<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_1438442403218_6782"><span>@Ali,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_6782"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_6782" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_6939">Safaricom IS dominant. Even they don't dispute it :-)</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_6782" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_6782" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_6941">Their (debatable) defence has always been that they are NOT abusing the dominance. My take has always been that there is need for regulatory intervention. What I am not quite sure about is if the current approach will give us the desired outcomes. </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_6782" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_6782" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_7548">Have a read @</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_6782" dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/-/2274560/2788100/-/ynx4fgz/-/index.html" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_7334">The CA's new regulations have Safaricom in their sights</a><span><br></span></div><div style="width:450px; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';margin-top:5px; margin-bottom: 5px; background-color: #ffffff;" contenteditable="false" id="enhancrCard_0" class="link-enhancr-attachment link-enhancr-element richcompose-card"><table class="link-enhancr-element" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width:450px; height:170px; position: relative; display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_7495"><tbody id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_7494"><tr class="link-enhancr-element"><td class="link-enhancr-element" colspan="8" style="height: 1px; 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color: #000000 !important; line-height: 100%; font-size: 18px; display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_7497"><span class="link-enhancr-element link-enhancr-card-title" style="margin: 0; font-weight: normal;margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px; max-height: 43px; color: #000000; overflow: hidden !important; display: inline-block;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_7496">The CA's new regulations have Safaricom in their sights</span></a><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: #999999; max-height: 81px; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';overflow: hidden;" class="link-enhancr-card-description link-enhancr-element" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_7502">Once an operator is declared dominant, then the Tariff Regulations , which say in short that the dominant operator cannot dictate the price of its own services, kic...</div></div></div></td></tr><tr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_7505"><td colspan="2" class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 4px; 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background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 9px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 9pt;"></div></td></tr><tr class="link-enhancr-element"><td class="link-enhancr-element" colspan="8" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1px; line-height:0px"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_6782" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_6782" dir="ltr">Meanwhile, the other points are all major and deserve have their own separate thread :-)</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_6782" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_6782" dir="ltr">walu.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_6782" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_6782" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_6974"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_6973"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_6972"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_7507"> <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> Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, August 1, 2015 4:38 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [kictanet] Is Safaricom really dominant?<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_7578"><br><div id="yiv6782233263"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_7580"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_7579">Listers</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_7581"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_7582">Apologies for cross posting.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_7583"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_7584">Safaricom was again on the dock two days ago at the Senate that was sitting to discuss this issue. I don't have the full details of what transpired but I do know one thing (or two):-</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438442403218_7585"><br></div><div>We are wasting too much time discussing an issue which the market will address - sooner rather than later. Instead of Regulators and policy makers spending too much time debating on whether Safaricom is dominant or not I challenge them to create an environment that will ensure that such discussions are pointed in the right direction. For example:-</div><div><br></div><div>1. Do we have ubiquitous broadband in the country? When we talk about high speed internet do we mean Nairobi or Kenya? </div><div><br></div><div>2. What is the Universal Access Fund doing? Where are the reports for us to interrogate? </div><div><br></div><div>3. What is our definition of Net Neutrality and how will this affect the growth of critical infrastructure going forward? </div><div><br></div><div>4. Are the Telcos collectively behaving badly? And what can be done to address this issue? I mean stuff like 'expired' bundles, Fair use Policy (whatever that means!), basic customer service etc.</div><div><br></div><div>5. What is our position on Privacy and Cyber Crime? </div><div><br></div><div>6. Does the average Kenyan understand the pitfalls of freely sharing information online? And how can we protect them without curtailing their freedoms? </div><div><br></div><div>7. In the wake of the GES Conference what next? </div><div><br></div><div>My humble opinion is that this continuous talk of Safaricom being dominant is akin to Wagging the Dog. </div><div><br><div><span style=""><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><b style="">Hussein & Associates</b></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><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" target="_blank" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><a rel="nofollow" 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" target="_blank" href="http://www.alyhussein.com/">www.alyhussein.com</a></span><br></font></div><div><span style=""><br></span></div><div>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><span style=""><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" 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/jwalu%40yahoo.com" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.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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