October 2012 - KICTANet

FW: ITU Twitter Storm on Wednesday 10/10
by Grace Githaiga 10 Oct '12

10 Oct '12

FYI From: Ellery(a)cdt.org Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 11:23:59 -0700 To: wcit12(a)cdt.org Subject: [WCIT12] ITU Twitter Storm on Wednesday 10/10 Hi everyone, We got word today that the ITU secretariat is planning to do a "Twitter storm" tomorrow 10/10 at 18:00 CET---sounds like they will focus on promoting the ETNO proposal, which presents a clear threat to net neutrality and access to information. A few folks have pointed out that the act of promoting a particular proposal contradicts the ITU's depiction of the secretariat as a neutral arbiter of the process. Here is a tweet from ETNO, announcing the planned "storm": https://twitter.com/ETNOAssociation/status/255684963389825025 We plan to do some strategic "counter tweeting" here at CDT, and we think it would be great if others do the same. Does this sound like a good idea to folks? If so, you can follow @ITU or @lgambardella (Luigi Gambardella, executive board chair of ETNO) or just @CenDemTech (CDT's account) to see what's happening. Use hashtags and #ITU #WCIT and tweet at @ITU and/or @lgambardella to participate. If you're looking for simple messages to tweet about the ITU process, our ITU toolkit [https://www.cdt.org/content/itu-tools-advocates] has plenty to offer. As for ETNO-specific tweets (if this is indeed the focus), I would recommend focusing on the fact that the ETNO proposal could threaten Internet neutrality; threaten access to information online; and limit access to information in less-developed countries. Hoping to get a little conversation going around this today---reply all with ideas, strategies, etc. Thanks all, Ellery PS: If you want to read more about the ETNO proposal, here are a few materials we've put out recently: Short summary of our ETNO proposal analysishttps://www.cdt.org/files/pdfs/EU_Telco_Proposals-CDT.pdf Full ETNO proposal analysishttps://www.cdt.org/blogs/cynthia-wong/2106radical-proposal-now-tab… Global Voices post on ETNO proposalhttp://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2012/07/27/european-telco-pr… Ellery Roberts BiddleCenter for Democracy and Technology(415) 814-1711

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ICANN 45 Toronto meeting Africa mailing list
by Alice Munyua 10 Oct '12

10 Oct '12

Dear all, (Apologies for cross posting) The AUC and AfriNIC have created this mailing list: https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann-45 <https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann-45> for those participating at the ICANN 45 meeting starting later this week in Toronto. Please register to keep updated, participate and contribute to the various Africa region related activities that will take place during this meeting Best Alice --

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Re: [kictanet] ATU discussions
by Ory Okolloh 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

I was in Accra and quite concerned to see the Kenya delegation quite vocal in its support for the ETNO proposals notwithstanding the potentially negative repercussions of implementing them in a region that can least afford to be cut off of from content or to pay for content. I would expect given how much our government touts Kenya as a "tech hub" they would take a leadership role in ensuring that we support proposals that are not harmful to our countries / regions. Perhaps the CCK / PS Ndemo reps on the list can articulate more the basis for our positions in Accra. It was interesting to see countries like Uganda, Botswana and Zimbabwe argue in support of more progressive positions, while we tended to be on the side of governments with a clear interest in regulating / controlling the Internet. By the way, post-Accra, Africa is the only region to have fully endorsed the ETNO proposals - another issue of concern...do our governments understand what they are endorsing? Why are we supporting proposals other regions have deemed fit to ignore? Ory On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 7:10 PM, <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>wrote: > Send kictanet mailing list submissions to > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > You can reach the person managing the list at > kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Fw: [Itu2012chapters] African Telecommunications Union (ATU) > 25-26 September Meeting (otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com) > 2. Re: Programme for Intermediary Liability study, Wednesday 10 > October 2012 (Brandie Martin) > 3. Re: Fw: [Itu2012chapters] African Telecommunications Union > (ATU) 25-26 September Meeting (Walubengo J) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 15:29:09 +0000 > From: otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com > To: isoc(a)orion.my.co.ke, "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" > <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: [kictanet] Fw: [Itu2012chapters] African Telecommunications > Union (ATU) 25-26 September Meeting > Message-ID: > > <711832815-1349710151-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-188211529-(a)b3.c12.bise7.blackberry > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Dear Listers, > > FYI >

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FW: Internet access and usage increases in the country.doc
by Wambua, Christopher 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

