Re: [kictanet] Equitel - M-Pesa battle heats up as Safaricom hikes termination fees
Since Safaricom is dominant in the mobile money termination market and in the absence of any regulation, it is in their interest to maximise returns in that "market segment" .So, Safaricom is behaving as expected! John Kariuki Sent from Samsung Mobile -------- Original message -------- From: Dennis Kioko via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: To: ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] Equitel - M-Pesa battle heats up as Safaricom hikes termination fees Good Afternoon Listers, Safaricom has increased termination fee - the amount of money paid to it by Equitel for money to be sent from one network to another. This has left Equitel users with high transaction costs on Equitel to M-Pesa transactions. See story here http://www.infotake.co.ke/2015/08/equitel-users-silently-hit-by-100.html -- with Regards: blog.denniskioko.com
This is definitely a case that requires serious attention from the regulator. Ali Hussein Tel: +254 713 601113 On Aug 20, 2015 8:36 PM, "ngethe.kariuki2007 via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Since Safaricom is dominant in the mobile money termination market and in the absence of any regulation, it is in their interest to maximise returns in that "market segment" .So, Safaricom is behaving as expected!
John Kariuki
Sent from Samsung Mobile
-------- Original message -------- From: Dennis Kioko via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: To: ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] Equitel - M-Pesa battle heats up as Safaricom hikes termination fees
Good Afternoon Listers, Safaricom has increased termination fee - the amount of money paid to it by Equitel for money to be sent from one network to another.
This has left Equitel users with high transaction costs on Equitel to M-Pesa transactions. See story here http://www.infotake.co.ke/2015/08/equitel-users-silently-hit-by-100.html <http://www.infotake.co.ke/2015/08/equitel-users-silently-hit-by-100.html>
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The regulators have been searching rather 'unsuccessfully ' at examples or scenarios when Safcom abused it's dominance, I may well be very wrong but this here seems to me like the perfect example! JB. On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:57 Ali Hussein via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
This is definitely a case that requires serious attention from the regulator.
Ali Hussein Tel: +254 713 601113 On Aug 20, 2015 8:36 PM, "ngethe.kariuki2007 via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Since Safaricom is dominant in the mobile money termination market and in the absence of any regulation, it is in their interest to maximise returns in that "market segment" .So, Safaricom is behaving as expected!
John Kariuki
Sent from Samsung Mobile
-------- Original message -------- From: Dennis Kioko via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: To: ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] Equitel - M-Pesa battle heats up as Safaricom hikes termination fees
Good Afternoon Listers, Safaricom has increased termination fee - the amount of money paid to it by Equitel for money to be sent from one network to another.
This has left Equitel users with high transaction costs on Equitel to M-Pesa transactions. See story here http://www.infotake.co.ke/2015/08/equitel-users-silently-hit-by-100.html <http://www.infotake.co.ke/2015/08/equitel-users-silently-hit-by-100.html>
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I could not agree with you more JB. Pretty thoughtless move on part of Safcom at a time when it is under scrutiny and should be "playing nice".. Rose Media Policy Research Centre Tel: 254-20-5216474 Cell: 254- 717-037154 email: rowino@mediapolicycentre.org skype: rowinor @mediapolicycen On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 10:00 PM, Ohaga JB via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
The regulators have been searching rather 'unsuccessfully ' at examples or scenarios when Safcom abused it's dominance, I may well be very wrong but this here seems to me like the perfect example!
JB.
On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:57 Ali Hussein via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
This is definitely a case that requires serious attention from the regulator.
Ali Hussein Tel: +254 713 601113 On Aug 20, 2015 8:36 PM, "ngethe.kariuki2007 via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Since Safaricom is dominant in the mobile money termination market and in the absence of any regulation, it is in their interest to maximise returns in that "market segment" .So, Safaricom is behaving as expected!
