<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>Micheal,</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>When one party cannot agree on a commercial arrangement then there cannot be an arrangement and thats when the regulator setps in or one goes to court for some third party to be involved. If Safaricom and Telkom Kenya had agreed on this commercial issue then CCK wont be darwn in, may be there is some details i dont know. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Does the CCK Act that brought it into force not provide for CCK to mediate on commercial issues between operators when they cannot agree between themselves?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Eric here</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 22 Oct 2007, at 17:40, Michael Joseph wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="Street"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="address"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"><DIV class="Section1"><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">Eric:</SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">I am for genuine arbitration where parties cannot resolve issues but not for misusing the CCK when a parties cannot agree on a commercial arrangement. This is not a regulatory issue but a commercial one.</SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">Regards,</SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.3333px; ">Michael</SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.3333px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><I style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; "><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;font-style:italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: italic; ">CEO</SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: italic; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></I></P><P class="MsoNormal"><I style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; "><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;font-style:italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: italic; ">Safaricom Limited</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></I><FONT color="navy"><SPAN style="color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; "></SPAN><HR size="2" width="100%" align="center" tabindex="-1"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "><FONT size="2" face="Tahoma"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">From:</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></B><FONT size="2" face="Tahoma"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "> kictanet-bounces+mjoseph=safaricom.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [<A href="mailto:kictanet-bounces">mailto:kictanet-bounces</A>+mjoseph=<A href="mailto:safaricom.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke">safaricom.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke</A>] </SPAN><B style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN style="font-weight:bold; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">On Behalf Of </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; ">Eric Osiakwan</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><B style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN style="font-weight:bold; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">Sent:</SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "> Monday, October 22, 2007 2:40 PM</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><B style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN style="font-weight:bold; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">To:</SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "> Michael Joseph</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><B style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN style="font-weight:bold; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">Cc:</SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "> APC - Private list for use by EASSY Workshop Participants; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><B style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN style="font-weight:bold; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">Subject:</SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "> Re: [kictanet] The tables are turned</SPAN></SPAN></FONT><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></P></DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Micheal,</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">The intent of my submission is also not on the media one sidedness or if we got the full story or not.</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Am alluding to the trend that our regulators are becoming a good mediation point when commercial elements do not work like what you allude to and thats a good development for the general commercial enterprise except you not for that?</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Eric here</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">On 22 Oct 2007, at 16:53, Michael Joseph wrote:</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="Street"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="address"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN style="border-spacing: 0px 0px;text-align:auto;-khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto;orphans: 2;widows: 2;word-spacing:0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">What you have not mentioned whether the complaint had any merit and whether the Parties could not have resolved it between themselves rather than relying on the CCK to mediate every commercial dispute. There is much more to this than just the one-sided view quoted by the media but we have chosen not to try to resolve our disputes through the media.</SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE></SPAN><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></O:P></SPAN><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">Regards</SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></O:P></SPAN><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.3333px; ">Michael</SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.3333px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><FONT size="3" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt; color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></O:P></SPAN><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><I style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; "><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;font-style:italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: italic; ">CEO</SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: italic; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></I></SPAN><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><I style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; "><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;font-style:italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: italic; ">Safaricom Limited</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></I></SPAN><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><FONT size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></O:P></SPAN><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; "></SPAN><HR size="2" width="100%" align="center" tabindex="-1"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;font-weight:bold; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">From:</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "> kictanet-bounces+mjoseph=<A href="mailto:safaricom.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke">safaricom.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke</A> [</SPAN><A href="mailto:kictanet-bounces"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">mailto:kictanet-bounces</SPAN></A><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; ">+mjoseph=</SPAN><A href="mailto:safaricom.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">safaricom.