Hi David, 

Thanks for sharing this. I'm certain that there will be great benefits accrued from giving more Kenyans access to internet enabled devices. We have been beneficiaries of access to the digital world and I can only imagine how several lives will be transformed through this. 

From your list above affordability has been sorted, it is my hope that other stakeholders like electricity providers  can also work harder to ensure the provision of peripheral services that Kenyans rely on for connectivity. Also it would be great to see further utilisation of USF to promote connectivity. 

Kind regards, 

Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu
Advocate 
Legal and Regulatory Specialist- Oxygene MCL
Tel: +254 718 181644

On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 8:59 AM David Indeje via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
The launch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2kfhI1sf7U


On Tue, Jul 28, 2020, 7:54 AM David Indeje <davidindeje@gmail.com> wrote:
Ali,

During the pilot phase for this proposition, we were told it will have bundled benefits, data, minutes. I hope it has not changed.

On Tue, Jul 28, 2020, 6:21 AM Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Alvin

It's unlikely 'high-end" phones will be sold like that. But I do get your phone. Way back when Telkom was Telkom 😀 I got an iPhone on a 2-year contract. Basically it came with a data, voice plan for I think 6k a month. For two years. The great thing about the plan was that I was spending that amount or more anyway per month.

I don't mean to tell Safaricom how to do their business but most Telcos in Europe and the US have these contracts for their 'high-end' phones. Not sure why Safaricom doesn't have such plans. 

Regards

Ali Hussein

Digital Transformation


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On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 12:02 PM Alvin Ochola Gmail via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
These must be specifically for ''Low-End Priced phones''.

In a year 20*365 = KES 7,300/=

Hopefully, they have thought of a formula for Hign End Phones also.

Safaricom can reap on this if thought out properly.


Thank you.

Kind Regards,

Alvin Ochola
Manager
Greenline Technology Limited
ICT SOLUTIONS 
Direct Lines:
0733-610-758
0722-219-938
Call or Whatsapp
 Nairobi, Kenya


On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 at 10:54, David Indeje via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Dear Listers,

Safaricom from Tuesday will start selling smartphones on credit to its subscribers who will make daily payments of as little as Sh20 a day for up to a year dubbed Lipa Mdogo Mdogo.

This is a novel idea from the telco in ensuring the 'access gap is closed" The CEO Peter Ndegwa says it will enable users to access 4G.  https://bit.ly/2EnOOew

As this unfolds, the issue of:
  1. affordability
  2. right infrastructure - power 
  3. What are competitors doing?
Will still need to be addressed going forward.

Kind Regards,

David Indeje 

 +254 (0) 711 385 945 |  +254 (0) 734 024 856   
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