<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">There is also packet switched/data interconnection<BR><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 1/10/12, Ali Hussein <I><ali@hussein.me.ke></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke><BR>Subject: Re: [kictanet] CCK delays call rate cuts ‘to avoid clash with Kibaki’<BR>To: mtnndaro@yahoo.co.uk<BR>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><BR>Date: Monday, 1 October, 2012, 12:06<BR><BR>
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<DIV>Is there a way we can get a copy of this interim report?</DIV>
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<DIV>I still contend though that when a business model needs to be repaired the last place one needs to g is to the regulator to resolve the issue. Consumers have long voted with their wallets and it doesn't matter what the government does, they will still do what's best for them.</DIV>
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<DIV>I humbly submit that the telco/ISP space is now deep into the vagaries of the <B>Network effect</B> and no amount of intervention from the regulator will solve this issue. </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>Unless I'm mistaken these MTRs only involve call termination rates right? Telcos will do well to stop beating a dead horse and move on to the automotive (read data and value added services). There's a reason why we all (or the majority of us at least) stay with Safaricom. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>I suspect though that this fight for the cash cow of voice will continue...</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>On Sep 30, 2012, at 11:42 PM, Grace Githaiga <<A href="http://uk.mc1322.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ggithaiga@hotmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</A>> wrote:<BR><BR></DIV>
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