Actually, this is quite a serious issue, it has been proven the world over that an operator with significant market power (SMP) needs strong regulatory measures to ensure that they do not over exploit the market, and more importantly quench healthy competition...<br><br>On Tuesday, January 20, 2015, Edith Adera via kictanet &lt;<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">




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<p>Need to study any &quot;anti-competitive&quot; behaviour and act....question is, will the regulator(s) act? Safaricom has its owners.<br>
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<p>Consumer behavior also has a key role to play...I&#39;ve argued that for years and if memory serves, Michael Joseph once said &quot;Kenyans have peculiar habits&quot;. These habits play a BIG role in keeping the BIG player dominant!</p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 19, 2015 11:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Edith Adera<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [kictanet] Airtel writes to regulators over Safaricom&#39;s market share</font>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">This is interesting. </div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial,Helmet,Freesans,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(240,240,240)">Airtel Kenya has written to Communications Authority
 of Kenya (CA) and Competitions Authority of Kenya (CAK) asking that Safaricom be declared a dominant player in the market. Airtel Kenya, which is targeting a bigger share of the country’s voice, SMS, data and mobile-money transfer business, claims Safaricom
 has been using its dominance to prevent others from growing their business. It is asking the two regulators to intervene and stop the telecommunications sector’s slide into a monopoly where the market leader, allegedly has freedom to do whatever it wishes.</span></div>
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<span style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial,Helmet,Freesans,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(240,240,240)">Read more at: </span><a href="http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2000148531/airtel-writes-to-regulators-over-safaricom-s-market-share" style="font-family:Arial,Helmet,Freesans,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(240,240,240)" target="_blank">http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2000148531/airtel-writes-to-regulators-over-safaricom-s-market-share</a><br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">I&#39;m curious as to what remedies there are in the act to reverse safaricom&#39;s dominance.</div>
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