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murchr
#21 Posted : Tuesday, April 10, 2018 7:05:21 PM
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reuters wrote:
* Telkom Kenya/Airtel merger could challenge Safaricom

* Regulator sounded out about closer cooperation - source

* Spectrum allocation could be an issue (Adds competition authority, rewrites)

By Duncan Miriri

NAIROBI, April 10 (Reuters) - Telkom Kenya plans to merge operations with Indian-owned Bharti Airtel’s local unit as a first step to acquiring all of Airtel’s assets, sources said on Tuesday, creating a stronger challenger to market leader Safaricom.

The two operators have a combined 23 percent of Kenya’s 41 million mobile subscribers, but have long struggled to compete with Safaricom, which has a 71.9 percent market share.

The disparity is even wider in revenue terms, with Safaricom, which is 35 percent held by South Africa’s Vodacom , enjoying more than 90 percent in both voice and short messages categories.

Data from the Communications Authority (CA) regulator showed Safaricom also has close to 90 percent of the annual revenue from the Internet access business.

It also has a commanding lead in mobile phone money transfer with its M-Pesa service, which is regulated by the central bank.

A source at CA said the two firms have been engaging officials over the plan to share outlets and infrastructure like transmission assets, before Telkom acquires Airtel Kenya at an unspecified time.

“They are yet to make a formal application (to the telecoms regulator) disclosing all the details,” the source told Reuters.
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Ericsson
#22 Posted : Wednesday, April 11, 2018 8:44:43 AM
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watesh wrote:
VituVingiSana wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
shocks wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
watesh wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
Telkom Kenya plans to take over all of Airtel Kenya eventually but it has yet to decide on a structure, a source tells Reuters

Well, Telkom might just be a much more serious competitor for Safaricom than Airtel.


And we will be having two companies competing against each other and GoK having a significant stake in both of them

Kuna Faiba

Hahahahaaa hiyo ya arap singh.

Hawako ata ranked
Compare Brookside of 2011 vs 2018. Same could apply to Faiba after 2022...

Telcom infrastructure is much more expensive than milk factories


Thanks for responding to vvs.With the way he was reasoning I couldn't answer back
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Ericsson
#23 Posted : Wednesday, April 11, 2018 8:46:21 AM
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Jimmy Boy wrote:
VituVingiSana wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
shocks wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
watesh wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
Telkom Kenya plans to take over all of Airtel Kenya eventually but it has yet to decide on a structure, a source tells Reuters

Well, Telkom might just be a much more serious competitor for Safaricom than Airtel.


And we will be having two companies competing against each other and GoK having a significant stake in both of them

Kuna Faiba

Hahahahaaa hiyo ya arap singh.

Hawako ata ranked
Compare Brookside of 2011 vs 2018. Same could apply to Faiba after 2022...


Agribusiness na Telecommunications hazipelekanangi....Shame on you

Thanks for responding to vvs.With the way he was reasoning I couldn't answer back
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VituVingiSana
#24 Posted : Thursday, April 12, 2018 7:55:16 AM
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watesh wrote:
VituVingiSana wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
shocks wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
watesh wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
Telkom Kenya plans to take over all of Airtel Kenya eventually but it has yet to decide on a structure, a source tells Reuters

Well, Telkom might just be a much more serious competitor for Safaricom than Airtel.


And we will be having two companies competing against each other and GoK having a significant stake in both of them

Kuna Faiba

Hahahahaaa hiyo ya arap singh.

Hawako ata ranked
Compare Brookside of 2011 vs 2018. Same could apply to Faiba after 2022...

Telcom infrastructure is much more expensive than milk factories

Is there a limit to corruption/grabiosis in Kenya?
Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett
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ngapat
#25 Posted : Thursday, April 12, 2018 9:25:04 PM
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Telkom and airtel are run by thick headed ceo's. The only way they will end safaricom dominance is by working on their network. No amount of freebies and cheap offers will help them win customers if their network is not atleast at par with that of safaricom.
I don't really think Mpesa is enough reason to tie people to safaricom. Nowadays there are so many money transfer services cheaper than Mpesa. Equitel for example
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Stiffler
#26 Posted : Thursday, April 12, 2018 10:02:16 PM
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ngapat wrote:
Telkom and airtel are run by thick headed ceo's. The only way they will end safaricom dominance is by working on their network. No amount of freebies and cheap offers will help them win customers if their network is not atleast at par with that of safaricom.
I don't really think Mpesa is enough reason to tie people to safaricom. Nowadays there are so many money transfer services cheaper than Mpesa. Equitel for example


Yes, network reliability is key. One would rather pay a premium than be stuck somewhere with no decent 3/4G network...
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Ericsson
#27 Posted : Friday, April 13, 2018 8:53:52 AM
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ngapat wrote:
Telkom and airtel are run by thick headed ceo's. The only way they will end safaricom dominance is by working on their network. No amount of freebies and cheap offers will help them win customers if their network is not atleast at par with that of safaricom.
I don't really think Mpesa is enough reason to tie people to safaricom. Nowadays there are so many money transfer services cheaper than Mpesa. Equitel for example


Telkom kenya are trying,airtel are the ones who are dead
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obiero
#28 Posted : Friday, April 13, 2018 9:12:30 AM
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Ericsson wrote:
ngapat wrote:
Telkom and airtel are run by thick headed ceo's. The only way they will end safaricom dominance is by working on their network. No amount of freebies and cheap offers will help them win customers if their network is not atleast at par with that of safaricom.
I don't really think Mpesa is enough reason to tie people to safaricom. Nowadays there are so many money transfer services cheaper than Mpesa. Equitel for example


Telkom kenya are trying,airtel are the ones who are dead

The quality of personnel at Telkom is at the moment of much greater depth than Safaricom. Its just Kenyans peculiar habits that keep people tied to an expensive network, but atleast the latest CA report shows voice traffic on Safaricom dropped close to 10% in Q4 2017

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Stiffler
#29 Posted : Friday, April 13, 2018 10:32:08 PM
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obiero wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
ngapat wrote:
Telkom and airtel are run by thick headed ceo's. The only way they will end safaricom dominance is by working on their network. No amount of freebies and cheap offers will help them win customers if their network is not atleast at par with that of safaricom.
I don't really think Mpesa is enough reason to tie people to safaricom. Nowadays there are so many money transfer services cheaper than Mpesa. Equitel for example


Telkom kenya are trying,airtel are the ones who are dead

The quality of personnel at Telkom is at the moment of much greater depth than Safaricom. Its just Kenyans peculiar habits that keep people tied to an expensive network, but atleast the latest CA report shows voice traffic on Safaricom dropped close to 10% in Q4 2017


I think most people just prefer reliability/consistency/ convenience to cost.

People are willing to pay a premium for reliable services

Safaricon is like the only network that one access reliable 3G beyond these major towns
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Ericsson
#30 Posted : Friday, April 13, 2018 10:42:11 PM
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obiero wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
ngapat wrote:
Telkom and airtel are run by thick headed ceo's. The only way they will end safaricom dominance is by working on their network. No amount of freebies and cheap offers will help them win customers if their network is not atleast at par with that of safaricom.
I don't really think Mpesa is enough reason to tie people to safaricom. Nowadays there are so many money transfer services cheaper than Mpesa. Equitel for example


Telkom kenya are trying,airtel are the ones who are dead

The quality of personnel at Telkom is at the moment of much greater depth than Safaricom. Its just Kenyans peculiar habits that keep people tied to an expensive network, but atleast the latest CA report shows voice traffic on Safaricom dropped close to 10% in Q4 2017


True Obiero telkom Kenya has changed
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