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<p class="newstype" style="margin-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: url(http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/image/view/-/539614/data/85/-/10r7mmuz/-/ico_file.png); font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; background-position: 0px 2px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">IN SUMMARY</p><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; "><ul style="font-size: 11px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">The research firm’s draft report seen by the Business Daily indicated that lower tariffs have had a positive effect on revenues of the four telecom operators, their traffic, subscriber numbers as well as mobile penetration.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">The downward review in of MTR 2010 from Sh4.42 to Sh2.21 gave the operators room to cut tariffs by more than half, but the telcos have ruled out lower call rates should the rate fall further and will instead absorb the cost savings to boost earnings that had been hit by price wars.</li></ul><div><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px;"><br></span></div><div><a href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/CCK+delays+call+rate+cuts+to+avoid+clash+with+Kibaki/-/539550/1521516/-/i1273/-/index.html">http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/CCK+delays+call+rate+cuts+to+avoid+clash+with+Kibaki/-/539550/1521516/-/i1273/-/index.html</a></div></div> </div></body>
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