The German regulator has given a condition to Telefonica to cede spectrum in the acquisition of a rival http://www.mobileworldlive.com/telefonica-e-plus-deal-faces-spectrum-pressure?utm_campaign=MWL_20140402&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=1f8ef6b8133945659084038af45360d9&elqCampaignId=1485 On Wednesday, 26 March 2014, Philip Adar <philip.adar@gmail.com> wrote:
+1, yes "innovative" will be the solution...
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','dmbuvi@gmail.com');>
wrote:
A similar problem arose in the US, but the regulator refused to let AT&T (the leading operator) buy off T-Mobile(the fourth operator).
What happened is that T-Mobile got a bit more creative in its offers ( http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/27/technology/personaltech/t-mobile-turns-an-...) .
I also think that Kenya is suffering from the same, especially seeing that we import the C level suite of most telcos to bring in "experienced people."
Perhaps, telcos need more of innovative people and less of experienced people - there isn't that much to lose anyway, or is there?
On Wednesday, 26 March 2014, Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke> wrote:
Listers
Jaindi Kisero's article on the imminent departure (demise?) of two telcos in Kenya make compelling reading.
http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/mobile-phone-firm-pullout-market-failur...
The article basically explores the possibility that market failure is what we are experiencing in Kenya.
According to Wikipedia Market Failure is a concept within economic theory describing when the allocation of goods and services by a free market <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_market> is not efficient<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_efficiency>. That is, there exists another conceivable outcome where a market participant may be made better-off without making someone else worse-off. (The outcome is not Pareto optimal<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_efficiency>.) Market failures can be viewed as scenarios where individuals' pursuit of pure self-interest leads to results that are not efficient - that can be improved upon from the societal point-of-view.[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_failure#cite_note-1> [2] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_failure#cite_note-krugman-2> The first known use of the term by economists was in 1958,[3]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_failure#cite_note-Bator-3> but the concept has been traced back to the Victorian philosopher Henry Sidgwick <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Sidgwick>.[4]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_failure#cite_note-Medema-4>
Market failures are often associated with time-inconsistent preferences<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Time-inconsistent_preferences&action=edit&redlink=1> , <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_failure#cite_note-5>
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