<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV>I don't intend to contribute more on this subject but as I had indicated earlier, Mobile Number Portability or Number Portability in general has been having insignificant impact, if any, in the markets where it has been implemented. In some cases, it has even worked in the favour of the dominant players to entrench their dominanace. It may only be an additional cost and introducing inefficieny in the network, as the ported number has to be active in more than one network. A problem in the donating nework essentally affects the ported numbers in the recipient neworks and vice versa. Unfortunately it may be too late now to reverse the decicsion already made by the regulaor to implement MNP in Kenya. But, it may still require
the struggling operators to search for other long-term strategies to turn tables in this market, not quick fix solutions. There are numerous empirical case study results with negative outcomes, similar to the one quoted by Muriuki. </DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> muriuki mureithi <mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> volunga@yahoo.com<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> ke-internetusers-bounces@bdix.net; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Fri, April 30, 2010 6:25:08 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [kictanet] Mobile Number Portability<BR></FONT><BR>Great observation Barrack<BR>MNP is just an excuse , all those you have mentioned matter most. <BR>Cheers <BR>MM<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Barrack Otieno [mailto:<A href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</A>] <BR>Sent: 30 April 2010 18:18<BR>To: <A href="mailto:mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke"
ymailto="mailto:mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke">mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke</A><BR>Cc: <A href="mailto:ke-internetusers-bounces@bdix.net" ymailto="mailto:ke-internetusers-bounces@bdix.net">ke-internetusers-bounces@bdix.net</A>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<BR>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Mobile Number Portability<BR><BR>MM,<BR><BR>I am just curious, does consistency of the company in terms of brand,<BR>perfomance and involvementin CSR affected MNP?<BR><BR>Regards<BR><BR>On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 5:13 PM, muriuki mureithi<BR><<A href="mailto:mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke" ymailto="mailto:mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke">mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke</A>> wrote:<BR>> Thanks Gerhard<BR>><BR>> Unfortunately, the porting fee extends the walled garden concept even<BR>> further and thus discriminates and segments a target market for MNP<BR>perhaps<BR>> as you note for the high end. It would be interesting
to see if the<BR>market<BR>> leader does not make moves that consolidates its advantage with its war<BR>> chest. This is what Mobilink continues to do. I noted that operators<BR>give<BR>> some goodies for those who port.<BR>><BR>> BTW when is the service being launched?<BR>><BR>> Cheers<BR>><BR>> Muriuki Mureithi<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> From: Gerhard May [mailto:<A href="mailto:gerhard.may@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:gerhard.may@gmail.com">gerhard.may@gmail.com</A>]<BR>> Sent: 30 April 2010 17:06<BR>> To: <A href="mailto:mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke" ymailto="mailto:mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke">mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke</A><BR>> Cc: <A href="mailto:ke-internetusers-bounces@bdix.net" ymailto="mailto:ke-internetusers-bounces@bdix.net">ke-internetusers-bounces@bdix.net</A>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<BR>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Mobile Number
Portability<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Hello Muriuki,<BR>><BR>> market characteristics in Kenya require MNP to increase competitiveness in<BR>a<BR>> market where one dominant player got 80% market share.<BR>><BR>> MNP will dilute the "club stategy" (within own network charges are low and<BR>> to other networks very high) since networks can no longer be identified by<BR>> the prefix (072x does not necessarily mean that the number is a Saf'com<BR>> number or 073x Zain)<BR>><BR>> Note: in Pakistan 2.5m customers out of 97m have moved but in terms of<BR>> revenues that could be easily more than 20% of the total market volume<BR>(and<BR>> compared to the leaders 32% market share a significant percentage).<BR>><BR>> Gerhard May<BR>><BR>> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 3:55 PM, muriuki mureithi<BR>> <<A href="mailto:mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke"
ymailto="mailto:mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke">mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke</A>> wrote:<BR>><BR>> Hi Jevans<BR>><BR>> Just come from Pakistan this week and they have an interesting model with<BR>> the MNP managed by an independent agency. MNP established in March 2007 is<BR>> among the earliest and customers pay a small fee to be ported. To date<BR>> only 2.5m people have ported among the 97 million cellular customers.<BR>> Operators ( 6 ) use MNP to poach but as the numbers indicate, this has<BR>not<BR>> been successful for large movements despite the heavy ads. Typical porters<BR>> are TOP not BOP to retain number mostly for quality and coverage issues.<BR>> Price issues at BOP level does not appear to be addressed by MNP and<BR>> therefore multiple cards phenomena still prevalent . BOP is only served<BR>when<BR>> behavioural factors are taken into account
– family and friends packages<BR>are<BR>> more significant than retaining the phone number. Competition is stiff<BR>> with the largest operator Mobilink having a 32% market share.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Cheers<BR>><BR>> Muriuki Mureithi<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> From:<BR>kictanet-bounces+mureithi=<A href="mailto:summitstrategies.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke" ymailto="mailto:summitstrategies.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke">summitstrategies.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke</A><BR>><BR>[mailto:kictanet-bounces+mureithi=<A href="mailto:summitstrategies.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.k" ymailto="mailto:summitstrategies.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.k">summitstrategies.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.k</A><BR>e]<BR>> On Behalf Of Jevans Nyabiage<BR>> Sent: 30 April 2010 15:29<BR>> To: <A href="mailto:mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke"
ymailto="mailto:mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke">mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke</A><BR>> Cc: <A href="mailto:ke-internetusers-bounces@bdix.net" ymailto="mailto:ke-internetusers-bounces@bdix.net">ke-internetusers-bounces@bdix.net</A>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<BR>> Subject: [kictanet] Mobile Number Portability<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Hi All,<BR>><BR>> Looking at countries that have tried to unveil the Mobile Number<BR>> Portability, it seems no impact has been felt in most of them including<BR>> developed ones.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Is Kenya any different? Do Kenyans really need MNP? Who will it benefit?<BR>> Will it ever work as subscribers will be required to pay Sh1,000 to switch<BR>> to another network.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Jevans<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> DISCLAIMER: The information contained in or accompanying this e-mail is<BR>> intended for the
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