<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Badru,<br>
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Like you, I love it when prices tumble. <br>
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But I have always suspected that the Price of a product is influenced
by multiple factors(e.g. quality of service, competition, regulation,
usage, etc) acting in a delicate balance that need to be manipulated
holistically . Tweaking Price (or any other factor e.g Regulation) in
isolation can lead to very unpredictable behaviour (on competition,
regulation, quality, etc) in the market.<br>
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walu.<br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 11/11/10, Badru Ntege <i><ntegeb@one2net.co.ug></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Badru Ntege <ntegeb@one2net.co.ug><br>Subject: Re: [kictanet] FW: And now MTN Uganda introduces Shs. 2/= per second<br>To: jwalu@yahoo.com<br>Cc: "'Isaac Nsereko'" <nsereki@mtn.co.ug>, "'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br>Date: Thursday, November 11, 2010, 9:01 PM<br><br><div id="yiv1390667234">
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<p class="yiv1390667234MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">The race is truly on to the bottom of the pyramid. I only
hope the outcome will be sustainable for all. My worry is this
competition might be too successful at separating the boys from the men and
then to make sure the boys do not disappear the regulator will come back with a
lifeline from the losers in this round with enforcing measures that prevent any
set of players (MEN) to have Significant Market Power which then makes
all this competition malaky irrelevant since there is a likelihood that our
taxes might be used to prop up the losers .</span></p>
<p class="yiv1390667234MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="yiv1390667234MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">So where does it leave us. Is the competition good or bad
?? is the glass half full or half empty ??</span></p>
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<p class="yiv1390667234MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I await the outcome meanwhile I’m talking more and paying
less so my pockets are happy with the current state. </span></p>
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<p class="yiv1390667234MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "sans-serif";">
kictanet-bounces+ntegeb=one2net.co.ug@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+ntegeb=one2net.co.ug@lists.kictanet.or.ke]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Albert Mucunguzi<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 11, 2010 6:54 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ntegeb@one2net.co.ug<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Isaac Nsereko; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [kictanet] FW: And now MTN Uganda introduces Shs. 2/= per
second</span></p>
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<p class="yiv1390667234MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "sans-serif";">Dear
All,</span></p>
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<p class="yiv1390667234MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "sans-serif";">Most
likely, you haven't read/heard this: but it's true. 2/= per second... </span></p>
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<p class="yiv1390667234MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "sans-serif";">But
yes, there are terms and conditions! See details below:</span></p>
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<p class="yiv1390667234MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "sans-serif";"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.pctechmagazine.com/news/188-mtn-introduces-2-per-second">http://www.pctechmagazine.com/news/188-mtn-introduces-2-per-second</a></span></p>
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<p class="yiv1390667234MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "sans-serif";">Regards,
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Tech Magazine</span></p>
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