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. >> _______________________________________________ >> LUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them >> (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible >> for them in any way. >> --------------------------------------- >> > > ----------------------------------------------- > Trek the Rwenzori's. Or just see them online - http:// > www.rwenzori.com/gallery.htm > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > way. > --------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