John Kariuki
Sent from Samsung Mobile
-------- Original message -------- From: Dennis Kioko via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: To: ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] Equitel - M-Pesa battle heats up as Safaricom hikes termination fees
Good Afternoon Listers, Safaricom has increased termination fee - the amount of money paid to it by Equitel for money to be sent from one network to another.
This has left Equitel users with high transaction costs on Equitel to M-Pesa transactions. See story here http://www.infotake.co.ke/2015/08/equitel-users-silently-hit-by-100.html <http://www.infotake.co.ke/2015/08/equitel-users-silently-hit-by-100.html>
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Its easy to throw stones at the elephant eating your vegetables calling it a brute when you are busy cordoning off its migration routes. My 2cents in MPesa balance. On Aug 21, 2015 3:32 AM, "Rose Lukalo -Owino via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
I could not agree with you more JB. Pretty thoughtless move on part of Safcom at a time when it is under scrutiny and should be "playing nice".. Rose
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On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 10:00 PM, Ohaga JB via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
The regulators have been searching rather 'unsuccessfully ' at examples or scenarios when Safcom abused it's dominance, I may well be very wrong but this here seems to me like the perfect example!
JB.
On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:57 Ali Hussein via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
This is definitely a case that requires serious attention from the regulator.
Ali Hussein Tel: +254 713 601113 On Aug 20, 2015 8:36 PM, "ngethe.kariuki2007 via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Since Safaricom is dominant in the mobile money termination market and in the absence of any regulation, it is in their interest to maximise returns in that "market segment" .So, Safaricom is behaving as expected!
John Kariuki
Sent from Samsung Mobile
-------- Original message -------- From: Dennis Kioko via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: To: ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] Equitel - M-Pesa battle heats up as Safaricom hikes termination fees
Good Afternoon Listers, Safaricom has increased termination fee - the amount of money paid to it by Equitel for money to be sent from one network to another.
This has left Equitel users with high transaction costs on Equitel to M-Pesa transactions. See story here http://www.infotake.co.ke/2015/08/equitel-users-silently-hit-by-100.html <http://www.infotake.co.ke/2015/08/equitel-users-silently-hit-by-100.html>
-- with Regards:
blog.denniskioko.com <http://www.denniskioko.com/>
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Simiyu Interesting analogy..However misplaced it is...:-) I think this list's contributors have been a major proponent of Safaricom's against the ill-advised push to dismember it. Having said that we also cannot allow such actions to go unchallenged. It's perpetuating the impunity this country's citizens are fighting hard to destroy. 40%+ of Kenya's GDP passes through the Mpesa system. It has become the de-facto ATM Network for the country hence restrictive tendencies should not be allowed. This is a perfect (if what Safaricom has done against Equitel is true) opportunity for the regulator to show us why they were once voted the best regulator in Africa. Can the regulator stand up and be counted? Ali Hussein Hussein & Associates +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad
On Aug 21, 2015, at 6:43 AM, simiyu mse via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Its easy to throw stones at the elephant eating your vegetables calling it a brute when you are busy cordoning off its migration routes.
My 2cents in MPesa balance.
On Aug 21, 2015 3:32 AM, "Rose Lukalo -Owino via kictanet" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: I could not agree with you more JB. Pretty thoughtless move on part of Safcom at a time when it is under scrutiny and should be "playing nice".. Rose
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On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 10:00 PM, Ohaga JB via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: The regulators have been searching rather 'unsuccessfully ' at examples or scenarios when Safcom abused it's dominance, I may well be very wrong but this here seems to me like the perfect example!
JB.
On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:57 Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: This is definitely a case that requires serious attention from the regulator.
Ali Hussein Tel: +254 713 601113
On Aug 20, 2015 8:36 PM, "ngethe.kariuki2007 via kictanet" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Since Safaricom is dominant in the mobile money termination market and in the absence of any regulation, it is in their interest to maximise returns in that "market segment" .So, Safaricom is behaving as expected!
