<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Walu</div><div><br></div><div>1. Mobile Money? Yes, if you want to confine Safaricom to Kenya.</div><div>2. Voice? Yes but who really cares?</div><div>3. Data? Debatable</div><div>4. Content? Not</div><div>5. Remittances? - despite the larger than life brand buzz they control less than 1% of the $550 billion global remittance business. </div><div><br></div><div>Wagging the dog Walu. Govt has better things to do than make noise about Safaricom's dominance. Instead of bemoaning their dominance we need to champion them as potential global leaders. Read my blog penned in February on this issue (in case you missed it of course!) :-)</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.alyhussein.com">www.alyhussein.com</a></div><div><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><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hussein & Associates</b></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>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</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 Aug 1, 2015, at 6:50 PM, Walubengo J <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><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 <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Ali Hussein <<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>> <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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