Firm takes on telco giants with cheaper internet calls

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Elias Mwangi, CEO, Elige Communications Limited, at his Westlands office on March 11, 2022. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG

[SIZE=6]Firm takes on telco giants with cheaper internet calls[/SIZE]
TUESDAY MARCH 22 2022
https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/corporate/enterprise/firm-takes-on-telco-giants-with-cheaper-internet-calls-3755510

Elias Mwangi, CEO, Elige Communications Limited, at his Westlands office on March 11, 2022. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG

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[li]To be connected to the Elige network, a customer downloads the app on Google playstore or Apple store on their phone, then registers as they would for a sim card.[/li][li]Upon successful registration, a subscriber gets a unique number bearing Elige prefixes including 02056, 02057, 02058, and 02059.[/li][li]The company says[COLOR=rgb(247, 218, 100)] if the playing field was leveled, it would be talking of 500,000 subscribers.[/li][/ul]
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This has no competitive advantage and Telcos have no reason to care…We are already calling using data on our regular numbers I dont see how this is adding value

mwambie tunataka cheapest internet not calls

WhatsApp already have over 90% penetration amongst smartphone users and calls are free. What is the competitive edge here?

For some bonobos who don’t know

A useless innovation

how are watsap calls free ?

You are only paying for the Internet. WhatsApp itself does not levy any charge on you

On this Elige Communications network, I have to pay for the internet and still pay a charge on the call too

how is it free when am paying for the internet ? sema its CHEAPER not free

Sawa basi. By your logic, Ktalk is also not free because you paid for the smartphone and you paid for the internet. If I offer free products at my shop, they are not free because you are spending transport money to come to fetch them. Aah. Android is also not free because you have to pay for the smartphone.

Something is categorized as free when the service provider is not charging for it. The cost of the internet is paid to your telco provider, not the service provider of the calls i.e. WhatsApp. Therefore, according to WhatsApp, they are providing the service for free. If I was using my company WiFi, I would be making calls absolutely free of charge because I am not paying for the data.

Ukiwa mahali Kuna WiFi - which is in very many places - ni free.

In as much as I’m for localization hii ni upuzi wanafanya. Check playstore hio app iko na less than 100 users.

Their core business though was call termination which safaricom ilikata and what they are doing ni kujaribu kudiversify.

Again with voice calls over widely used platforms getting better, I don’t see them getting any traction. Too late