Safaricom has filed a case with the Communications and Multi-media appeals tribunal opposing the decision of the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) to lower the Mobile Termination Rate (MTR). The operator is seeking an injunction on an urgent basis as the reduction was due to take effect on 01 January 2022.
Safaricom said the CA ignored its own procedures and erred by using benchmarking methodology rather than the long-run incremental costing (LRIC) used in previous reviews. CA decided to cut the MTR from KES 0.99 per minute to KES 0.12.
Safaricom said it wanted the matter certified as urgent, considering that CA wants the new rates to take effect on 01 January 2022. It wants the tribunal to issue an injunction restraining CA from implementing the cuts until the appeal is heard and determined.
It says CA ignored public participation, adding that it was not given an opportunity to be heard and make representations before the final decision was arrived at. Safaricom says CA did not furnish it with the information, materials, and evidence it relied on in making the decision to reduce the MTR and fixed termination rates (FTRs).
