If Zain underestimated the numbers that will flock its network, it must have also overlooked how much it will subsidise the market. Will its network handle such mass migration?

Facts: Bharti Airtel has 140m customers in India. Last year's PAT US$ 1.6b. Outsources almost all services. Is liisted at the BSE. Tafakari hayo.

One thing this should tell you is that jobs in Africa and in particular Kenya will be outsourced to India. Next time you call custcare you will be greated in urdu, then a thousand apologies tikee... SABmillers came to kenya will a similar CV what happened? and they are being rooted out of TZ by the same player..... I will repeat that Kenya is a different market and these guys will loose this keep the HQ here and concentrate on other parts of africa... just as celtel and zain did they both came with similar cvs celtel stating they are number in all countries they have a presence and can get cheap loans, Zain came with the petrol dollars and what happened? both had retrenchment to staff, then sale to the next bidder

Pple r funny. 75% of the kolz im receiving r fm zain! Simply stated, kolz will neva go back to 8bob. Agreed? 70% of revenue attributed to the 8bob pm thievery. So how will safcon make 20b? Wacheni kutetea these xploiters, they r doomed as of now....Drop it lyk its hot.

No doubt Safaricom will respond. But as an investor, I'm only interested in ratios such as E.P.S, A.R.P.U and the like. These WILL GO DOWN. No two ways about it. So deal, why should I invest in a company with dwindling revenues in probably the next 2 years?