn to use a particular 
> interface, they are reluctant to switch.
>
> Psychological reactance works like this: As people learn to use a 
> particular electronic interface associated with information search or 
> online shopping, for example, they often become locked in and develop 
> extremely high levels of loyalty even when otherwise equivalent 
> competitors are available; the cost of switching outweighs the benefit 
> of using another product. However, research indicates that the depth 
> of loyalty weakens when consumers feel that their freedom to choose is 
> restricted. Specifically, as people feel that their choice is 
> constrained and that one interface dominates the market, they react 
> against the constraint by turning away from the market leader’s 
> offering, thereby subjecting themselves to the associated costs of 
> switching.
>
> This also the reason why Microsoft, invested $150 million in Apple in 
> 1997 to ensure its survival (and thereby giving consumers a real 
> choice in operating systems), this may have taken an important step 
> toward maintaining its dominance in its core PC markets - well Safcom 
> ball is in your court..
>
> A complex set of factors affects the choices that consumers make in 
> rapidly evolving markets such as mobile apps, social networks and 
> other emerging electronic interfaces. Aggressive players respond by 
> focusing on product development, branding and rapidly gaining critical 
> mass. research suggests that an important driver of consumer loyalty 
> is the extent to which individuals feel that they have a choice in the 
> interface they use, and that psychological reactance can have 
> substantial effects on both consumer preferences and market shares.
>
> Behavioural analytics is becoming a key cog in understanding markets - 
> this was used extensively used by Ted Cruz's campaign and later Trump, 
> this will be an interesting phase we are getting into.
>
>
> E Njoroge Mwangi
> Technology| FINTECH | Big Data
>
> Cell +44 7539372742
> Skype: Erick.mwangi
>
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 9:54 AM, kanini mutemi via kictanet 
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>> 
> wrote:
>
>     Not to be the forbearing wife in an abusive relationship (they run
>     through my bundles too fast😡
>     ​)
>
>     Obtaining a dominant position isn't unlawful where the dominant
>     position has been achieved genuinely through hardwork, superiority
>     of products and services and an interplay of supply and demand.
>     What is unlawful (See Section 24 of the Competition Act) is abuse
>     of the dominant position. Our debate on whether or not Safaricom
>     has a dominant position is futile. What we should interrogate is
>     whether 1. the dominant position (assuming indeed the numbers
>     affirm their dominance) was achieved unlawfully and 2. there have
>     been instances of abuse of such position such as product tying (as
>     the writer claims) and restrictive agreements. If the answer to
>     this is yes then by all means let's have a conversation on
>     equitable remedy and please, make those fines hefty. Again, we
>     casually talk about unfair competition but in which market? There
>     is a need to define the markets that Safaricom (and M-Pesa)
>     operate in and see real figures on market share in these markets.
>
>     It is very tempting to approach this topic emotionally and I think
>     that's the trap the trial judge in US v Microsoft fell in when he
>     ordered that Microsoft be split to two. Well in that case there
>     were instances of abuse, I digress. Legislative (see Midiwo's
>     Bill) and regulatory efforts may sound like a good idea now but
>     what happens when our home grown companies finally make it? Will
>     we subject them to similar vilification? I get the angle on
>     consumer protection but is it really the consumer we are
>     protecting or are we just mad that one company made it while
>     others still struggle? I'd like us to graduate the discussion to
>     whether a lot of what Safaricom does amounts to abuse of dominant
>     position. For example- the new product by PharmAccess, M-Tiba.
>     You're telling me that for me to get services from one product
>     (M-Tiba) I have to subscribe for another product (Safaricom). Am I
>     the only one for whom this raises red flags?
>
>     Tarehe Jumatano, Feb 22, 2017 saa 12:22 Twahir Hussein Kassim via
>     kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
>     <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>> aliandika:
>
>         Interesting debate…
>
>         I would agree with Ali on nurturing the */ndogo-ndogos/* (read
>         zukus, jamiis etc) that are upcoming. However I would rather
>          let the */bwana kubwa/* – Safcom be,  the market has a way to
>         trim */bwana kubwa/* to size – Nokia is a good example.
