VituVingiSana wrote:In many 'developed' countries calling rates are very, very low if you buy 1 month's service.
My cousin in USA tells me he pays $60 [all taxes included] for unlimited calls to any USA network, unlimited SMS to any USA network & 2Gbs of data!!!
Apparently in India, Airtel charges less than Rs1 [KShs 2] per minute so when we pay 3/- we are 50% higher!
These comparison does not factor in the cost of doing business.In India energy cost are lower and government is willing to offer incentives for companies venturing into rural areas secondly by reducing to that level the growth of the industry in that country is slower which has even started to affect the quality of service.
In USA the penetration rate is more than 80% compare to kenyas 50% then the cost of doing business their is also low given that the economy in most cases is predictable unlike here in kenya.
I think currently we have only one 3G operator this shows how costly it is to put up such infrastructure now how do you think this companies will break even if they were to charge the same price as established market.
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