Listers, Internet access and usage increases in the country The number of mobile subscribers in Kenya grew by 1.7 percent between March 30 and June 30 this year to stand at 29.7million, thereby increasing the penetration of mobile telephony services to 75.4%. Compared to the same period last year, the annual mobile subscriptions registered a significant growth of 17.5 percent from 25.2million recorded in the 2010/2011 financial year. According to the Quarterly sector statistics report for the fourth quarter of the 2011/2012 financial year, prepaid subscriptions continued to dominate the total mobile subscriptions with 29.4 million pre-paid subscriptions, representing 99.1 percent of the total subscriptions. Annual post-paid subscriptions grew by 18.3 percent to stand at 273,367 as at 30th June 2012. In respect to the Internet, the number of subscriptions rose by 19.2% from 6.4 million in the previous quarter to 7.7million during the quarter under review. The number of estimates Internet users rose by 18.5% to stand at 14.032 million during the quarter under review. The annual growth in the estimated number of Internet users was recorded at 11.9% from 12.5million recorded in the previous year. Of the total number of subscriptions, broadband subscriptions only represented 9.4%. The annual growth in the Internet/data market segment may be attributed to the increase in international connectivity bandwidth by 58.0 percent to 264,584 Mbps during the quarter under review. The total available bandwidth in the country was recorded as 574,704 Mbps during the quarter under review. The used bandwidth represented 46.0 percent of the total available bandwidth capacity. Mobile data/Internet subscriptions continued to dominate the Internet market contributing 98.9 percent of the total Internet/data subscriptions. Mobile money transfer service experienced 2.73 percent growth to record 19.50 million registered subscribers. The total deposits handled during the period was recorded at 192.73 billion representing a 4.0 percent growth from 185.36 billion recorded in the previous period. Mobile money transfer service also continued to create employment opportunities across the country with 49,079 active agents recorded during the quarter. The ICT sector continued to create employment, as a total of 17,596 people were employed in the mobile, data and postal segments, with women making up 38.9 percent. These numbers are expected to continue growing with the expansion of ICT services across the economy. Fixed line network and the postal and courier industry continued to face stiff competition from the telecommunications sector. Total fixed lines (fixed terrestrial lines and fixed wireless) recorded an annual subscription decline of 29.9 percent from 374,942 main fixed lines in FY 2010/11 to 262,711 in the quarter under review. The number of local letters sent annually dropped to 73.9 million in the FY 2011/12 from 109.1 million recorded in the FY 2010/1, a 32.2 percent decrease. International incoming letters declined by 4.2 percent to record 439,986 in FY 2011/12 from 459,342 in the previous financial year. However, international outgoing letters recorded a positive annual growth of 29.3 percent from 6.4 million in FY 2010/11 to 8.3 million in FY 2011/12. The full sector quarterly report is available at http://www.cck.go.ke/resc/downloads/SECTOR_STATISTICS_REPORT_Q4_11-12.pd f <http://www.cck.go.ke/resc/downloads/SECTOR_STATISTICS_REPORT_Q4_11-12.p df> ###Ends### Christopher Wambua Manager/Communications Consumer and Public Affairs Division Communications Commission of Kenya P.O. Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800 KENYA

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Re: [kictanet] IICC
by Barrack Otieno 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Government+moves+to+disband+CCK/-/100… -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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From the Desktop to the Street Kenyans on Twitter
by Barrack Otieno 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

Listers, Just saw the demo on TV and recognized a few geeks talk about Internet and Socio Economic Developement :-) Best Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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New KenInvest Website
by Norman Boinett 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

Hi all. We took some time to redesign/revamp our website in our effort to improve our services. visit us on www.investmentkenya.com Feedback is highly appreciated Rgds Norman -- *“And one should bear in mind that there is nothing more difficult to execute, more dubious of success, nor more dangerous to administer than to introduce a new order of things; for he who introduces it has all those who profit from the old order as his enemies,and he has only lukewarm allies in all those who might profit from the new. This lukewarmness partly stems from fear of their adversaries . . . and partly from the skepticism of men, who do not truly believe in new things unless they have actually had personal experience of them.” * (From Chapter VI of Niccoló Machiavelli,The Prince. Peter Bondanella and Mark Musa,translators. Oxford University Press revised edition, 1984, p. 21.)

