<div dir="ltr">I think its about time the Govt kicked them out. All they do is whine and sit on assets e.g NOFBI, iPhone, plenty of Land, only existing landline network, etc. I would have thought e would la Fiber where there is now copper but they would rather ask for more money from the Govt</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Phares Kariuki <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pkariuki@gmail.com" target="_blank">pkariuki@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#0b5394">In Uganda, MTN wants to purchase Orange, that's confirmed, not sure about rest of Africa.�</div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 10:58 AM, James Mbugua <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jgmbugua@gmail.com" target="_blank">jgmbugua@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><br><div>Any truth to the rumours that MTN might take over Orange's operations in Africa?</div><div><br></div><div>James</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 9:51 AM, S.M. Muraya <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:murigi.muraya@gmail.com" target="_blank">murigi.muraya@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr">Orange persisted in enforcing bandwidth caps even on ADSL losing business to Zuku (Wimax and Fiber) which did not insist such bandwidth caps.<div>
<br></div><div>Trust local shareholders + new local investors will get a Kenyan CEO/Business Leader to sort out Telkom Kenya.�</div>
<div><br></div><div>Think of Uchumi supermarkets and how it recovered under sound <u>Kenyan</u> leadership :)</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Ali Hussein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div>
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<div dir="auto"><div>It's now clear that Orange will be exiting the East African market by end of the year.�</div><div><br></div><div>In an apparent related development the CS has given Orange notice that the Government intends to cancel the NOFBI contract. This is as it should be. The Government is making the right move yanking this out of a partner who unfortunately through either ineptitude or inability to read the market or both has turned one of Kenya's Crown Jewels into so much confetti..</div>
<div><br></div><div>I'm curious though what next for NOFBI? Will it be collapsed into the new proposed PPP for infrastructure? I'm sure the industry will be following this with interest.</div><div><br></div><div>
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