Hey all, <br><br>Not such a fun start to the week: My hosting company, Hostgator, are doing 'unscheduled maintenance', which I take to mean 'things aren't working and we're not quite sure why'. <br>
<br>I wasn't able to extract from the fastidiously polite help staff when exactly this 'unscheduled maintenance' will be completed: He said 'literally as soon as possible', which can mean anything between now and eternity. <br>
<br>Asante to everyone who got in touch - I'll send a quick message round once it's up again so that you can read that *hugely* exciting article :) <br><br>Andrea <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 4 April 2011 09:25, Andrea Bohnstedt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andrea.bohnstedt@ratio-magazine.com">andrea.bohnstedt@ratio-magazine.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;">Hey all, <br><br>I wrote a quick commentary on why MNP probably won't lead to mass migrations of customers: <br>
<a href="http://www.ratio-magazine.com/201104013891/Kenya/In-Brief-Kenya-Introduces-Mobile-Number-Portability.html" target="_blank">http://www.ratio-magazine.com/201104013891/Kenya/In-Brief-Kenya-Introduces-Mobile-Number-Portability.html</a><br>

<br>I also think that, looking at experiences in other emerging markets, there is usually no stampede on the first days, but the number of ported numbers picks up gradually. <br><br>Here's a short summary from market research company TNS that includes some interesting info on industrialised markets: <br>

<a href="http://www.ratio-magazine.com/201104013889/Corporate-Press-Releases/Kenya-Press-Releases-TNS-RMS-Mobile-Number-Portability-An-April-Fool.html" target="_blank">http://www.ratio-magazine.com/201104013889/Corporate-Press-Releases/Kenya-Press-Releases-TNS-RMS-Mobile-Number-Portability-An-April-Fool.html</a><br>

<br>Have a great week, <br>Andrea <br clear="all"><font color="#888888"><br>-- <br><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/andreabohnstedt" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif;">Andrea Bohnstedt</span></a><br style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif;">

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