>
>         *From: *Walubengo J via kictanet
>         <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>         *Sent: *Wednesday, February 22, 2017 11:29 AM
>         *To: *twahuq at gmail.com <mailto:twahuq at gmail.com>
>         *Cc: *Walubengo J <mailto:jwalu at yahoo.com>
>
>
>         *Subject: *Re: [kictanet]Consumer protection a means of
>         cutting Safaricom’s dominance
>
>         @Barrack,
>
>         Unlike columnist Jaindi, i dont have the benefit of the leaked
>         dominance report. So unable to confidently take a position on
>         the report.
>
>         However, I partly agree with Ali that the market has changed
>         since the KPTC days (of the 1990s). Safaricom, just like
>         Airtel and others may have been telecommunication companies
>         then, but today they are more of ICT companies than they are
>         traditional telcos (read voice providers).
>
>         The regulatory instruments and parameters for managing telcos
>         in the 90s/early 2000s are therefore inadequate in dealing
>         with todays dynamic ICT/Internet environment. There is need to
>         have new regulatory instruments that can adequately
>         interrogate todays ICT markets.
>
>         So once I get the dominance report, I would be keen to
>         understand whether the Consultants recommendations are
>         informed by a  telco-focused regulatory instruments or are
>         based on the new ICT realities. So in answering @Barrack, it
>         is difficult to tell whether splitting Safcom is good or not,
>         unless we understand what were the methodologies used to
>         arrive at such decisions.
>
>         So I hope Racheal/CA will give us the detailed official report
>         sooner, rather than later.
>
>         walu.
>
>         *From:*Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
>         <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>>
>         *To:* jwalu at yahoo.com <mailto:jwalu at yahoo.com>
>         *Cc:* Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke
>         <mailto:ali at hussein.me.ke>>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
>         <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
>         <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>>
>         *Sent:* Wednesday, February 22, 2017 6:18 AM
>         *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Consumer protection a means of
>         cutting Safaricom’s dominance
>
>         Barrack
>
>         Im one of those old enough to remember. :-)
>
>         However my take is this:-
>
>         The markets have evolved so much and the dynamics of
>         innovation, the market place and the consumer changed so much
>         that the the Heavy Hand of Regulation must now be tampered by
>         the light touch of nurturing and encouraging innovation and
>         the market players to act and behave in a responsible manner.
>         Failure to which the Market will deal with them in a most
>         ruthless manner. The market won't break you up. It will
>         decimate you and leave you for the dead. Just ask Telkom
>         Kenya, Posta, Nokia and other once 'Dominant' global players.
>
>         I think we are focusing on the wrong things. By all means,
>         keep a leash on the lean, mean fighting machine that is
>         Safaricom. But also nurture home grown players -The PesaPals,
>         the Cellulant, the WayaWayas, the Anganis, the Zuku's and
>         Jamiis to ensure that we build such a deep bench of players
>         that this Dominance conversation will be placed where it
>         belongs - in the dustbins of history.
>
>         *Ali Hussein*
>
>         *Principal*
>
>         *Hussein & Associates*
>
>         +254 0713 601113 <tel:+254%20713%20601113>
>
>         Twitter: @AliHKassim
>
>         Skype: abu-jomo
>
>         LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
>         <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim>
>
>         "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not
>         an act but a habit."  ~ Aristotle
>
>         Sent from my iPad
>
>
>         On 22 Feb 2017, at 5:27 AM, Barrack Otieno
>         <otieno.barrack at gmail.com <mailto:otieno.barrack at gmail.com>>
>         wrote:
>
>             Hi colleagues,
>
>             I need an explanation like a two year old on this whole
>             dominance
>             debate. Maybe Walu can help me here. Safaricom was a
>             subsidiary of
>             Telkom Kenya focused on the mobile phone (GSM) Segment.
