I agree with wire, my experience in India most specially Chandigarh, North Delhi, we had over 10 Telecom Companies but the main ones were Airtel India and Reliance, each had 5 000 000/-GSM subscribers only fighting for a population of 196 000 000/- area equivalent to Uganda.
Robert On Tue, February 21, 2006 12:27 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > 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. > --------------------------------------- > > For EACOSS Robert K Lutaaya 075-2808889 +25641-223 802 _______________________________________________ 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. ---------------------------------------
