Why telcos struck out-of-court deal on mobile calls connection charges

Airtel money and Safaricom M-PESA shops adjacent to each other on Banda Street, January 10, 2012. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Safaricom, Airtel, and Telkom Kenya opted for an out-of-court settlement on the charges for interconnecting mobile calls to end what they anticipated could have been a drawn-out legal battle.

The settlement of the dispute, principally between Safaricom and the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), could see consumers benefit from lower calling rates should the players cut their prices in response to the reduced tariff.

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