>             Looking back
>             into the past and as a result of Liberization, the then
>             giant Kenya
>             Posts and Telecommunications Corporation was split into ,
>             Telkom
>             Kenya, Communications Authority of Kenya (CCK then as the
>             regulator
>             and Posta to handle the post office. We need to step back and
>             interrogate the real reasons as to why Progress of Telkom
>             Kenya and
>             Posta has backfired in a maximum of ten bullet points. On
>             the other
>             hand, we also need to figure out how Safaricom (a
>             subsidiary of Telkom
>             Kenya which is now a public company bolted out of the
>             stable and
>             became a success). My simple questions:
>
>             1. Will a split of Safaricom yield the desired effect?
>             2. Is it in the interest of Safaricom (the company or
>             organization
>             that is a legally recognized person by the laws of the
>             land to split
>             so as to suit the competition.
>             3. Can someone share case  studies of where this has
>             worked before?
>
>             Walu or anyone as old as Kenya Posts and Telecommunication
>             Corporation
>             please help.
>
>             Following...
>
>             On 2/22/17, Ali Hussein via kictanet
>             <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
>             <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote:
>
>                 @Mwendwa and all
>
>                 it looks like that's what the consultant is suggesting.
>
>                 Here are two other excerpts from the report that I
>                 find interesting:-
>
>                 The most draconian of the prescriptions is the
>                 proposal to functionally
>
>                 separate M-Pesa from Safaricom. This is tantamount to
>                 proposing a break-up
>
>                 of Safaricom because in terms of growth revenues,
>                 M-Pesa is on track to
>
>                 reach 50 per cent of the company’s net revenues. The
>                 consultants have also
>
>                 proposed what they call “mandatory wallet-to wallet
>                 interoperability”, a
>
>                 system where a consumer can keep cloud accounts across
>                 the platforms of
>
>                 different mobile companies, making it possible to move
>                 and shift money
>
>                 between accounts as one chooses.
>
>                 I have said before and I'm happy to repeat this again.
>                 Separating M-Pesa
>
>                 from Safaricom should not be forced on Safaricom. In
>                 my humble opinion
>
>                 Safaricom should by now have done this voluntarily as
>                 a strategic imperative
>
>                 to transform itself into the De-Facto National
>                 (Regional) Mobile Payment
>
>                 System. I think the lost opportunity here can be seen
>                 by the KBA launching a
>
>                 rival Mobile Platform called PesaLink.
>
>                 The mandatory 'Wallet to Wallet' interoperability is
>                 an interesting angle
>
>                 and needs to seriously be considered. This sort of
>                 compliments my point
>
>                 above.
>
>                 They have also recommended a system that they call
>                 “agent to agent
>
>                 interoperability”, where agents will be able to
>                 support multiple mobile
>
>                 money platforms using what is described in technical
>                 language as “a single
>
>                 float”.
>
>                 This is certainly interesting. In as much as this
>                 supports the notion of
>
>                 'User or Customer Experience'  I think the Regulator
>                 and the Telcos should
>
>                 work towards ensuring this becomes a reality. In
>                 essence this could be a
>
>                 solution to the allegations that Safaricom discourages
>                 its agent network
>
>                 from dealing with rival Telcos.
>
>                 Lastly, I would largely concur with Jaindi Ksero's
>                 conclusion (sort of) that
>
>                 the Consultant has displayed a lack of knowledge in
>                 the functioning of our
>
>                 national payments system. I would however like to add
>                 one for the road:-
>
>                 Are our Regulators (CA, CAK and CBK)  prepared to
>                 empower, grow and regulate
>
>                 with a light touch the seemingly fluid Telco, Banking,
>                 Payments and Fintech
>
>                 Spaces while ensuring that:-
>
>                 a) They embrace innovation and new thinking while
>                 protecting National
>
>                 Interests and consumers at the same time?
>
>                 b) They work together without resorting to Turf Wars
>                 as evidenced in the
>
>                 tiff between the CA and the CAK in 2015.