John Kariuki
Sent from Samsung Mobile
-------- Original message -------- From: Dennis Kioko via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: To: ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] Equitel - M-Pesa battle heats up as Safaricom hikes termination fees
Good Afternoon Listers, Safaricom has increased termination fee - the amount of money paid to it by Equitel for money to be sent from one network to another.
This has left Equitel users with high transaction costs on Equitel to M-Pesa transactions. See story here http://www.infotake.co.ke/2015/08/equitel-users-silently-hit-by-100.html
-- with Regards:
blog.denniskioko.com
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I agree with your point. This far there has been no display of abuse of its dominant status. However should they start flexing their muscles then the regulator is mandated to reign them in. Good Morning On Aug 21, 2015 4:21 AM, "Ali Hussein" <ali@hussein.me.ke> wrote:
Simiyu
Interesting analogy..However misplaced it is...:-)
I think this list's contributors have been a major proponent of Safaricom's against the ill-advised push to dismember it. Having said that we also cannot allow such actions to go unchallenged. It's perpetuating the impunity this country's citizens are fighting hard to destroy.
40%+ of Kenya's GDP passes through the Mpesa system. It has become the de-facto ATM Network for the country hence restrictive tendencies should not be allowed. This is a perfect (if what Safaricom has done against Equitel is true) opportunity for the regulator to show us why they were once voted the best regulator in Africa.
Can the regulator stand up and be counted?
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On Aug 21, 2015, at 6:43 AM, simiyu mse via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Its easy to throw stones at the elephant eating your vegetables calling it a brute when you are busy cordoning off its migration routes.
My 2cents in MPesa balance. On Aug 21, 2015 3:32 AM, "Rose Lukalo -Owino via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
I could not agree with you more JB. Pretty thoughtless move on part of Safcom at a time when it is under scrutiny and should be "playing nice".. Rose
Media Policy Research Centre Tel: 254-20-5216474 Cell: 254- 717-037154 email: rowino@mediapolicycentre.org skype: rowinor @mediapolicycen
On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 10:00 PM, Ohaga JB via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
The regulators have been searching rather 'unsuccessfully ' at examples or scenarios when Safcom abused it's dominance, I may well be very wrong but this here seems to me like the perfect example!
JB.
On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:57 Ali Hussein via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
This is definitely a case that requires serious attention from the regulator.
Ali Hussein Tel: +254 713 601113 On Aug 20, 2015 8:36 PM, "ngethe.kariuki2007 via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Since Safaricom is dominant in the mobile money termination market and in the absence of any regulation, it is in their interest to maximise returns in that "market segment" .So, Safaricom is behaving as expected!
John Kariuki
Sent from Samsung Mobile
-------- Original message -------- From: Dennis Kioko via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: To: ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] Equitel - M-Pesa battle heats up as Safaricom hikes termination fees
Good Afternoon Listers, Safaricom has increased termination fee - the amount of money paid to it by Equitel for money to be sent from one network to another.