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke</SPAN></A><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; ">] </SPAN><B style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN style="font-weight:bold; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">On Behalf Of </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; ">Eric Osiakwan</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; color:black; font-size: 13.3333px; "><BR style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><B style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN style="font-weight:bold; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">Sent:</SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "> Sunday, October 21, 2007 12:27 AM</SPAN></SPAN><BR style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><B style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN style="font-weight:bold; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">To:</SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "> Michael Joseph</SPAN></SPAN><BR style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><B style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN style="font-weight:bold; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">Cc:</SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "> APC - Private list for use by EASSY Workshop Participants; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions</SPAN></SPAN><BR style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><B style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN style="font-weight:bold; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">Subject:</SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "> [kictanet] The tables are turned</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></O:P></SPAN><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Dear All,</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></O:P></SPAN><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">We are really living in interesting times especially in the ICT industry because a few years ago, it was the mobile operators and ISPs who would be knocking on the doors of the regulator complaining and sometimes weeping at the anti-competitive practices of the imcumbent PTT towards them.</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></O:P></SPAN><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Today the tables have turned and in </SPAN><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u1:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Kenya</SPAN></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> as per the story below, Telkom </SPAN><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u1:st="on"><ST1:PLACE u1:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Kenya</SPAN></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> is rather asking CCK to put Safaricom in check because they are acting anti-competitively on the SMS platform against their CDMA operation. Five years ago, this would have being an "incorrect prophesy" but it has happen sooner than all would have expected. </SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></O:P></SPAN><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">What is more interesting is the fact that Safaricom is 60% owned by Telkom Kenya which is fully owned by government that means that the mobile operators have become so powerful that the combined years of PTT operation and their political forces cannot turn the tables except the mediation of the regulator. This confirms Russell Southwood's recent story of the emergence of the mobile operators as the new incumbents of our time. </SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></O:P></SPAN><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">May be one good thing is the fact that the mobile incumbents are so powerful that not a combiantion of PTT operation and political forces can impact them except the court of the regulator so the political leadership in some of our countries would now see reason to strengthen their regulators and make them independent enough to be the pivot to balance the weight of the mobile operators against their "cash cow" incumbents. </SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></O:P></SPAN><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Eric here</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></O:P></SPAN><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><FONT size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></O:P></SPAN><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><P style="mso-margin-top-alt:0mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:.75pt; margin-left:0mm; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "><FONT size="2" color="#00072f" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#00072F; font-weight:bold; font-size: 14px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; ">Telkom Lodges SMS Petition Against Safaricom in </SPAN><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u1:st="on"><ST1:PLACE u1:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; ">Kenya</SPAN></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="mso-margin-top-alt:0mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:3.75pt; margin-left:0mm;line-height:14.25pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="3" color="#00072f" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:#00072F; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">In the fight for control of </SPAN><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u1:st="on"><ST1:PLACE u1:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">Kenya</SPAN></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">'s lucrative telecoms industry, competition is becoming a useful weapon in the hands of rival firms -especially those that need to play the catch-up game to remain in the race.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="mso-margin-top-alt:0mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:3.75pt; margin-left:0mm;line-height:14.25pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="3" color="#00072f" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:#00072F; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">This market share war has become so intense that players are breaking all boundaries in the corporate rulebook.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="mso-margin-top-alt:0mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:3.75pt; margin-left:0mm;line-height:14.25pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="3" color="#00072f" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:#00072F; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">Five months ago, mobile phone service provider Celtel took its bigger and only rival Safaricom before the market regulator, accusing it of playing unfairly in the market to the disadvantage of the consumer.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="mso-margin-top-alt:0mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:3.75pt; margin-left:0mm;line-height:14.25pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="3" color="#00072f" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:#00072F; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">Now it is the national operator Telkom's turn to lodge a landmark complaint against its subsidiary -Safaricom.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="mso-margin-top-alt:0mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:3.75pt; margin-left:0mm;line-height:14.25pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="3" color="#00072f" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:#00072F; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">In its letter to Mr John Waweru, the Communications Commission of Kenya director general, Telkom </SPAN><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u1:st="on"><ST1:PLACE u1:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">Kenya</SPAN></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "> is accusing Safaricom of practising anti-competitive behaviour in the market -especially in the Short Messages Services (SMS) segment of the business.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="mso-margin-top-alt:0mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:3.75pt; margin-left:0mm;line-height:14.25pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="3" color="#00072f" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:#00072F; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">Telkom says Safaricom has been blocking the exchange of SMSs between the two networks, thereby denying its customers access to key services that the national operator is offering such as the one that enables them to check their voter registration details with the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK).</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="mso-margin-top-alt:0mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:3.75pt; margin-left:0mm;line-height:14.25pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="3" color="#00072f" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:#00072F; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">"Telkom </SPAN><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u1:st="on"><ST1:PLACE u1:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">Kenya</SPAN></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "> is concerned that Safaricom is engaging in anti-competitive behaviour and in essence abusing its dominant market position by introducing barriers to new entrants targeting SMS market segment," Telkom says.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="mso-margin-top-alt:0mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:3.75pt; margin-left:0mm;line-height:14.25pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="3" color="#00072f" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:#00072F; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">Public attention was first drawn to the matter after some Safaricom subscribers complained that Safaricom was charging them for undelivered SMSs to Telkom </SPAN><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u1:st="on"><ST1:PLACE u1:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">Kenya</SPAN></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">'s Wireless network. SMSs to Telkom network got an automatic reply indicating that delivery had failed yet the consumers were being billed.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="mso-margin-top-alt:0mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:3.75pt; margin-left:0mm;line-height:14.25pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="3" color="#00072f" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:#00072F; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">Safaricom CEO Michael Joseph acknowledged that some of its subscribers had sent messages to Telkom </SPAN><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u1:st="on"><ST1:PLACE u1:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">Kenya</SPAN></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "> during the test period and may have been charged erroneously.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="mso-margin-top-alt:0mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:3.75pt; margin-left:0mm;line-height:14.25pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="3" color="#00072f" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:#00072F; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">He said that although the company was not billing SMSs to Telkom Wireless network between August 13 and August 27, some of its customers may have been billed. Safaricom later agreed to refund the affected subscribers.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="mso-margin-top-alt:0mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:3.75pt; margin-left:0mm;line-height:14.25pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="3" color="#00072f" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:#00072F; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">Telkom says that on August 16, the two interconnectivity negotiating parties met and agreed on interconnection rate and a technical testing schedule.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="mso-margin-top-alt:0mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:3.75pt; margin-left:0mm;line-height:14.25pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="3" color="#00072f" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:#00072F; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">During this period the parties also exchanged SMS test templates to be adopted in the tests. Safaricom has however not cooperated in facilitating the process, making it unable to commercialise the service.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="mso-margin-top-alt:0mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:3.75pt; margin-left:0mm;line-height:14.25pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="3" color="#00072f" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:#00072F; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">The matter seems to have reached fever pitch after Safaricom introduced a voter registry query service similar to the one Telkom </SPAN><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u1:st="on"><ST1:PLACE u1:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">Kenya</SPAN></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "> had rolled out after it won an ECK tender.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="mso-margin-top-alt:0mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:3.75pt; margin-left:0mm;line-height:14.25pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="3" color="#00072f" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:#00072F; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">Telkom </SPAN><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u1:st="on"><ST1:PLACE u1:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">Kenya</SPAN></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "> is complaining that failure by Safaricom to activate the SMS service is affecting its ability to use an innovative platform that delivers voter registry query services by utilizing the 460 numeric to access the ECK database.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="mso-margin-top-alt:0mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:3.75pt; margin-left:0mm;line-height:14.25pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="3" color="#00072f" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:#00072F; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">Telkom </SPAN><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u1:st="on"><ST1:PLACE u1:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">Kenya</SPAN></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "> says Safaricom acted maliciously in delaying to activate the SMS service only to launch a similar service.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="mso-margin-top-alt:0mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:3.75pt; margin-left:0mm;line-height:14.25pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="3" color="#00072f" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:#00072F; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">"We are perturbed that Safaricom, having not been involved in the initial tender process is currently able to provide a similar services using the 460 prefix. This is a totally unacceptable anti-competitive behaviour," Telkom says.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="mso-margin-top-alt:0mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:3.75pt; margin-left:0mm;line-height:14.25pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="3" color="#00072f" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:#00072F; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">Mr Joseph declined to comment on the matter saying it was already before an arbiter.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P><FONT color="black"><SPAN style="color:black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="mso-margin-top-alt:0mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:3.75pt; margin-left:0mm;line-height:14.25pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><FONT size="3" color="#00072f" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:#00072F; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">Telkom </SPAN><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u1:st="on"><ST1:PLACE u1:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">Kenya</SPAN></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "> is the majority shareholder at Safaricom with a 60 per cent stake. It co-owns the company with the </SPAN><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u1:st="on"><ST1:PLACE u1:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">United Kingdom</SPAN></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">'s Vodafone Plc which has a 40 per cent stake in the firm.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT color="#00072f" face="Verdana"><SPAN style="font-family:Verdana;color:#00072F; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><BR style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; "><SPAN class="apple-style-span"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 7, 47); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; ">(Source: Business Daily)</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; 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