Debate on dominance should be about a sustainable telecoms market

The parliamentary committee on Communication, Information and Innovation recently conducted hearings into the contentious issue of dominance in Kenya’s telecommunications industry. Top on the committee’s agenda was finding ways to plug legislative and regulatory gaps affecting competition in the industry.

This issue of dominance arose from a competition study by the Communications Authority in 2016. The study raised several competition-related concerns including mobile money transfer fees, mobile call and SMS tariffs, and access to telecommunications infrastructure.