By Luke Anami
Telkom Kenya has responded to the battle for mobile phone market by announcing the lowest tariff further lowering costs of airtime.
Under the new tariff, Orange-to-Orange calls will now cost Sh2 down from Sh4, while calls across the other networks will cost Sh4 down from Sh8.
The Short Messaging Service (SMS) between Orange customers will cost you Sh1 while to other networks will be at Sh2.
The new tariff comes with an additional benefit of free calls from 10pm to 5pm per month once you top up airtime by Sh100. The new charge applies to post-paid and pre-paid customers.
"Effective today midnight our orange GSM post and pre-paid customers will enjoy new call and SMS rates of Sh2 per minute and Sh1 following the revision of interconnection rates by the Communications Commission of Kenya," Mickael Ghossien, the Orange CEO said.
Ghossein said the new rate of Sh2 applies to Orange mobile and wireless, Telkom wireless and landline. "The new tariffs were developed in tandem with Telkom Kenya's integrated business model," he said.
Telkom Kenya will also announce new tariffs for its Orange Wireless and Telkom Fixed (landline) soon.
However, Ghossien took issue with CCK's decision to set interconnection rate for fixed lines with GSM at Sh1.67 on the basis it was not sustainable and did not take into account running and network maintenance costs.
"CCK announcement makes it difficult for players to operate. The commission should have called a meeting of mobile service providers before announcing the new rates," Ghossien said.
He took issue with offensive advertisements by rival firms and blamed the competition for jolting the market and playing dirty.
"CCK should intervene and bring some sanity in the market before it gets murkier," Ghossein said.
Source: The Standard | Online Edition
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