<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Jotham,Andrea,<br><br>It is a simple competition issue. The basic question is: What is the incentive(read "interest") for Safaricom to make off-net calls cheap? <br><br>John Kariuki<br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 22/7/10, Jotham Kilimo Mwale <i><jokilimo@yahoo.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Jotham Kilimo Mwale <jokilimo@yahoo.com><br>Subject: Re: [kictanet] mobile tariffs?<br>To: ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk<br>Cc: "Alex Gakuru" <gakuru@gmail.com>, "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br>Date: Thursday, 22 July, 2010, 10:06<br><br><div id="yiv63433050"><style type="text/css"><!--#yiv63433050 DIV {margin:0px;}--></style><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div>Yes, ... make
'much more' money! And since Kenyans are WILLING to pay for the services, why not!<br><br>Regards,<br>Jotham<br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Andrea Bohnstedt <andrea.bohnstedt@ratio-magazine.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> jokilimo@yahoo.com<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Alex Gakuru <gakuru@gmail.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thu, July 22, 2010 11:13:01 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] mobile tariffs?<br></font><br>
Make money? <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 July 2010 09:47, Michael Ouma <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:benomnta@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=benomnta@yahoo.com">benomnta@yahoo.com</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;">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font: inherit;" valign="top"><br>How come Safaricom still charges Kshs 8/min for on-net and Kshs 12/min for off-net calls while the competition has reduced it's rates, with Zain Kenya now charging just Kshs 6/min for off-net calls and Kshs 3/ min for on-net?<br>
<br>...what's the rationale for all these?<br> <br>Michael Ouma<br>
Journalist<br>
Kenya<br>
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