Fibre optic network needs a rethink
Friday February 26 2021
By JAINDI KISERO
Summary
The biggest weakness has been failure by policy to guide the industry into a thoroughly competitive sector with more than one profitable player where consumers enjoy competitive prices and consumer protection issues are observed keenly.
Way back in 2018, the Communications Authority of Kenya invited the public to make submissions on a telecommunications competition market study that was conducted by the consultant Analsysys Mason.
One of the suggestions made was that the market needed to adopt what is known in jargon as asymmetric mobile termination rates as a corrective remedy and to promote more competition in a market dominated by one player.
Airtel fights jail push in SportPesa dispute
Tuesday February 23 2021
By SAM KIPLAGAT
Summary
Executives of telecoms company Airtel have launched a fight against contempt of court charges which put them at risk of fines or jail terms.
The mobile operator is seeking protection against a contempt suit filed by the betting firm which has accused it of failing to unblock gaming pay bill accounts and short codes used by its partner Milestones Games Limited.
Executives of telecoms company Airtel have launched a fight against contempt of court charges which put them at risk of fines or jail terms after the mobile operator was sucked into a dispute between the State and betting firm, SportPesa.
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Soya founder Paul Tergat said: “I wish to pay tribute to our partners for seeing beyond the challenges and indeed, the adversity of Covid-19 and sharing their little resources towards making the Soya 2020 recognition awards and sports symposium possible.”
Soya panel chairman Chris Mbaisi noted that this year’s event will be different from the previous one mainly because many sports men and women were barred from sports participation due to the pandemic.
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“The event will be different from previous as we shall not be rewarding top performances in area of sport but rather recognising efforts and possibilities during the year 2020, because sports is a resilient human endeavour, we shall host a sports symposium and a gala night to honour a few people who made an effort to overcome adversity,” Mbaisi said.