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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=164303811-19052010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>absolutely, the assumption is that the competition would
lower the price such that on-net tarrif is close to or similar to cross network
tarrif </FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke
[mailto:kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Andrea Bohnstedt<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:55
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Edith Adera<BR><B>Cc:</B> KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [kictanet] CCK cuts number portability fee
for mobile user<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Possibly a dumb question, but once we have number portability, I
won't know if I am making a call on the same network or not, right? So no way of
avoiding higher cross network charges? <BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On 19 May 2010 07:46, muriuki mureithi <SPAN
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href="mailto:mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke">mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke</A>></SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Hi
listers<BR>On the day MNP becomes operational, the market dynamics for
the growth<BR>sector will change, Safaricom will focus on retaining
their customers<BR>while the other competitors will exert their energies to
entice customers<BR>out of Safaricom. For the other operators,
its much cheaper to capture<BR>new customers from Safaricom than
make huge investments to sensitise and<BR>educate new customers whose
capacity to pay is increasingly lower . With<BR>energy focused
inwards , who will grow the market and increase the
national<BR>penetration? Considering that the 60% of our economy is
based around<BR>Nairobi, it certainly will not make sense to focus on the
rural areas where<BR>huge investments are required - instead just cannibalise
the existing market<BR>and penalise the rural effort .<BR><BR>CCK should
consider a package to go hand in hand with introduction of MNP<BR>to
ensure that the market grows to bring on board the 50% who are not
yet<BR>included in the mobile revolution..<BR><BR>Cheers<BR>Muriuki
Mureithi<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
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KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<BR>Subject: [kictanet] CCK cuts number
portability fee for mobile user<BR><BR> By Okuttah MarkPosted Tuesday,
May 18 2010 at 00:00<BR><BR>Mobile phone subscribers intending to switch their
current operators but<BR>still retain their number will only pay a one off fee
of Sh200 and not<BR>Sh1,000 as had earlier been proposed, the industry
regulator has said.The<BR>Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) had
earlier, when seeking comments<BR>from the telecommunication operators,
proposed Sh1,000 and an extra two<BR>shillings on top of the current tariffs,
a fee that industry experts and<BR>telecommunication operators warned could
inhibit the uptake of the<BR>service.CCK said number portability would make it
easier for subscribers to<BR>retain their numCCK cuts number portability fee
for mobile usersbers<BR>whenever they decide to change service providers and
also enhance<BR>competition in the sector.On Friday, CCK said it had settled
for a one off<BR>fee of Sh199.80, the winning bidder (Porting Access BV
Netherlands) had<BR>quoted and that no other extra fee will be incurred by the
subscribers apart<BR>from the prevailing tariffs charged by the operator at
the time of switching<BR>over.Mobile subscribers are expected to start
utilising the service before<BR>the end of the year."A one-time porting fee of
Sh199.80 will be charged by<BR>porting subscriber. If there are services a
subscriber still wishes to enjoy<BR>then that's enough reason why he should
not port out. But a subscriber can<BR>port back to his former network if
attractive services are introduced ,"<BR>said Mr Mutua Muthusi, assistant
director, public relations and<BR>communication."Porting service will only
enable you to retain the number you<BR>were assigned by Network X while in
Network Y. You will retain no<BR>relationship with your former provider if you
decide to port out."Zain Kenya<BR>says other than the porting fees, there may
still be other costs arising<BR>from interfacing the equipment of various
operators with the data base<BR>manager, as it is not clear who will bear such
costs or that of upgrades for<BR>interfacing with the database.Mr Rene Meza,
the managing director of Zain<BR>Kenya, says the company has started
positioning ahead of the implementation<BR>of the number portability service
because it believes that customers will<BR>move to the operator that offers
best value and that there are still issues<BR>to be sorted out such as
interoperability of the money transfer systems."At<BR>present, the money
systems of various operators are not fully integrated or<BR>interoperable. We
believe it is just a matter of time before regulators,<BR>especially the
Central Bank, begin to push for full integration and<BR>interoperability,"
said Mr Rene.Last Thursday, the operator reduced its<BR>calls to other
networks to six shillings from Sh12 from 6pm to 6am and three<BR>shillings for
calls made on its network.A subscriber switching or migrating<BR>from operator
X to Y can only switch back to his previous operator after<BR>paying another
similar porting amount.Once a subscriber has crossed over to<BR>another
network, he cannot enjoy any of the services provided by the
former<BR>operator.This means that if a subscriber switches from operator X to
Y and<BR>is travelling abroad, the subscriber will be charged roaming charges
by the<BR>operator he has migrated to and not what the former operator
was<BR>charging.This also touches on customer care services or any complaint
that<BR>the subscriber may want to raise about network quality or
pricing.Porting<BR>Access BV Netherlands clinched the deal, beating Seven Seas
Technologies<BR>(Kenya, Infozillion (K) Ltd, Pluton ICT Ltd (Kenya), Teletech
from Slovenia,<BR>Saab Grintek Technologies (South Africa) and Systor Group of
Companies.The<BR>implementation of mobile number portability is part of
measures that the<BR>regulator has come up with to enhance competition in the
sector.The sector<BR>has four mobile operators and close to 20 million
subscribers, but 78 per<BR>cent is controlled by the leading mobile provider
Safaricom.Analysts say<BR>attachment by many subscribers to their user numbers
has prevented millions<BR>from changing service providers despite the marked
differences in pricing<BR>and quality of service offered by the different
players.Retain numberCCK<BR>says number portability should enhance competition
and consumer convenience<BR>in the telecommunication sector by "enabling
consumers to retain their user<BR>numbers whenever they decide to change
service providers."That means<BR>subscribers do not have to invest in new SIM
cards or carry a number of<BR>handsets to enjoy the services of other
operators.It also enables consumers<BR>to make use of alternative networks in
an area where one provider has no<BR>footprint or is experiencing a network
problem.<BR><BR>Source:<BR><A
href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/CCK%20cuts%20number%20%0Aportability%20fee%20for%20mobile%20users/-/539550/920330/-/item/1/-/chb9i8z/%0A-/index.html"
target=_blank>http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/CCK%20cuts%20number%20<BR>portability%20fee%20for%20mobile%20users/-/539550/920330/-/item/1/-/chb9i8z/<BR>-/index.html</A><BR>Sent
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