<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>My point exactly Bernard...And not on a light note..:)</div><div><br></div><div>I recall a time when Airtel/Celtel/Kencell was ahead of Safaricom..Should we reward mediocrity with intervention from regulators? </div><div><br></div><div>I guess that's a question above our pay grades because then again if you proceed to abuse the dominance you achieved through sheer hard work and brilliance what happens? </div><div><br></div><div>As Microsoft did and Google is trying to do. Remember now the Android now controls 80+ of the mobile operating system worldwide. </div><div><br></div><div>The answer again is that almost always the market corrects itself...with a little nudge from the government of course. So a blend of market forces and regulation is a good thing.<br><br><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">+254 770 906375 / 0713 601113</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></a></span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></p><font><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Blog: <a href="http://www.alyhussein.com/" target="_blank">www.alyhussein.com</a></span><br></font></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div>"I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein</div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Jan 20, 2015, at 9:20 AM, Bernard Kioko via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">On a lighter note:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">How the world works……<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">You start on same level and environment with someone….you work very very hard and become successful…dominating the other person….who is probably just being lazy….that person goes to court to challenge your dominance and indeed there happens to be a law supporting the person.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Case study Microsoft afew years ago….<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">As I said….on a lighter note.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> kictanet [<a href="mailto:kictanet-bounces+bkioko=bernsoft.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke">mailto:kictanet-bounces+bkioko=bernsoft.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Mwangi via kictanet<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 20, 2015 9:11 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:bkioko@bernsoft.com">bkioko@bernsoft.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Airtel writes to regulators over Safaricom's market share<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Break out M-pesa as a separate business?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 7:53 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Listers<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">This is interesting. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050;background:#F0F0F0">Airtel Kenya has written to Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) and Competitions Authority of Kenya (CAK) asking that Safaricom be declared a dominant player in the market. Airtel Kenya, which is targeting a bigger share of the country’s voice, SMS, data and mobile-money transfer business, claims Safaricom has been using its dominance to prevent others from growing their business. It is asking the two regulators to intervene and stop the telecommunications sector’s slide into a monopoly where the market leader, allegedly has freedom to do whatever it wishes.</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050"><br><span style="background:#F0F0F0">Read more at: </span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2000148531/airtel-writes-to-regulators-over-safaricom-s-market-share" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:#F0F0F0">http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2000148531/airtel-writes-to-regulators-over-safaricom-s-market-share</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">I'm curious as to what remedies there are in the act to reverse safaricom's dominance.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Ali Hussein</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Tel: <a href="tel:%2B254%20770%20906375" target="_blank">+254 770 906375</a>/ 713 601113</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Skype: abu-jomo</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Blog: <a href="http://www.alyhussein.com" target="_blank">www.alyhussein.com</a><br><br><br></span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with.</span> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br><br>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/mwangy%40gmail.com" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/mwangy%40gmail.com</a><br><br>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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