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 dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke">mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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>
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Subject: [kictanet] CCK cuts number portability fee for mobile user<br>
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By Okuttah MarkPosted Tuesday, May 18 2010 at 00:00<br>
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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>
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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>
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