<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424779987148_3257">@Ali,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424779987148_3259" dir="ltr">I agree. We have a (dominance) problem but want to apply the wrong medicine to cure it. Have a read @</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424779987148_3261" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424779987148_3232" dir="ltr">Splitting Safaricom will change little for static competitors - Walubengo - nation.co.ke <a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424779987148_3231" href="http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/-/2274560/2633404/-/10b6xv5z/-/index.html">Splitting Safaricom will change little for static competitors</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424779987148_3263" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424779987148_3265" dir="ltr">walu.<br></div><div style="width:450px; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';margin-top:5px; margin-bottom: 5px; background-color: #ffffff;" id="enhancrCard_0" class="link-enhancr-attachment link-enhancr-element" contenteditable="false"><table id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424779987148_3272" class="link-enhancr-element" style="width:450px; height:170px; position: relative; display: block;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tbody id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424779987148_3271"><tr class="link-enhancr-element"><td class="link-enhancr-element" colspan="8" style="height: 1px; 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background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1px; line-height:0px"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span></span></div><br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> jwalu@yahoo.com <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> ISOC Kenya Chapter <isoc@lists.my.co.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, February 24, 2015 3:03 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] [isoc_ke] For those who think Safaricom is Dominant - Think Again..<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv7203915305"><div><div><div class="yiv7203915305comment-body" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="">What you are advocating is to punish Safaricom for out innovating the competition. What should they do? Pussyfoot around them? Let's be honest. Business is war. And anyone who thinks otherwise has not been in the trenches. Safaricom was not born dominant. And I dare say it won't remain dominant. I'm all for the policy to enforce interoperability which will take care of the 'noise' from vanquished competitors.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">My other point is that the regulatory environment needs to take into consideration the global environment. Mpesa must be allowed space to grow beyond Kenya. Mpesa here means any Kenyan product. We must emulate Japan & other Asian Giants. Policy and regulation must as a matter of course favor local companies. I make no apologies for this last point - Free markets are a dream perpetuated by foreign interests with the end game of dominance.</span></div><ul class="yiv7203915305item-actions yiv7203915305not-followable" style="margin:5px 35px 5px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;"></ul><br clear="none"><div><span style=""><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">+254 770 906375 / 0713 601113</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br clear="none"></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></div><span style=""><font></font></span><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="">Skype: abu-jomo</span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="">LinkedIn: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim"><span style="text-decoration:none;"></span></a></span></div><span style=""><font></font></span><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"></div><font><span style="">Blog: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.alyhussein.com/">www.alyhussein.com</a></span><br clear="none"></font></div><div><span style=""><br clear="none"></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=""><br clear="none"></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv7203915305yqt0291335992" id="yiv7203915305yqt40360"><div><br clear="none">On Feb 24, 2015, at 11:14 AM, "<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:rsohan@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:rsohan@gmail.com">rsohan@gmail.com</a>" <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:rsohan@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:rsohan@gmail.com">rsohan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="yiv7203915305gmail_extra"><div class="yiv7203915305gmail_quote"><blockquote class="yiv7203915305gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="yiv7203915305gmail_extra"><div class="yiv7203915305gmail_quote"><blockquote class="yiv7203915305gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div class="yiv7203915305h5"><div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>As Bob Collymore aptly put it - Being dominant is not a crime.</div><div><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><div><br clear="none"></div><div>But using you dominance to <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_antitrust_law">stifle</a> <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp.">competition</a> and <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.publicknowledge.org/files/The%20Case%20Aganst%20the%20UMG-EMI%20Merger.pdf">innovation</a> <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/nov/21/european-parliament-break-up-of-google">is</a>, which is the point that is being made.</div></div><br clear="none"></div></div>
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