qw Very true, however if you have been reading reports from safaricom they indicate that revenues associated with voice will be coming down and they are focusing on other areas in thier business, with the entry of Orange and yu they expected to lose subs by about 10 to 15% but that never happened. Safaricom has strategies and projections that work

A lot of pension funds and Foreigners will never let this Stock Sink...

Sure i agree,(though not sure on consolidation correct me if am wrong the value remains relatively the same right?)

Gone are the days when having the critical mass meant everything. Remember when a certain detergent and cooking fat were the household names.I think they must have behaved in a similar fashion like safcon and wished away or rather waited to deal with the threats to their dominance at a later time.I believe this is a high stakes game and what the competitors require are the numbers before they agree on how much is "sustainable".But by then some chunk will have been off the safcon customers.In the office at least half of the guys who had hitherto no Zain line acquired them this week.Personally I had one and since Wednesday I loaded my phone Na chapa imekataa kuisha.Safcon better wake up and drink the coffee.

I am still skeptical about the 3/= tarrif. Remember how zain unceremoniously withdrew the vuka tarrif? Pressure will affect revenues especially given that calling minutes may not increase proportionately, may force zain to rethink this. In the meantime however folks can continue to enjoy the party.