Cell C accused of unfair competition

[ebis]

http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/telecoms/2005/0509011306.asp?A=TEL&S=Telecoms&T=News&O=SL

“Why should we force consumers to pay higher prices in a free market economy in order to protect someone else?” says Jonathan Newman, advisor to Cell C's CEO Talaat Lahman.

I agree. That's the problem with some people in this country; they think they have a right to over-price when it comes to offering telephony services to the public. Why should Cell C not offer competitive rates to the public??? After all, isn't it all about the consumer's interests at the end of the day???

 

[Sneeky]

n the memo, members stated they were going out of business because of Cell C's competitive pricing.

Aggg SHAME!
In the same breath they accuse Cell C of unfair competition, get real, become more efficient and you wont go out of business. The public is tired of financing freeloaders.

 

[TheSaint]

http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/telecoms/2005/0509011306.asp?A=TEL&S=Telecoms&T=News&O=SL

“Why should we force consumers to pay higher prices in a free market economy in order to protect someone else?” says Jonathan Newman, advisor to Cell C's CEO Talaat Lahman.

I agree. That's the problem with some people in this country; they think they have a right to over-price when it comes to offering telephony services to the public. Why should Cell C not offer competitive rates to the public??? After all, isn't it all about the consumer's interests at the end of the day???

well it is about time that Retailers and Big Business relize that the consumer control the market
Wait they know that it is the Consumer who need to learn this. businesses are the one miss leading us

 

[stoke]

Tough call - me wonders what "look like me" has to say about this one ...

 

[munwaal]

So, using their logic, REAL competition = UNFAIR competition? How disgusting.

 

[ebis]

If what Cell C is doing is somehow against the law (in spite of the fact that telecoms laws in SA are crazy), then Cell C should stop doing what it's been accused of. After all, no one is above the law.

HOWEVER, if Cell C is being targeted simply because it's a "big corporation" offering "competitive rates" that other "smaller" companies (or individuals) can't compete with, then I think the accusations against Cell C are ridicoulous.

 

[AntiThesis]

I...dont...understand? We must be angry with Cell C for giving us better prices?

Not Cell C's fault if the others don't cotton on fast enough. It's called undercutting the competition

 

[rsd]

Bwahahahaha another classic - people up in arms because they're being undercut by the competition GET REAL!

Telecoms companies seem to live in a little dream land where they have no need to be efficient, innovative or competative - they just expect everything to be handed to them.

 

[martin]

Unbelievable.

 

[justinct]

Welcome to South-Africa, we encourage you to invest in our country and reap the benefits, o yes one last thing, please charge the same exhorbitant prices that your competition does so that everything is fair, thank you.

 

[matt156]

Damnit! Too much Telkom psychology going around.