Barrywhite wrote:Free on-net calls is NOT a new thing in this market. Its been done by all operators at different times, l had actually assumed YU had tried their hands on it too. I am surprised from these discussions, it appears like this is the first time they are doing it. Their action could excite the market for a short while, but l dont see it being significant. Safcom have 1/- on-net in near similar timeframes. I think you they have an idle network; so rather than keep running it (opex costs) while its idle, they have resorted to driving dunda tune subscriptions and make money somewhat, however little; in the hope they could get the numbers too. But with 3G ruled out entirely and just EDGE for data, l think this is the very last kick of a dying horse.
The previous free offers had a subscription of about 10/= a day which restricted its uptake.
This strategy is a killer in that it has no preconditions with chinese phones flooding the market it will be a matter of time b4 its subscribers shoot up.
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