This has left Equitel users with high transaction costs on Equitel to M-Pesa transactions. See story here http://www.infotake.co.ke/2015/08/equitel-users-silently-hit-by-100.html <http://www.infotake.co.ke/2015/08/equitel-users-silently-hit-by-100.html>
-- with Regards:
blog.denniskioko.com <http://www.denniskioko.com/>
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+1, Safcom has played its card exactly as expected. And this is where it gets very interesting. How to regulate a service whose total value does not sit in one entity but cuts across multiple players (banks, merchants, agents, application providers, competitors etc). Very interesting scenario since Kenya is once again staring at an opportunity to show the rest of the world the best regulatory move in the prevailing circumstances. Perhaps this time around, the risk of a wrong regulatory intervention (regulatory error) may have a bigger impact than it would have had ten years ago when Prof. Ndemo and the then CBK governor allowed mobile money some liberal breathing space. That is not to say there should be no regulatory intervention. The question is: which one? Lets wait and see. walu. From: ngethe.kariuki2007 via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> To: jwalu@yahoo.com Cc: ngethe.kariuki2007 <ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2015 8:30 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] Equitel - M-Pesa battle heats up as Safaricom hikes termination fees Since Safaricom is dominant in the mobile money termination market and in the absence of any regulation, it is in their interest to maximise returns in that "market segment" .So, Safaricom is behaving as expected! John Kariuki Sent from Samsung Mobile -------- Original message -------- From: Dennis Kioko via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: To: ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] Equitel - M-Pesa battle heats up as Safaricom hikes termination fees Good Afternoon Listers,Safaricom has increased termination fee - the amount of money paid to it by Equitel for money to be sent from one network to another. This has left Equitel users with high transaction costs on Equitel to M-Pesa transactions. See story here http://www.infotake.co.ke/2015/08/equitel-users-silently-hit-by-100.html -- with Regards: blog.denniskioko.com _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
Prof. Ndemo's work in the liberation of the sector was a necessary move to reduce the barrier to entry for innovative services at the time. We have had a poster child of good behavior in Safaricom in my personal opinion and they have thrived on innovation and forward thinking to cover this much ground in so little time. There is a time for everything and I believe the regulatory framework has been given a fairly easy situation that can be railed back in without causing too much friction or that may show some semblance of some partisanship. This needs careful review and calculated steps to secure future players and ultimately the consumer rights and freedoms. I laud Kictanet for watching keenly. Ahsanteni. On Aug 21, 2015 8:40 AM, "Walubengo J via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
+1,
Safcom has played its card exactly as expected.
And this is where it gets very interesting. How to regulate a service whose total value does not sit in one entity but cuts across multiple players (banks, merchants, agents, application providers, competitors etc). Very interesting scenario since Kenya is once again staring at an opportunity to show the rest of the world the best regulatory move in the prevailing circumstances.
Perhaps this time around, the risk of a wrong regulatory intervention (regulatory error) may have a bigger impact than it would have had ten years ago when Prof. Ndemo and the then CBK governor allowed mobile money some liberal breathing space. That is not to say there should be no regulatory intervention. The question is: which one?
Lets wait and see.
walu.
------------------------------ *From:* ngethe.kariuki2007 via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> *To:* jwalu@yahoo.com *Cc:* ngethe.kariuki2007 <ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk> *Sent:* Thursday, August 20, 2015 8:30 PM *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Equitel - M-Pesa battle heats up as Safaricom hikes termination fees
Since Safaricom is dominant in the mobile money termination market and in the absence of any regulation, it is in their interest to maximise returns in that "market segment" .So, Safaricom is behaving as expected!
John Kariuki
Sent from Samsung Mobile
-------- Original message -------- From: Dennis Kioko via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: To: ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] Equitel - M-Pesa battle heats up as Safaricom hikes termination fees
Good Afternoon Listers, Safaricom has increased termination fee - the amount of money paid to it by Equitel for money to be sent from one network to another.
This has left Equitel users with high transaction costs on Equitel to M-Pesa transactions. See story here http://www.infotake.co.ke/2015/08/equitel-users-silently-hit-by-100.html <http://www.infotake.co.ke/2015/08/equitel-users-silently-hit-by-100.html>
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On Aug 21, 2015, at 11:50 AM, simiyu mse via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Prof. Ndemo's work in the liberation of the sector was a necessary move to reduce the barrier to entry for innovative services at the time.
We have had a poster child of good behavior in Safaricom in my personal opinion and they have thrived on innovation and forward thinking to cover this much ground in so little time.
There is a time for everything and I believe the regulatory framework has been given a fairly easy situation that can be railed back in without causing too much friction or that may show some semblance of some partisanship.
This needs careful review and calculated steps to secure future players and ultimately the consumer rights and freedoms.
