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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=937462407-23032010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Hey Andre,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=937462407-23032010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Plus, the main corporate market sector, where almost 90% of
the competition has been centred for a while now is quite
saturated.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=937462407-23032010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=937462407-23032010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>I think it's all taken now. What we remain to see in the
interim and will define shape of the market in this sector is
-Pricing/Quality/Customer service.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=937462407-23032010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>It means, customers are left with the choice to "hop" from one
ISP to the next, depending on the best "offering" available. There are no new
markets..</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=937462407-23032010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Focus should also be decentralized, from Nairobi and other
Cosmopolitan towns which seem to enjoy the huge benefits from Broadband to the
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=937462407-23032010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>countryside...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=937462407-23032010><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>Andrea Bohnstedt<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:18
AM<BR><B>To:</B> harry@comtelsys.co.ke<BR><B>Cc:</B> KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [kictanet] When the Internet consumer market
bites back...<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>I'm with Tim on this. I haven't looked at the overall data yet, but
according to the BD articles and assuming they cite this correctly, some, by no
means all, customers may have spoken: <BR>'While AccessKenya’s revenue was up 32
per cent from Sh1.5 billion to Sh2 billion last year, a slowdown in profit as a
result of lower corporate IT sales, last year, proved to be a major stumbling
block for the firm.'<BR><BR>This doesn't actually say whether the growth in
corporate IT sales has slowed down, or the company's number of corporate clients
has declined. <BR><BR>In addition, corporate ITdoesn't appear to have been a
focus: <BR>'AccessKenya is eyeing the opportunity to tap the increasing appetite
for Internet connectivity in the high-end residential and SOHO (Small offices
and home offices) segment.'<BR><BR>And the company doubled its investments in
infrastructure: <BR>'Last year, AccessKenya spent Sh1 billion in investing
activities compared to Sh511 million in 2008.'<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On 23 March 2010 10:04, McTim <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com">dogwallah@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex"
class=gmail_quote>HI aki,<BR><BR>On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 7:31 AM, aki <<A
href="mailto:aki275@googlemail.com">aki275@googlemail.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>> Dear Listers,<BR>><BR>> Sorry for the cross-posting and
am adding my opinion.<BR>><BR>> There is a story in Business Daily today
titled " AccessKenya records 31<BR>> p.c. drop in profit " . No matter
what way you look at the article, the<BR>> consumer has spoken.<BR><BR>I'm
not sure this is necessarily so. lower profit does not always<BR>stem
from fewer customers.<BR><BR>--<BR>Cheers,<BR><BR>McTim<BR>"A name indicates
what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A<BR>route indicates how we
get there." Jon
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