Ferocious wars?!$! Are you kidding. Airtel got a drubbing. Annihilated. In 2009, they  made a loss of us$60 million. $60 million!!! You do the math - Safaricom - 72% market share. All other players - Airtel  included - 28%. Airtel were whipped in the Kenyan market. Mercilessly. All that Airtel did was destroy value in the market with price cuts.And it has barely made a dent on Safaricom. Last year Safaricom grew revenues and recruited more customers than Airtel.  Wonder how long they will keep up the charade! ________________________________ From: Harry Hare <harry@africanedevelopment.org> To: Charles M <cmutsi@yahoo.com> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Monday, September 5, 2011 4:10 PM Subject: [kictanet] Meza resigns from Airtel Interesting happenings here…http://bit.ly/ohQXmB Meza is back in Tanzania at Vodacom, and will probably be forced to work in partnership with Safaricom in Kenya a company he has competed with ferociously in the so dubbed "mobile wars". Harry _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/cmutsi%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.