I agree Muriuki - we've reached a watershed point here. At a regional level Airtel have a subscriber base that other operators cannot rival (even those outside Kenya excl the other multi country operators like MTN, Vodacom, Etisalat, etc). In some of their markets they still have healthy ARPU and as #1 operator in those countries thus perhaps can subsidise costs across some borders. Further, their capex model is getting more and more lean, and at a time when even regulators are encouraging sharing of non-core infrastructure and co-location. Airtel has taken this a step further to outsource other infrastructure and services. As much as we try to read the tea leaves, this market will remain in flux for quite a while...
Very interesting times
It is a high time that we knew the cost structure for a call - all Kenyans whether with a mobile or not are stakeholders and while lower tariffs is good for us today , the long
term
health of the supplier is just as critical
Publishing that cost structure will help us to know just how healthy our suppliers are and their long sustainability
cheers
Muriuki Mureithi
The best way to predict your future is to... CREATE IT!
From: kictanet-bounces+mureithi=summitstrategies.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke
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Subject: Re: [kictanet] Zain voice at Kshs 1 per day?
Interesting...I think Kshs 1 per minute for on network calls is way better (and profitable to them) than Kshs 10 per night for free calls and texts....more relevant to users needs and likely to help grow the subscriber base.
On Jan 13, 2011 2:58pm, Andrea Bohnstedt andrea.bohnstedt@ratio-magazine.com> wrote:
Here's the text of the Airtel press release:
http://www.ratio-magazine.com/201101133798/Corporate-Press-Releases/Kenya-Pr...
On 13 January 2011 14:49, Andrea Bohnstedt andrea.bohnstedt@ratio-magazine.com> wrote:
KES1 per minute, plus a daily subscription of KES1, as far as I understand.
On 13 January 2011 14:14, Francis.Hook@gmail.com> wrote:
I see this on some FB status and discussion groups - is this true?
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