Of the three players in the business — Orange, Airtel and Safaricom — Safaricom is the only one that has consistently reported profits. Airtel's prayers answered Following the push, Communications Authority of Kenya has declared Safaricom dominant in the telecommunications industry. The declaration comes as relief to other service providers since once declared dominant, Safaricom would operate in a more restricted business environment in terms of marketing, pricing and in an extreme scenario, be required to split the business into separate and independent units. Airtel has since made a submission to CA demanding that it invokes the same power and declare Safaricom dominant. The fact that Safaricom signed the settlement agreement clearly demonstrates that Safaricom acknowledges and accepts that they are indeed dominant in the mobile money transfer service.