Yu has been bleeding red ink since it launched. It was inevitable. No public review will change that. The Network Effect is clearly at play here with Safaricom. None of the other players are profitable. Orange is being kept afloat by GoK and the mother company in France. Airtel considers Kenya a loss leader because of its 'strategic' nature in Africa and hence cannot abandon it. Not sure how long that will continue.

The interesting bit here is that Orange may eventually buy Safaricom because of some actions in far off cities that we have no control over...that for me is the real risk..

Ali Hussein

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"I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein

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On Mar 3, 2014, at 11:20 PM, ICT Researcher <ict.researcher@yahoo.com> wrote:

For starters, the company's assets true worth need to be independently established and its outstanding liabilities audited. Mere reported "spend a combined $100 million" inflated with 'sweatheart deal' exit premium does not in any way reflect the much lower true worth of the exiting business persons which no doubt a consortium of Kenyans investors can raise and potentially enable consumers to migrate enmasse to 100 p.c. "MKenya Network":-)

On Monday, March 3, 2014 9:44 PM, "Wambua, Christopher" <Wambua@cck.go.ke> wrote:

The regulator has just received the application. We are in the process of reviewing the application with a view to deciding the way forward. It is therefore too early to subject the application to public consultation.

Wambua

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From: ICT Researcher

Sent: Monday, 3 March 2014 21:11 PM

To: Wambua, Christopher

Reply To: ICT Researcher

Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions

Subject: [kictanet] Yu acquisition proposal to regulator

Airtel, Safaricom seek to buy Essar’s Yu in Kenya - Safaricom will get Yu’s infrastructure, while Airtel is expected to acquire Yu’s subscriber base <http://www.livemint.com/Industry/BZZuR21BJsoJf6jksBhnVN/Airtel-Safaricom-seek-to-buy-Kenyan-rival-Essars-Yu.html>

Considering the profoundly adverse Triopoly consumer choice consequences,

Should the regulator not initiate a public consultation before decision making?

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