I laud Kictanet for watching keenly.
Ahsanteni.
On Aug 21, 2015 8:40 AM, "Walubengo J via kictanet" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: +1,
Safcom has played its card exactly as expected.
And this is where it gets very interesting. How to regulate a service whose total value does not sit in one entity but cuts across multiple players (banks, merchants, agents, application providers, competitors etc). Very interesting scenario since Kenya is once again staring at an opportunity to show the rest of the world the best regulatory move in the prevailing circumstances.
Perhaps this time around, the risk of a wrong regulatory intervention (regulatory error) may have a bigger impact than it would have had ten years ago when Prof. Ndemo and the then CBK governor allowed mobile money some liberal breathing space. That is not to say there should be no regulatory intervention. The question is: which one?
Lets wait and see.
walu.
From: ngethe.kariuki2007 via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> To: jwalu@yahoo.com Cc: ngethe.kariuki2007 <ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2015 8:30 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] Equitel - M-Pesa battle heats up as Safaricom hikes termination fees
Since Safaricom is dominant in the mobile money termination market and in the absence of any regulation, it is in their interest to maximise returns in that "market segment" .So, Safaricom is behaving as expected!
John Kariuki
Sent from Samsung Mobile
-------- Original message -------- From: Dennis Kioko via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: To: ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] Equitel - M-Pesa battle heats up as Safaricom hikes termination fees
Good Afternoon Listers, Safaricom has increased termination fee - the amount of money paid to it by Equitel for money to be sent from one network to another.
This has left Equitel users with high transaction costs on Equitel to M-Pesa transactions. See story here http://www.infotake.co.ke/2015/08/equitel-users-silently-hit-by-100.html
-- with Regards:
blog.denniskioko.com
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There's nothing wrong for the regulator to regulate anti competitive practices. It just has to ensure it does not cripple innovation in doing so. Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 21, 2015, at 4:03 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Walu
The day regulation is allowed to move ahead of innovation is the day we write it's epitaph...
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On Aug 21, 2015, at 11:50 AM, simiyu mse via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Prof. Ndemo's work in the liberation of the sector was a necessary move to reduce the barrier to entry for innovative services at the time.
We have had a poster child of good behavior in Safaricom in my personal opinion and they have thrived on innovation and forward thinking to cover this much ground in so little time.
There is a time for everything and I believe the regulatory framework has been given a fairly easy situation that can be railed back in without causing too much friction or that may show some semblance of some partisanship.
This needs careful review and calculated steps to secure future players and ultimately the consumer rights and freedoms.
I laud Kictanet for watching keenly.
Ahsanteni.
On Aug 21, 2015 8:40 AM, "Walubengo J via kictanet" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: +1,
Safcom has played its card exactly as expected.
And this is where it gets very interesting. How to regulate a service whose total value does not sit in one entity but cuts across multiple players (banks, merchants, agents, application providers, competitors etc). Very interesting scenario since Kenya is once again staring at an opportunity to show the rest of the world the best regulatory move in the prevailing circumstances.
Perhaps this time around, the risk of a wrong regulatory intervention (regulatory error) may have a bigger impact than it would have had ten years ago when Prof. Ndemo and the then CBK governor allowed mobile money some liberal breathing space. That is not to say there should be no regulatory intervention. The question is: which one?
Lets wait and see.
walu.
From: ngethe.kariuki2007 via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> To: jwalu@yahoo.com Cc: ngethe.kariuki2007 <ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2015 8:30 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] Equitel - M-Pesa battle heats up as Safaricom hikes termination fees
Since Safaricom is dominant in the mobile money termination market and in the absence of any regulation, it is in their interest to maximise returns in that "market segment" .So, Safaricom is behaving as expected!
John Kariuki
Sent from Samsung Mobile
-------- Original message -------- From: Dennis Kioko via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: To: ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] Equitel - M-Pesa battle heats up as Safaricom hikes termination fees
Good Afternoon Listers, Safaricom has increased termination fee - the amount of money paid to it by Equitel for money to be sent from one network to another.