>
>                 http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Competition--telecoms-watchdogs-to-seek-truce-over-Safaricom-/539550-2707286-lqu5sez/index.html
>                 <http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Competition--telecoms-watchdogs-to-seek-truce-over-Safaricom-/539550-2707286-lqu5sez/index.html>
>
>                 c) They consider creating a Joint Task Force to
>                 monitor, encourage and
>
>                 empower players in the spaces mentioned to become
>                 Regional and Global
>
>                 Players? I have often wondered aloud about the CBK's
>                 core mandate of
>
>                 protecting Depositors' funds and wondered (again
>                 aloud) whether this mandate
>
>                 is outdated and that it should be expanded to that of
>                 becoming an empowering
>
>                 public entity that encourages research, innovation and
>                 entrepreneurship in
>
>                 the burgeoning convergence of Banking, Telcos,
>                 Payments and Fintech Spaces.
>
>                 d) Regulatory tools need to be rebooted and upgraded
>                 to reflect the times.
>
>                 The current scenarios are such that one doesn't even
>                 know anymore which
>
>                 industry one operates in.
>
>                 This is a plea for the Regulation Mandates to
>                 drastically change and embrace
>
>                 the now and the future.
>
>                 Can the Future Czars step up?
>
>                 Ali Hussein
>
>                 Principal
>
>                 Hussein & Associates
>
>                 +254 0713 601113 <tel:+254%20713%20601113>
>
>                 Twitter: @AliHKassim
>
>                 Skype: abu-jomo
>
>                 LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
>                 <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim>
>
>                 "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore,
>                 is not an act but a
>
>                 habit."  ~ Aristotle
>
>                 Sent from my iPad
>
>                     On 21 Feb 2017, at 11:12 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via
>                     kictanet
>
>                     <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
>                     <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote:
>
>                     So technically, we want to break up Safaricom so
>                     that these companies
>
>                     can gain some traction  "Airtel, has made
>                     cumulative debt to date of
>
>                     Sh51 billion, according to latest audited accounts
>                     for the financial
>
>                     year 2015. Indeed, in the league of loss makers,
>                     only Kenya Airways,
>
>                     with their Sh54 billion lost in the most recent
>                     years, compares to
>
>                     Airtel. As a matter of fact, the numbers in the
>                     company’s annual
>
>                     accounts show that Airtel is insolvent and only
>                     surviving on life
>
>                     support from the parent company in India.
>                     Safaricom’s only other
>
>                     rival, Orange Telkom, has gone through exceedingly
>                     difficult trading
>
>                     and financial conditions over the past decade.
>                     This a firm that is
>
>                     technically insolvent. It has gone through several
>                     episodes of
>
>                     restructuring that have not materially changed its
>                     circumstances."
>
>                     ______________________
>
>                     Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
>
>                     twitter.com/lordmwesh <http://twitter.com/lordmwesh>
>
>                     On 21 February 2017 at 23:48, Grace Githaiga via
>                     kictanet
>
>                     <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
>                     <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote:
>
>                         Jaindi Kisero gives us a glimpse of the
>                         competition study in the
>
>                         telecommunication sub-sector undertaken by Ms
>                         Analysys Mason on behalf
>
>                         of
>
>                         CA. See full article:
>
>                         "I recently came across a report by the
>                         consulting group Analysys Mason
>
>                         entitled "A telecommunication competition
>                         market study in Kenya".
>
>                         Readers
>
>                         will recall that these consultants were
>                         retained by the market regulator
>
>>
>                         the Communications Authority of Kenya – to
>                         conduct a study whose results
>
>                         were to inform the crafting of a new framework
>                         for regulating abuse of
>
>                         market dominance by the big players.
>
>                         As expected, one of the key findings of this
>                         study is that Safaricom’s
>
>                         market share in both the mobile communications
>                         and mobile money segments
>
>                         far
>
>                         exceed the thresholds where firms are
>                         typically presumed to be
>
>                         dominant."
>
>                         http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/consumer-protection-a-means-of-cutting-safaricom-dominance/440808-3822560-jsmlpbz/index.html
>                         <http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/consumer-protection-a-means-of-cutting-safaricom-dominance/440808-3822560-jsmlpbz/index.html>
>
>                         Best regards
>
>                         Githaiga, Grace
>
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>
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