-Figures published Tuesday by well known Wireless Intelligence for third quarter of 2010

-Safaricom boasts 82% share of mobile market; benefits from success of M-PESA, 3G headstart.
-By comparison, its closest rival Yu has only an 8% share of the market. Airtel is no 3 with -40% YoY growth
-Safaricom has maintained its dominance due to being the country's sole 3G operator, heavy investment in new network technologies including WiMAX and fibre, and popularity of its M-PESA
-Safaricom's greatest threat is likely to come from Bharti, already in the process of implementing its signature streamlined business model




Round 1 lost, let's await Round 2
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=460849

Could this report have spurred some agressive demand for Safaricom yesterday?

But in all fairness, considering Airtel launched counterattack end of August, I think Airtel must be almost double no of subscribers now - placing them well second.

BongaNa40...

This is the most inaccurate report EVER! Yu in #2 position? No way! Airtel numbers have been greatly understated - should be at least thrice that...

Yu is a silent killer.It was kept is cost of operations down and is the most competitive in terms of tariffs and i have information on sale of Airtime and Yu and Airtel are almost the same indicating they are not far apart.