<div>...and is anyone stopping Safcom from having their own ads which might have Zain colors? No! We all know about the famous car advert wars ( <a href="http://deanhunt.com/advert-wars/">http://deanhunt.com/advert-wars/</a> ) which are perfectly legal and in a case, much worse than just using someone's corporate colors.<br>
</div><div><br></div><div>./Ok3ch</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Okech <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:okechjr@yahoo.com">okechjr@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-ZA">Hi,<br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:normal">
<span lang="EN-ZA">I write this because I�m a consumer of the services of
most telcos including the two discussed here (Zain and Safaricom). As a consumer,
all I need is to get a quality service at a low cost. Competition is one way of
achieving this and as such the on going competition is welcomed. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-ZA">As Armstrong puts it<a href="#12b0520a2d8eea15__ftn1" name="12b0520a2d8eea15__ftnref1" title=""><span><span><span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:150%" lang="EN-ZA">[1]</span></span></span></span></a>, a
good competition policy is one that delivers well-functioning markets,
something which requires both a strong supply side and demand side.<span>� </span>Vigorous competition provides best protection
to consumers requiring only minimal legal consumer protection. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-ZA">However, in some markets consumers do not always
obtain a good deal, even when substantial competition is present, and in such
cases additional policies to aid consumers have a role to play. Competition may
fail to work well due to imperfect information to consumers and higher advertisement
cost. From the foregoing, advertisement cost is fair to all telcos. But we need
fair competition for consumer benefit.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-ZA">In my opinion however, the above advert (google ad) isn�t a fair
attack on Safaricom. Each telcos is know to consumers vide some de facto colour
blends and all will agree green is Safaricom, black and orange for Telkom Kenya
i.e�.I get a shop painted green�.I quickly think of Safaricom. I get orange and
black shop I think Telkom Kenya etc. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-ZA">In general, we need fair competition. We need quality
services. Unfair competition will not only make the telco industry strained and
worthless but also expose consumers to poor quality. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-ZA">My c2 cents</span></p>
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<p><a href="#12b0520a2d8eea15__ftnref1" name="12b0520a2d8eea15__ftn1" title=""><span><span lang="EN-GB"><span><span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-GB">[1]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> <a href="http://else.econ.ucl.ac.uk/papers/uploaded/295.pdf" target="_blank">http://else.econ.ucl.ac.uk/papers/uploaded/295.pdf</a></span></p>
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<br><br><div style="font-family:verdana"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(64, 64, 255)">Regards,</span>� </font></div> <div style="font-family:verdana"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(64, 64, 255)">Okech JM</span></font></div>
<font size="4"><a rel="nofollow" style="font-family:verdana" href="http://james-okech.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(64, 64, 255)">My blog</span></a></font><br><br>--- On <b>Sat, 9/11/10, Odhiambo Washington <i><<a href="mailto:odhiambo@gmail.com" target="_blank">odhiambo@gmail.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px"><br>From: Odhiambo Washington <<a href="mailto:odhiambo@gmail.com" target="_blank">odhiambo@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Zain Adverts against Safaricom (on Google Ads)<br>
To: <a href="mailto:okechjr@yahoo.com" target="_blank">okechjr@yahoo.com</a><br>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
Date: Saturday, September 11, 2010, 8:35 AM<div><div class="h5"><br><br><div><br><br><div>On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Wainaina Mungai <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" href="http://mc/compose?to=wainaina@madeinkenya.org" target="_blank">wainaina@madeinkenya.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Is it ethical for Zain to use a green SIM card in it's online adverts (google ads) as per the attached screenshot? i.e. "Is your SIM eating too much money?"<div><br></div><div>Shouldn't they just sell their service instead of a constant anti-Safaricom pitch?..inspite of any issues customers may have vs. safaricom rates?<br>
<br></div></blockquote><div><br>Does Safaricom have a monopoly on color "green"? <br></div></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Best regards,<br>Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<br>Nairobi,KE<br>+254733744121/+254722743223<br>
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