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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=078035314-25012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Hey Harry,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=078035314-25012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Am surprised the Mobile Telecon calls are costing less per
min in Somalia than what it costs here...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=078035314-25012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=078035314-25012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>I think we need to revisit this <STRONG>costing</STRONG>
thing..., While the Telecommunication industry here
experiences</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=078035314-25012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>exponential growth in leaps and bounds, and turn in
'astronomical' profits in the process, it is worthy </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=078035314-25012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>noting that it is </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=078035314-25012010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>time they lend an
ear to the consumer.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=078035314-25012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=078035314-25012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>I may not have research findings, but I would say that in
my 'my considered view', charging even as low</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=078035314-25012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>as Ksh 2.50, per minute for a cell phone call would still turn
in </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=078035314-25012010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>a tidy sum of profit for these major Telcos, </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=078035314-25012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>as I suppose the economies of scale will shift in their favor
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=078035314-25012010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>to bring in more volumes in calls. Perhaps we </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=078035314-25012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>will start hearing such arguments as regulation costs,
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=078035314-25012010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>infrastructural costs, </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=078035314-25012010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>etcetra, etc..
but the bigger</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=078035314-25012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>picture is somehow lost somewhere in a heap of all these
extrapolations..</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=078035314-25012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=078035314-25012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Am actually wondering why, I should for instance be paying for
each MB of data, in connectivity I download,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=078035314-25012010>and</SPAN><SPAN class=078035314-25012010> which
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><SPAN class=078035314-25012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>I cannot even verify, as opposed to paying for dedicated
connectivity on my Broadband modem.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=078035314-25012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Anyone who feels like pursuing this Service costs issue? Any
initiatives underway to lobby Telcos to do the</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=078035314-25012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>needful..? I feel the consumer is getting a raw deal in the
Kenyan market.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=078035314-25012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Harry</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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[mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Harry Hare<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 25, 2010 5:45
PM<BR><B>To:</B> harry@comtelsys.co.ke<BR><B>Cc:</B> KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions<BR><B>Subject:</B> [kictanet] Somalia telecom sector battles
instability<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Interesting read...<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.cio.co.ke/index.php/view-all-main-stories/535-somalia-telecom-sector-battles-instability.html">http://www.cio.co.ke/index.php/view-all-main-stories/535-somalia-telecom-sector-battles-instability.html</A><BR><BR>Harry<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT
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