This has left Equitel users with high transaction costs on Equitel to M-Pesa transactions. See story here http://www.infotake.co.ke/2015/08/equitel-users-silently-hit-by-100.html
-- with Regards:
blog.denniskioko.com
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Question What has been the prevailing rate of sending money from Airtel or Orange Money to MPESA? What of the reverse, sending money from MPESA to a bank account or to other carriers? This I think is what should inform the regulator's decision because unless there is significant cost differential of terminating Equitel on MPESA compared to Airtel Money or Orange, then price discrimination shouldn't occur. But having gone through the year 2008, we know how this one will play out. CAK will commission of a long term cost blah blah study, and then impose a common termination fee like they did with voice. Regards, J On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 3:49 PM, Ben Akoh via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
There's nothing wrong for the regulator to regulate anti competitive practices. It just has to ensure it does not cripple innovation in doing so.
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 21, 2015, at 4:03 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Walu
The day regulation is allowed to move ahead of innovation is the day we write it's epitaph...
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On Aug 21, 2015, at 11:50 AM, simiyu mse via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Prof. Ndemo's work in the liberation of the sector was a necessary move to reduce the barrier to entry for innovative services at the time.
We have had a poster child of good behavior in Safaricom in my personal opinion and they have thrived on innovation and forward thinking to cover this much ground in so little time.
There is a time for everything and I believe the regulatory framework has been given a fairly easy situation that can be railed back in without causing too much friction or that may show some semblance of some partisanship.
This needs careful review and calculated steps to secure future players and ultimately the consumer rights and freedoms.
I laud Kictanet for watching keenly.
Ahsanteni. On Aug 21, 2015 8:40 AM, "Walubengo J via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
+1,
Safcom has played its card exactly as expected.
And this is where it gets very interesting. How to regulate a service whose total value does not sit in one entity but cuts across multiple players (banks, merchants, agents, application providers, competitors etc). Very interesting scenario since Kenya is once again staring at an opportunity to show the rest of the world the best regulatory move in the prevailing circumstances.
Perhaps this time around, the risk of a wrong regulatory intervention (regulatory error) may have a bigger impact than it would have had ten years ago when Prof. Ndemo and the then CBK governor allowed mobile money some liberal breathing space. That is not to say there should be no regulatory intervention. The question is: which one?
Lets wait and see.
walu.
------------------------------ *From:* ngethe.kariuki2007 via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> *To:* jwalu@yahoo.com *Cc:* ngethe.kariuki2007 <ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk> *Sent:* Thursday, August 20, 2015 8:30 PM *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Equitel - M-Pesa battle heats up as Safaricom hikes termination fees
Since Safaricom is dominant in the mobile money termination market and in the absence of any regulation, it is in their interest to maximise returns in that "market segment" .So, Safaricom is behaving as expected!
John Kariuki
Sent from Samsung Mobile
-------- Original message -------- From: Dennis Kioko via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: To: ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] Equitel - M-Pesa battle heats up as Safaricom hikes termination fees
Good Afternoon Listers, Safaricom has increased termination fee - the amount of money paid to it by Equitel for money to be sent from one network to another.
This has left Equitel users with high transaction costs on Equitel to M-Pesa transactions. See story here http://www.infotake.co.ke/2015/08/equitel-users-silently-hit-by-100.html <http://www.infotake.co.ke/2015/08/equitel-users-silently-hit-by-100.html>
-- with Regards:
blog.denniskioko.com <http://www.denniskioko.com/>
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The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
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participants (9)
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Ali Hussein -
Ben Akoh -
James Mbugua -
ngethe.kariuki2007 -
Ohaga JB -
Rose Lukalo -Owino -
simiyu mse -
Waithaka Ngigi -
Walubengo J