Does it mean this market has left pple with nothing to talk about?

@user paka is too delicate that once you buy it you have to put your finger somewhere so that curtains dont close while inside.

Some of us are very sensitive. I hamad to airtel both on voice and data. I used to spend to daily internet bundles, but now i buy 100 mb @ 100. Much cheaper, without expiry and use as i need, at the same speed on my phone. Do your simple maths.

This is a high risk strategy for SCOM. Previously, guys did not hama because SCOM countered price drops by the others, especially Airtel with simiilar moves or other interesting promotions.

The story this time is different. As long as I have an Airtel/Yu SIM, I can call Safaricom numbers at a lower rate than that, at which I call within SCOM. Soon enough the guys you are caling inform you that they also have an Airtel/Yu number and you then shift your calls to those numbers as they are even cheaper if you call within their networks.

I have not mentioned Orange above as their calls to other networks are priced at 4/= unlike Yu and Airtel who are on 3/=.

Speeds?

@sparkly - I guess I am one of the rats you refer to above. I spend clsoe to 1,000/= a month on voice calls alone so I am well above the average revenue per user for SCOM. I don't like being tied to a specific spend per month, so I don't like the idea of going for POSTPAID. If there are enough of us who feel aggrieved that our calls within the network are cheaper than those guys calling us from other networks, then for sure SCOM will feel the pinch.

I agree that SCOM has raised their rates to cushion profitability. SCOM however has a lot of fixed costs so if a large number of their subcribers (like me) reduce their spend that profitability could also be eroded. As to the other networks not being profitable, from a consumer's perspective, well, that's neither here nor there.

BTW, I still retain my SCOM number but I am no longer using it for voice. As for Data, I am OK with the SCOM High Speed connection (Black Modem)but that's only because my Orange High Speed 3G Modem has been performing at dial-up speeds. Apparently, there is some kind of black hole in my estate as far as Orange are concerned.