Comments on: Does Malawi really need 4 mobile phone operators?

By: Veronica

Veronica — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:23:55 +0000

Competition may be good for consumer options and what I think about Malawi’s need for mobile phone operators is really unnecessary. What they need is to regulate everything from charges to users and taxes from the government.
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By: Carlos

Carlos — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:17:42 +0000

Marc, I generally think that competition is great for the consumers, since the big companies need to compete with each other and the customer is the one that chooses the best product or service that he can or willing to afford.
I have to say that I don’t know much about the economy in Africa, but I think that the western countries need to invest more resources in Africa and strengthen the economic ties between the different countries – we are all going to benefit from it.

By: Fred

Fred — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 02:22:34 +0000

Thats a good point a economy can only sustain a certain numner of companies in a certain industry.
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By: Marc

Marc — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:34:44 +0000

Hey, All the competition can be bad and give users a better price.
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By: Clement Nyirenda

Clement Nyirenda — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:36:06 +0000

The biggest problem is not necessarily to do with the population. It has something to do with the size of the economy.

By: Selina S

Selina S — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:46:47 +0000

Trust me, 4 operators in a country of 15 million people is not too much. Numbers of users will steadily grow every month as there will be more and more packages with free phones. Once someone takes a mobile phone for the first time, they wont stop using it ever. Three operators is not enough for a growing market like this. I know about the situation in several small countries in eastern europe when that was my job, where three operators would make a deal and would keep tariffs high mainly because laws were lose or not properly implemented. Scenario would be almost the same, one company would be in hands of the government, the other one would have a deal with them, and the third company would be some big international company with even higher rates but better services. If Malawi government wants 4th operator, it can really mean they want the best for consumers and even if something goes wrong they will try and fix it. Im always optimistic when there’s a sign of government fighting monopolistic situation and you should be too.
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By: James

James — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:06:49 +0000

We need a regulation whereby the profits that these companies make must measure against people’s average income. Also, these companies must be obliged to declare their annual profits/losses – only this would substantiate whether the prices are justified or not and not only mentioning transmitters that people don’t know its cost. These are measures to be taken if the government seriously wants fair deal for its people.
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By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:11:28 +0000

It does seem bizarre introducing a 4th service to a country of 15m people! According to the CIA factbook in 2008 Malawi had just 1.8m cell phone users, I guess it’s gone up a bit since then but do you need 4 companies fighting over 2.5m subscribers!