The way I see it, I doubt anyone can come from outside and solve the issues with OrangeKE/Telkom.

The solution as to how it could be revived to a top notch contender would have to come from within.

Looking inwards, the one firm that could have the Synergies and muscle to take it to Safcom in my best bet would be KPLC!

They understand infrastructure,  they understand last mile, they understand how to distribute electricity, they could make a play for this.

Yes, I know we have the blackouts, but we could work on that.

Waithaka Ngigi

Alliance Technologies
Nairobi, Kenya

www.A1.io

On 25 Mar 2014 13:07, "Mark Mwangi" <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
I think its about time the Govt kicked them out. All they do is whine and sit on assets e.g NOFBI, iPhone, plenty of Land, only existing landline network, etc. I would have thought e would la Fiber where there is now copper but they would rather ask for more money from the Govt


On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Phares Kariuki <pkariuki@gmail.com> wrote:
In Uganda, MTN wants to purchase Orange, that's confirmed, not sure about rest of Africa. 


On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 10:58 AM, James Mbugua <jgmbugua@gmail.com> wrote:

Any truth to the rumours that MTN might take over Orange's operations in Africa?

James


On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 9:51 AM, S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya@gmail.com> wrote:
Orange persisted in enforcing bandwidth caps even on ADSL losing business to Zuku (Wimax and Fiber) which did not insist such bandwidth caps.

Trust local shareholders + new local investors will get a Kenyan CEO/Business Leader to sort out Telkom Kenya. 

Think of Uchumi supermarkets and how it recovered under sound Kenyan leadership :)

Regards

Murigi / Stanley Muraya

"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." Prov 16:32


On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke> wrote:
It's now clear that Orange will be exiting the East African market by end of the year. 

In an apparent related development the CS has given Orange notice that the Government intends to cancel the NOFBI contract. This is as it should be. The Government is making the right move yanking this out of a partner who unfortunately through either ineptitude or inability to read the market or both has turned one of Kenya's Crown Jewels into so much confetti..

I'm curious though what next for NOFBI? Will it be collapsed into the new proposed PPP for infrastructure? I'm sure the industry will be following this with interest.


Ali Hussein


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