Safaricom, Telkom targeted in new market power rules
18 August 2011
"The declaration means that the two have the force and power to influence costs and at times to the detriment of consumers," said Muriuki Mureithi, the chief executive at Summit Strategies, a local IT consulting firm.
Business Daily
Wednesday, August 17 2011
The telecoms industry regulator has signalled its intention to declare two operators dominant in key segments of the telephony market, setting them up for stringent oversight and exposing them to heavy penalties for breach of set rules.
Safaricom and Telkom Kenya have been singled out as bearing the power of dominance in the mobile and fixed voice services respectively – implying that they have market power that in the view of the Communications Commission of Kenya, could be used to the detriment of the consumer. More
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