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Re: [kictanet] [Skunkworks] New KenInvest Website
by Barrack Otieno 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

Norman, I would wish to congratulate you for the good job but i am really serious about my question, i would like to understand why a state arm is not using a .ke? is it that its not catchy enough ? On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 11:06 PM, daniel gitau <danmac.daniel(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Norman, > > Great stuff going on there..shud also put an option of posting/tracking > projects. > > Danmac > On Oct 8, 2012 3:02 PM, "Norman Boinett" <nboinett(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all. We took some time to redesign/revamp our website in our effort to >> improve our services. visit us on www.investmentkenya.com >> >> Feedback is highly appreciated >> >> Rgds >> >> Norman >> >> -- >> *“And one should bear in mind that there is nothing more difficult to >> execute, more dubious of success, nor more dangerous to administer than to >> introduce a new order of things; for he who >> introduces it has all those who profit from the old order as his >> enemies,and he has only lukewarm allies in all those who might profit from >> the new. This lukewarmness partly stems from fear of their adversaries . . >> . and partly from the skepticism of men, who do not truly believe in new >> things unless they have actually had personal experience of them.” >> * >> (From Chapter VI of Niccoló Machiavelli,The Prince. Peter Bondanella and >> Mark Musa,translators. Oxford University Press revised edition, >> 1984, p. 21.) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Skunkworks mailing list >> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> ------------ >> List info, subscribe/unsubscribe >> http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> ------------ >> >> Skunkworks Rules >> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >> ------------ >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > ------------ > List info, subscribe/unsubscribe > http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 65, Issue 46
by Gideon 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

Dear Ory, Thanks for sharing this critical information with us all. Certainly that was very scary start. Glad to know we have those who are watching out for us. Good day. Gideon Rop DotConnectAfrica > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 23:03:41 +0200 > From: Ory Okolloh <ookolloh(a)gmail.com> > To: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] ATU discussions > Message-ID: > <CABWH-6qSW6RmryfS_3zjxU3JyX7Xyy= > LOSRJFWbJTWpdnF9L-A(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I was in Accra and quite concerned to see the Kenya delegation quite vocal > in its support for the ETNO proposals notwithstanding the potentially > negative repercussions of implementing them in a region that can least > afford to be cut off of from content or to pay for content. I would > expect given how much our government touts Kenya as a "tech hub" they would > take a leadership role in ensuring that we support proposals that are not > harmful to our countries / regions. Perhaps the CCK / PS Ndemo reps on > the list can articulate more the basis for our positions in Accra. > It was interesting to see countries like Uganda, Botswana and Zimbabwe > argue in support of more progressive positions, while we tended to be on > the side of governments with a clear interest in regulating / controlling > the Internet. > > By the way, post-Accra, Africa is the only region to have fully endorsed > the ETNO proposals - another issue of concern...do our governments > understand what they are endorsing? Why are we supporting proposals other > regions have deemed fit to ignore? > > Ory > > > > > On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 7:10 PM, <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > >wrote: > > > Send kictanet mailing list submissions to > > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Fw: [Itu2012chapters] African Telecommunications Union (ATU) > > 25-26 September Meeting (otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com) > > 2. Re: Programme for Intermediary Liability study, Wednesday 10 > > October 2012 (Brandie Martin) > > 3. Re: Fw: [Itu2012chapters] African Telecommunications Union > > (ATU) 25-26 September Meeting (Walubengo J) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 15:29:09 +0000 > > From: otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com > > To: isoc(a)orion.my.co.ke, "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" > > <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > > Subject: [kictanet] Fw: [Itu2012chapters] African Telecommunications > > Union (ATU) 25-26 September Meeting > > Message-ID: > > > > > <711832815-1349710151-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-188211529-(a)b3.c12.bise7.blackberry > > > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > > > Dear Listers, > > > > FYI > >

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Fwd: [Itu2012chapters] ETNO Twitter Storm with Hamadoun Toure on October 10
by Barrack Otieno 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

Listers, For those interested. Best Regards Hello, I thought this might be of interest to some of you. *Luigi Gambardella (@lgambardella <https://twitter.com/lgambardella>)* 07/10/12 10:09 <https://twitter.com/lgambardella/status/254855905936564225> ETNO Twitter Storm @lgambardella <https://twitter.com/@lgambardella> with Hamadoun Toure on October 10 at 6 pm #WCIT<http://search.twitter.com/search?q=#WCIT> @ITU <https://twitter.com/@ITU> @ITUSecGen <https://twitter.com/@ITUSecGen> @ETNOAssociation <https://twitter.com/@ETNOAssociation> Sally Wentworth Internet Society +1 703 439 2146 wentworth(a)isoc.org www.isoc.org _______________________________________________ To manage your ISOC subscriptions or unsubscribe, please log into the ISOC Member Portal: https://portal.isoc.org/ Then choose Interests & Subscriptions from the My Account menu. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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