The Phoney War
Anyone remember in the late 80s when supermarkets in Suva had a price war. Woolworths, Burns Philips, J Santa Ram and R B Patel are some of the big names that come to mind. While they tried to outdo each other offering very low prices, the consumer benefited. It became ridiculous - the good kind of ridiculous.
Now we are experiencing another price war. Our telephone companies are trying to outdo each other. Digicel and Vodafone have always been seeing to be at each other’s “throat”, so to speak.
Now we are experiencing another price war. Our telephone companies are trying to outdo each other. Digicel and Vodafone have always been seeing to be at each other’s “throat”, so to speak.
But we forget about Telecom Fiji. They said “Hey, yoo-hoo, hang on we are here to.” They dropped reconnection fees and offered double ups and other incentives. Life is good or what!
Digicel came up with a fantastic offer – “Top up and get $100 free talk time”. Vodafone, not to be out done went one step better and offered a quadruple up, amongst other things. TFL may do something – seeing they also have mobile phones.
Digicel came up with a fantastic offer – “Top up and get $100 free talk time”. Vodafone, not to be out done went one step better and offered a quadruple up, amongst other things. TFL may do something – seeing they also have mobile phones.
They way the price way is going I wonder if one of them will offer free calls. Well just for few days would do us good.
But this is one fight I will encourage. And like we say in Waiyavi “Fire, maro.”
1 comment:
Phone price wars may be far from over. A silent, but intense war being waged in the telephone industry, a war whose outcome will dictate the future of telephony.
Simply..the consumer needs 2 be provided with a good call quality@ a reasonable price which is proving to be a challenge. Charles Darwin once said "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." With the popularity & pervasiveness of the internet, only time will tell who ends up on the right side of the futue.
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