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Safaricom CEO捍卫公司的主导地位,他返回去工作
肯尼亚的主要电信运营商Safaricom并不妨碍竞争,其首席执行官鲍勃Collymore告诉
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内罗毕:肯尼亚主导电信运营商Safaricom不妨碍竞争,其首席执行官Bob Collymore周一告诉国会议员,他回到工作9个月后没有接受治疗。
这个国家的行业监管机构推荐在5月的一份提议草案,Safaricom控制67%的肯尼亚的移动市场,应该提供竞争对手进入其网站和移动货币的庞大网络传播媒体增加部门的竞争。
委员会正在调查是否应采取措施提高市场竞争后,肯尼亚的通信管理局(CA)建议草案。
Collymore说他相信当局不会寻求惩罚Safaricom的成功,由南非集团Vodacom 35拥有与肯尼亚政府和英国的沃达丰(Vodafone)也持有股份。
“我没有感觉的委员会,他们正在寻求削减Safaricom规模,”他说。
“他们真的真的检查是否有其他需要做的东西,鼓励更多的竞争在市场上。”
Collymore,他一直在接受治疗不明疾病,似乎是在良好的健康三个半小时外观议会交流和信息委员会前对路透表示,他会积极地再次运行该公司从现在开始。
他自2010年以来一直负责,在此期间,他负责该公司的股价激增和股息不俗。
Safaricom Collymore期间股价继续上涨。过去九个月上涨了11%,尽管摆动CA的提议后,与该公司在5月份预测,息税前利润将增长2019年4月7 - 12在今年通过百分比。
“团队做了出色的工作在我缺席的情况下,你看到的结果,“Collymore委员会听证会后告诉路透。
“现在是一点关于调整公司策略,确保战略仍然是相关的;它刷新。”
Safaricom股价周一上涨0.89%报28.25先令
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<\/figure> By Duncan MiririNAIROBI<\/a>: Kenya<\/a>'s dominant telecoms operator Safaricom<\/a> does not hinder competition, its chief executive Bob Collymore told lawmakers on Monday as he returned to work after a nine-month absence for medical treatment.
The country's industry<\/a> regulator recommended in a draft proposal in May that Safaricom, which controls 67 percent of Kenya's mobile market, should offer rivals access to its transmission sites and its vast network of mobile money outlets to increase competition in the sector.
<\/div><\/div>\"Thirty million customers have made a conscious decision to come onto Safaricom's network,\" Collymore told a parliamentary committee when asked if Safaricom was hindering competition.
The committee is looking into whether any measures should be taken to boost competition in the market following the Communications Authority of Kenya's (CA) draft proposal.
Collymore said he was confident authorities would not seek to punish the success of Safaricom, which is 35 percent-owned by South African group Vodacom with the Kenyan government and Britain's Vodafone also holding stakes.
\"I didn't get the sense from the committee that they are looking to cut Safaricom down to size,\" he said.
\"They are really genuinely examining whether there is anything else that needs to be done to encourage more competition in the market place.\"
Collymore, who has been receiving medical treatment for an undisclosed illness, appeared to be in good health during a three and a half hour appearance before parliament's communication and information committee and told Reuters that he would actively run the company again from now on.
He has been in charge since 2010, during which time he has overseen a surge in the company's share price and dividends as he delivered strong results.
The committee is looking into whether any measures should be taken to boost competition in the market following the Communications Authority of Kenya's (CA) draft proposal.
Collymore said he was confident authorities would not seek to punish the success of Safaricom, which is 35 percent-owned by South African group Vodacom with the Kenyan government and Britain's Vodafone also holding stakes.
\"I didn't get the sense from the committee that they are looking to cut Safaricom down to size,\" he said.
\"They are really genuinely examining whether there is anything else that needs to be done to encourage more competition in the market place.\"
Collymore, who has been receiving medical treatment for an undisclosed illness, appeared to be in good health during a three and a half hour appearance before parliament's communication and information committee and told Reuters that he would actively run the company again from now on.
He has been in charge since 2010, during which time he has overseen a surge in the company's share price and dividends as he delivered strong results.
<\/div><\/div>The other big players in the market are Bharti Airtel<\/a>'s Kenyan unit, which has a 19.7 percent market share, and Telkom Kenya, controlled by London-based Helios<\/a> Investment, with 8.6 percent of the market.
Safaricom's share price continued to rise during Collymore's absence. It gained 11 percent during the past nine months, despite a wobble after the CA's proposal, with the company forecasting in May that profit before interest and taxes would rise 7-12 percent in the year through April 2019.
\"The team has done a fantastic job in my absence, you saw the results in the full year,\" Collymore told Reuters after the committee hearing.
\"Now it is a little bit more about refocusing on the strategy in the company, ensuring that the strategy remains relevant; it is refreshed.\"
Safaricom's shares were up 0.89 percent on Monday at 28.25 shillings
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Safaricom's share price continued to rise during Collymore's absence. It gained 11 percent during the past nine months, despite a wobble after the CA's proposal, with the company forecasting in May that profit before interest and taxes would rise 7-12 percent in the year through April 2019.
\"The team has done a fantastic job in my absence, you saw the results in the full year,\" Collymore told Reuters after the committee hearing.
\"Now it is a little bit more about refocusing on the strategy in the company, ensuring that the strategy remains relevant; it is refreshed.\"
Safaricom's shares were up 0.89 percent on Monday at 28.25 shillings
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