Regulator seems to have made up its mind
Telecoms regulator CA says will not implement proposal to break up Safaricom http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/539550-3849288-83vahdz/index.ht... I thought that we would have some input on this but I guess not. Meanwhile has anyone other than a few special few even read this report? I'm feeling very left out of this process and its extremely frustrating.
Sidney I'm with you in this. The Chair of CA, the CS, MOICT etc. seem to be freely quoting and commenting on a report that is supposed to be undergoing 'internal' review. Whilst I totally support the ideals of a free market and against the notion of splitting Safaricom this whole process of the report is becoming one big huge farce. Don't the leaders know that this continuous snippet conversation of the report before it is being released for public participation is putting the whole process' legitimacy into question? This is a major PR disaster. Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle Sent from my iPad
On 14 Mar 2017, at 3:39 PM, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Telecoms regulator CA says will not implement proposal to break up Safaricom http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/539550-3849288-83vahdz/index.ht...
I thought that we would have some input on this but I guess not.
Meanwhile has anyone other than a few special few even read this report? I'm feeling very left out of this process and its extremely frustrating.
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Well Sidney I take in your point. However am not hamstrung by the lack of opportunity to discern the much touted report. I prefer to look at this from the other end of the telescope - we all (I believe) have the capability to provide insights as to whether Safaricom occupies a dominant position and by extent whether this provides unpararelled competitive advantage. The break-up of M-pesa to me is a no brainer and the model is borrowed from banking where there has been appetite to break IB (Investment Banking) from Retail however this is argued from a predominantly risk perspective. Its pretty obvious cross-subsidies are distorting the true value/strength of Safaricom and I don't need a consultant to tell me this. In the UK Open Reach (the arm that provides fibre) - part of British Telecom has been ordered by the regulator to split from BT due to the competitive advantage it occupies. What's interesting is the suite was brought by two players Sky and you guessed right Vodafone. http://www.wired.co.uk/article/openreach-bt-split-ofcom Well in the land of the blind the one eyed man is king!! Regards, Eric Mwangi Vault Global E Njoroge Mwangi Technology| FINTECH | Big Data Cell +44 7539372742 Skype: Erick.mwangi On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 12:39 PM, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Telecoms regulator CA says will not implement proposal to break up Safaricom http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/539550-3849288- 83vahdz/index.html
I thought that we would have some input on this but I guess not.
Meanwhile has anyone other than a few special few even read this report? I'm feeling very left out of this process and its extremely frustrating.
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Best summary of the report so far Is Safaricom Dominant? A Concise Perspective On Analysys Mason’s Controversial Kenya Telecommunication Competition Report | Moses Kemibaro http://www.moseskemibaro.com/2017/03/11/is-safaricom-dominant-a-concise-pers... On 14 March 2017 at 16:14, Erick Mwangi <erick.mwangi@gmail.com> wrote:
Well Sidney I take in your point.
However am not hamstrung by the lack of opportunity to discern the much touted report. I prefer to look at this from the other end of the telescope - we all (I believe) have the capability to provide insights as to whether Safaricom occupies a dominant position and by extent whether this provides unpararelled competitive advantage.
The break-up of M-pesa to me is a no brainer and the model is borrowed from banking where there has been appetite to break IB (Investment Banking) from Retail however this is argued from a predominantly risk perspective. Its pretty obvious cross-subsidies are distorting the true value/strength of Safaricom and I don't need a consultant to tell me this.
In the UK Open Reach (the arm that provides fibre) - part of British Telecom has been ordered by the regulator to split from BT due to the competitive advantage it occupies. What's interesting is the suite was brought by two players Sky and you guessed right Vodafone. http://www.wired.co.uk/article/openreach-bt-split-ofcom
Well in the land of the blind the one eyed man is king!!
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On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 12:39 PM, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Telecoms regulator CA says will not implement proposal to break up Safaricom http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/539550-3849288- 83vahdz/index.html
I thought that we would have some input on this but I guess not.
Meanwhile has anyone other than a few special few even read this report? I'm feeling very left out of this process and its extremely frustrating.
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