<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8000001907349px">I am hoping Airtel was not prevented by anyone from innovating.</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8000001907349px">Someone tell them to read this one - </span><a href="http://goo.gl/pfXIwF" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">http://goo.gl/pfXIwF</a><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8000001907349px"> - they can pass </span><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8000001907349px">that to CA as more evidence of the dominance.</span><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 18 February 2015 at 07:42, Ali Hussein via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Barrack</div><div><br></div><div>Anyone who thinks about breaking up a progressive company unfortunately is living in the past. </div><div><br></div><div>1. AT&T was broken up but bounced back.</div><div>2. Microsoft was threatened with break up but market forces did what the regulators couldn't do.</div><div>3. Google is threatened with dominance but we know that there are strong competitors out there.</div><div>4. Facebook as strong as it is now facing a teenage backlash who are leaving it in droves because they are reluctant to share the same space with their fathers and grannies.</div><div><br></div><div>Even Safaricom needs to watch out - and I don't think they should spend too much time worrying about the regulator (who in my humble opinion is proving quite level headed despite the pressures they may be under) Instead they should worry about Kenyans' Peculiar Habits.</div><span class=""><div><br><br><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">+254 770 906375 / 0713 601113</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><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><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><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div></span><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On Feb 18, 2015, at 7:27 AM, Barrack Otieno <<a href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com" target="_blank">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Goodmorning Ali,</span><br><span></span><br><span>In my humble opinion, even if Safaricom were to be broken up,it is</span><br><span>still a brand that resonates with the people and is in tune with the</span><br><span>Kenyan pulse (the spirit of Safaricom- in laymans terms), this is what</span><br><span>the competitors would have to break up, i am sure the strategists are</span><br><span>already thinking ahead and it will not be a walk in the park for the</span><br><span>competitors.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Best Regards</span><br><span></span><br><span>On 2/18/15, Ali Hussein via isoc <<a href="mailto:isoc@lists.my.co.ke" target="_blank">isoc@lists.my.co.ke</a>> wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Listers</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Safaricom seems to be riding the Network Effect gravy train. Is this enough</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>to break it up ala AT&T? Where do market forces stop and regulation begin?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Read on:-</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Matiangi-backs-Airtel-push-to-break-up-Safaricom/-/539546/2626406/-/v40mi5/-/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Matiangi-backs-Airtel-push-to-break-up-Safaricom/-/539546/26264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