The German regulator has given a condition to Telefonica to cede spectrum in the acquisition of a rival <a href="http://www.mobileworldlive.com/telefonica-e-plus-deal-faces-spectrum-pressure?utm_campaign=MWL_20140402&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=1f8ef6b8133945659084038af45360d9&elqCampaignId=1485">http://www.mobileworldlive.com/telefonica-e-plus-deal-faces-spectrum-pressure?utm_campaign=MWL_20140402&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=1f8ef6b8133945659084038af45360d9&elqCampaignId=1485</a><br>
<br>On Wednesday, 26 March 2014, Philip Adar <<a href="mailto:philip.adar@gmail.com">philip.adar@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">+1, yes "innovative" will be the solution...  </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Dennis Kioko <span dir="ltr"><<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','dmbuvi@gmail.com');" target="_blank">dmbuvi@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">A similar problem arose in the US, but the regulator refused to let AT&T (the leading operator) buy off T-Mobile(the fourth operator). <div>

<br></div><div>What happened is that T-Mobile got a bit more creative in its offers (<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/27/technology/personaltech/t-mobile-turns-an-industry-on-its-ear-in-a-fight-for-its-life.html?_r=0" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/27/technology/personaltech/t-mobile-turns-an-industry-on-its-ear-in-a-fight-for-its-life.html?_r=0</a>) . </div>


<div><br></div><div>I also think that Kenya is suffering from the same, especially seeing that we import the C level suite of most telcos to bring in "experienced people."</div><div><br></div><div>Perhaps, telcos need more of innovative people and less of experienced people - there isn't that much to lose anyway, or is there? <div>

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<br>On Wednesday, 26 March 2014, Ali Hussein <<a>ali@hussein.me.ke</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

<div dir="auto"><div>Listers</div><div><br></div><div>Jaindi Kisero's article on the imminent departure (demise?) of two telcos in Kenya make compelling reading.</div><div><br></div><div><span><a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/mobile-phone-firm-pullout-market-failure/-/440808/2257472/-/2crh39/-/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/mobile-phone-firm-pullout-market-failure/-/440808/2257472/-/2crh39/-/index.html</a></span></div>


<div><span><br></span></div><div><span>The article basically explores the possibility that market failure is what we are experiencing in Kenya. </span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>According to Wikipedia Market Failure</span><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">is a concept within economic theory describing when the allocation of goods and services by a</span><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_market" title="Free market" style="text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">free market</a><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">is not</span><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_efficiency" title="Economic efficiency" style="text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">efficient</a><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">. That is, there exists another conceivable outcome where a market participant may be made better-off without making someone else worse-off. (The outcome is not</span><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_efficiency" title="Pareto efficiency" style="text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">Pareto optimal</a><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">.) Market failures can be viewed as scenarios where individuals' pursuit of pure self-interest leads to results that are not efficient – that can be improved upon from the societal point-of-view.</span>^{<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_failure#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">[1]</a>}^{<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_failure#cite_note-krugman-2" style="text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">[2]</a>}<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The first known use of the term by economists was in 1958,</span>^{<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_failure#cite_note-Bator-3" style="text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">[3]</a>}<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">but the concept has been traced back to the Victorian philosopher</span><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Sidgwick" title="Henry Sidgwick" style="text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">Henry Sidgwick</a><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">.</span>^{<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_failure#cite_note-Medema-4" style="text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">[4]</a>}<p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em">


<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Market failures are often associated with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Time-inconsistent_preferences&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Time-inconsistent preferences (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">time-inconsistent preferences</a>,^{<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_failure#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank"></a>}</span></p>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Regards<br><br>Philip Adar<br>
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