Just been thinking about it.

e.g at 3 bob a minute across networks, how long do you think the typical phone call now lasts.

2.21 interconnect

Retain 7.79 and of this pay KRA its dues.

It might just be sustaining.

y people hating on Zain. This the best it has ever been since i can remember owing my first ericckson t10 and buying my sufferingcon line at 2500 and mark you getting the line was a hustle not like nowadays wen lines are being sold kama njugu karanga everywea,

but hey! its a free country if you think using sufferincon will help you ati coz you ploughing back the money in Kenya, feel free. as for mi, i topd up a soc jana, made my normal calls and still bado kuna pesa nyingi ya kutumia leo. thats all that matters.

I think once you factor in costs, its not sustainable. If i was Safcom, I'd just chill for a couple of weeks and see if Zain's network can sustain the initial jubilation

Ni kubaya.....!!.Some months ago, i bought Yu lines for the entire family.The lady used it a couple days and went back to her old Safcom ways.She's been a die hard safcom customer but she finally threw in the towel.Moments ago,she proudly called from her new Zain line....i see groom for safcom and who cares whether Zain makes money not?.Lemme enjoy it as long as it lasts.....

BTW,if number portability is not around the corner,Zain should consider an "i moved" service just like YU and aggressively market it"....or free SmSes to Safcom numbers just to inform your friends you moved... .

To feel like I am part of the new Zain movement, I will buy a new phone not the Nokia 1110 or whatever that I have been using.

Its in everyone's interest that zain stays a float. Having said that, revenue streams from voice calls in the telecommunication industry is so poor.ARPU'S going down everyday.This war should never, ever be about tariffs.These one bob shenanigans you see around cannot sustain a business.The one bob tariff doesnt even make business sense.Safcon shouldnt respond by dropping tariffs.If i were safcom i would stay put with my 'business sense 'tariffs.You sure cant sustain a business on a bob.The war should be about innovative products and VAS.When orange in its warped logic dropped tariffs to a bob, what can they show for it? where are the masses? Telcos that stay innovative will retain their numbers with very minimal churn.But before Zain can reduce tariffs to a bob, can't they distribute what they have? How easy is it to access any zain product? I realised you can go 5 shops without getting zain airtime, same shops are stuffed with all manner of safcom products.

@Bird-man,
Zain's achilles has been distributorship as Kivairu so rightly put it.I read somewhere that they have a war chest to double the number of distributors and take coverage to 90%.....meanwhile vita vya panzi...??

this will be a serious price war in kenyas history lets wait and see what will happen otherwise enjoy the offer as it lasts

. . . .its a tight one bosses and bossresses . . . . .safcom wamewezwa raundi hii. . . . My dad tells me . . . .Nakuru Zain lines na airtime imeisha. . Nikija kenia . . .m in