Orange on tariff wars

http://www.ntv.co.ke
Telkom Kenya CEO Mickael Ghossein agrees with his Safaricom counterpart that AIrtel's recent price cuts to 1 shilling for on-net calls is irresponsible and would lead to job cuts at other operators. The Orange Kenya boss tells NTV's Larry Madowo that the firm would not engage in a price war, terming AIrtel a 'vegetable company' that has outsourced all its key services and has nothing to lose.

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[sirjonduke]

@cdaseka, it is immoral to watch porn, it is not immoral to attract customers using price drops. Like you said, Airtel better make sure their network can handle the new customers otherwise their subscriber growth will be short lived. Price is a huge selling point for many products, and a very important factor for most customers. If Safaricom & Orange bleed subscribers/ revenue, they will be forced to drop prices to get them back. The real money is in data anyways, calls should be dirt cheap.

[somalipal]

strange everybody is talking about outsourcing kenya is cheaper than India for everybody's information

[sirjonduke]

@Kariutha, this guy is chezaing kizungu for us. More customers means more profits for Airtel. That means they can invest more in their network and all that. Less cost for calls also benefits wananchi - spend cash on unga and nyama instead of calls.

[karuitha]

airtel deal seems too good to be true. Kenyans must be very wary of the indians