[kictanet] Safaricom dominance report proposes an impractical solution

Thu Mar 16 10:24:12 EAT 2017

Barrack

It's a good economic argument for Safaricom if nothing else. But yes, I do agree this shouldn't be forced on them. They should have that choice. Just like any bank has a choice not to have their ATMs connected to other banks..despite the KBA and the Clearing house. There will come a time that Mpesa will wish they had made the system agnostic to all service provides and charge a small fee for it..

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> On 16 Mar 2017, at 9:39 AM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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> Its like coming to my house and suggesting that the TV i bought for my family is a public good. Safaricom has rights over Mpesa including terminating its use, we have airtelmoney, Orangemoney, i cant get the argument. If i want Safaricom products i move to the network.
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>> On Mar 16, 2017 7:27 AM, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>> Yes. I agree with the proposal for interoperability. In my mind, Safaricom communication services and M-PESA are different services. Requiring that one subscribe to the first (Safaricom network) to access the benefits of the second (M-PESA) amounts to tying. This also applies to a lot of the M-products that run exclusively on that platform. 
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>>> On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 7:43 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>> In other words - Interoperability? 
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>>> On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 7:36 AM +0300, "Job Muriuki via kictanet" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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>>>> We might be looking at this Safaricom dominance issue wrongly. Let Safaricom run mpesa but have the exclusivity to safaricom numbers removed. 
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>>>>> On 10 Mar 2017 15:01, "Watila Alex via kictanet" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>>> the question a regulator should ask is - is the dominant player abusing it's position? so in what ways is safaricom abusing thier dominant position?
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