When compared with Ghana our performance is appaling in Uganda. Last I
remember they had about 3 million GSM (pronounced "Geezim") subscribers
with a population similar to ours. Is something amiss over here? Where we
can hardly raise 1.8 million subscribers in total.

Wire

> The problem with this number is that to me it conveys even less
> meaning than it purports to do. I can understand that the network is
> happy with the achievement, and truth be told it is an achievement of
> sorts.
>
>   But if we are to put the performance of this industry into a larger
> national perspective, are these numbers that great?
>
>   It reminds me of a student who came to me complaining bitterly.
> How could I give him 9% in the exam, when he distinctly remembers
> putting in so much effort, and feeling that he had aced the paper?
>
> So perhaps we should mark this paper now and see what marks we, the
> professionals, give it!
>
> P.
>
> On Feb 20, 2006, at 17:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mark Tinka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 4:30 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Cc: Samuel Gitta
>> Subject: Re: [LUG] MTN's 1 Million
>>
>> I think this is a reasonable basis for calculation.
>>
>>> In other operations it is 90 days. Remember also that
>>> before the number change, if they where to count all
>>> those who have bought MTN cell packs, it would have
>>> been about two million (077/078).
>>
>>> This might not give an accurate number, as real value
>>> comes from monthly ARPU.
>>
>> ARPU - Average revenue per User has nothing to do with the number of
>> subscribers, as at the number change at the beginning of the year,
>> the 078
>> range was about to run out, so in effect 2 million lines had been
>> sold.
>>
>> Mark.
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