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SAFARICOM and the BIG announcement
Kirika
#51 Posted : Friday, April 01, 2011 11:29:12 AM
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Safcom may have the upper hand and end up upsetting the apple-cart for airtel.

The have doled out some enticing goodies to airtel subscribers that are hard to ignore. Lets wait and see who weathers this one.
selah
#52 Posted : Friday, April 01, 2011 12:11:51 PM
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I thot there would be large lines in airtels shops but I passed thru the koinange shop it was deserted only a few pple were seated there unlike that day they announced new tarrifs.
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Genghis Khan
#53 Posted : Wednesday, April 06, 2011 3:17:57 PM
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selah wrote:
2012 wrote:
Wow! Have you seen the numbers? I thought this porting thing was a joke but about 6,000! people have already registered to port and it's not yet 10am!


they are supposed to be kido 3 million i.e 2m safaricom subscribers who moved to airtel during the price war and 1m curious kenyans who want to see if it works


Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly
Kenyans now have peculiar porting habits...
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mlennyma
#54 Posted : Wednesday, April 06, 2011 3:31:36 PM
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The planned mpesa attack by zain which flopped was the killer blow.now nothing else.
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mlennyma
#55 Posted : Wednesday, April 06, 2011 3:35:01 PM
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Can airtel pay rent to pesa mkononi dealers because they are closing shops like hell.and others jumping to mpesa.hakuna doo ni kunoma.
"Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning."
McReggae
#56 Posted : Wednesday, April 06, 2011 3:57:25 PM
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mlennyma wrote:
Can airtel pay rent to pesa mkononi dealers because they are closing shops like hell.and others jumping to mpesa.hakuna doo ni kunoma.


......it is a matter of when, not if airtel will close shop in Kenya or change their strategy completely!!!!
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VituVingiSana
#57 Posted : Wednesday, April 06, 2011 3:57:53 PM
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I will just keep my 2 lines. Safaricom for data [coz fast] & Airtel for voice...
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jerry
#58 Posted : Wednesday, April 06, 2011 4:44:19 PM
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mlennyma wrote:
Can airtel pay rent to pesa mkononi dealers because they are closing shops like hell.and others jumping to mpesa.hakuna doo ni kunoma.

>>what bedevils KenCel, CelTel, Zain, or AirTel remains the same;customer service. In Meru they've no office!! Can't change SIM card to that which I can use phone book for ZAP.
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VituVingiSana
#59 Posted : Wednesday, April 06, 2011 5:08:11 PM
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jerry wrote:
mlennyma wrote:
Can airtel pay rent to pesa mkononi dealers because they are closing shops like hell.and others jumping to mpesa.hakuna doo ni kunoma.

>>what bedevils KenCel, CelTel, Zain, or AirTel remains the same;customer service. In Meru they've no office!! Can't change SIM card to that which I can use phone book for ZAP.
What??? No office in Meru?
Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett
jerry
#60 Posted : Wednesday, April 06, 2011 5:50:10 PM
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VituVingiSana wrote:
jerry wrote:
mlennyma wrote:
Can airtel pay rent to pesa mkononi dealers because they are closing shops like hell.and others jumping to mpesa.hakuna doo ni kunoma.

>>what bedevils KenCel, CelTel, Zain, or AirTel remains the same;customer service. In Meru they've no office!! Can't change SIM card to that which I can use phone book for ZAP.
What??? No office in Meru?

@vvs. True. A dealer(can't remember the name, near Coop bank) advised me to try Nyeri!
The opposite of courage is not cowardice, it's conformity.
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