Kim Wilson

The writer is Faculty, Fletcher School, Tufts University, Kimberley.Wilson@tufts.edu

Building on what has worked

By barring MNOs from starting their own MFS, BB effectively promoted interoperability. This encouraged 25 million subscribers to sign up in four short years. bKash, for example, had signed up three times as many customers (19 million) in four years as EasyPaisa operating in Pakistan for about seven years.

9y ago
October 8, 2015
October 8, 2015

Building on what has worked

By barring MNOs from starting their own MFS, BB effectively promoted interoperability. This encouraged 25 million subscribers to sign up in four short years. bKash, for example, had signed up three times as many customers (19 million) in four years as EasyPaisa operating in Pakistan for about seven years.