November 2012 - KICTANet

Re: [kictanet] Whatsapp Application
by meshack emakunat 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

If only most students would know this then the cost of education may go down in the campuses. Consider how many student hold this card and yet spend 300shillings copying notes from scribd and slideshare or rather printing them yet they can subscribe for 500 or less shillings per month and download as much as they can. All am saying is that it is no good for banks to withhold information from its customers. Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

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WTSA - final outcomes
by Alice Munyua 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

Final outcomes on the just concluded WTSA from ISOC. Best Alice -------- Original Message -------- Hi everyone, WTSA concluded this afternoon with the following outcomes. Onward to WCIT! Report: WTSA Closing Plenary and Final Agreements -- References to ITRs – There were no new references that were added to the WTSA Resolutions, however there are a few existing Resolutions that do refer to the ITR text. As the ITR language is modified these references will need to be reviewed to determine if the language changes create impacts or scope creep for the ITU. -- IPv6: Resolution 64 on IP Address Allocation was the most contentious issue of this WTSA. At the Tuesday session additional text was proposed by the Arab States for a provision instructing that the ITU complete an application to become an RIR. In the ensuing debate, developing countries lined up in favor. After much give and take the closing Plenary today took up the discussion once again to determine if a compromise could be reached. The US stated that according to the World Summit on the Information Society, the United Nations should not be engaged in the day‑to‑day technical operations of the Internet. The Assembly took note of that statement and a new compromise was reached that removed the ITU RIR requirement from the resolution. -- Cybersecurity: Resolution 50 on Cybersecurity was adopted and the security work will continue at the ITU-T under SG17. The resolution contains text regarding working collaboratively with other relevant SDOs and forums. One item of note SG 13’s new mandate is cloud computing and that group will take the lead on security work related to cloud computing and has been asked to collaborate with SG17 as needed. -- MPLS: SG15s New Recommendation “ITU-T G.8113.2/Y.1372.2 Operations, administration and maintenance mechanisms for MPLS-TP networks using the tools defined for MPLS” was approved without any debate. The Plenary session on 26 November noted the IETF liaison assigning the point code. -- New Resolution from Japan proposing the creation of a Strategic and Structural Review Committee for the ITU‑T was adopted with some modifications during plenary discussion as the proposed text focused on the ITU taking the lead role in making sure that no other SDO and forum developed standards that were in conflict with the ones that they produced. This text in the instructs the ITU was modified to restore the original intent of mutual cooperation and joint coordination to avoid undue conflicts in standards development. -- Numbering Misuse, Calling Party ID / Inappropriate Hubbing: The various proposals to modify the numbering resolutions were tough to resolve. In the end the term fraud was removed from the Misuse Resolution 61 and replaced with misappropriation of resources, still a contentious issue but not as troublesome as originally proposed as it is qualified as only applying to E.164 telephone numbers. Resolution 29 on Alternative Calling Procedures has included references to "inappropriate hubbing" recognizing that forms of hubbing may be misuse and cause loss of revenue. Resolution 65 on Calling Party/Calling Line Identification (CLI) modifications caused significant tension between countries who want the identification delivered with every international call vs. countries and operators who do not have a mandate or are technical incapable of sending the calling party or line information. The compromise is to add where technically feasible as a qualifier. However SG2 has been tasked with significant work from these resolutions, such as defining hubbing, with CLI on mechanisms to overcome issues and to work with SG17 on related security issues, and with misuse on economic impacts and continued means to resolve international settlement losses. -- WSIS: Resolution 75 on the ITU-Ts contribution to the outcomes of WSIS was significantly expanded to include the implementation of various WSIS Action Lines. “Relevant” SGs have been instructed to consider the output of the CWG-Internet Policy in their work and the TSB is instructed to provide a comprehensive summary of the T Sector work to WG-WSIS, and TSAG. -- Spam: Resolution 52 on spam was adopted with some modifications, including a requirement for SG17 to continue to study spam and for the TSB to initiate a study of spam, including sending a questionnaire to obtain technical and economic impact details on spam. -- Resolution 178 on ITU role in organizing the work on technical aspects of telecommunication networks to support the Internet: The recommendation of TSAG to create a Joint Coordination Activity (JCA) was met with some resistance, however the compromise reached modified the JCAs terms of reference to include a requirement that it report to Council in 2013 on a proposal to change itself into a working party or a SG (this has more status and outputs). This is has the potential to become the Internet SG so the work of this JCA needs to be monitored closely. --New Resolution on Strengthening Collaboration: This a new proposal to create a group to work on ITU-T collaboration with other bodies and to report to TSAG on its findings. This new group will work closely with the Strategic Review Committee to develop synergies for collaboration as new work areas are identified. -- Number of Study Groups is maintained at 10, with the addition of several new groups (JCA-178, Strategic Review, Strengthening Collaboration) that will report to TSAG. There were also a new Focus Group created to study QoS, which could be problematic should the study also include capabilities of IP networks or extend PSTN requirements onto IP. -- A Series Recommendation modification on IPR: A.5 on procedures for referencing the documents of other organizations. There was one very troubling proposal regarding the treatment of other organizations who would not allow there text to be restated within an ITU-T Recommendation, however the final compromise resulted in an alternative where if an organization that meets the qualifications in either A.4, A.5 or A.6 will not give permission for its work to be copies into a Recommendation the SG can by consensus agree to add a normative reference to the text.\ - Deep packet inspection implementation requirements - a chapeau to this recommendation was inserted prior to approval along these lines: Implementers and users of all ITU-T Recommendations, including Rec. ITU-T G.9980 and the underlying techniques, shall comply with all applicable national and regional laws, regulations and policies.” -- New Study items were assigned to the remit of various SGs: - machine-to-machine - cloud / cloud security - ubiquitous and Internet of Things applications - smart grid - e-health / e-waste - intelligent transport systems - Software Defined Networking (SDN) Sally Wentworth Internet Society +1 703 439 2146 wentworth(a)isoc.org www.isoc.org _______________________________________________ Itu2012 mailing list Itu2012(a)elists.isoc.org https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/itu2012

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Elections 2013: BVR Kits a raw deal for Kenyans
by Odhiambo Washington 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

Hello Kenyans Kenyans were conned, or something is afoot:I was listening to Lincoln Njogu's interview on Radio Citizen this morning and it came out from the IIEBC representative that the BVR kits are not networked. This confirmed my suspicion the day I went to register as a voter. After looking and missing seeing any device that would provide network connectivity on the equipment, I asked the clerks if the voters details are updated in the central database realtime and their answer was a NO. They send a flash disk to some place every evening to have the records updated on something. And the way I thought this was a "connected" (networked) system. No wonder the minister said the Diaspora will not vote this time round. IIEBC says otherwise, but don't say how they will vote. Kenyans WERE CONNED. These are standalone electronic records, we just did put paper away, but I can bet my life the system can be manipulated to serve sinister interests. My take on this nonsense called BVR. Nonsense!-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler.

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Kenya opposes internet rules review
by alice＠apc.org 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

They are not internet rules. Rather International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs) Ali, I agree there is a disconnect and perhaps a lack of understanding of what the ITRs are. Educate the media? Best Alice ---------- Http://www.biztechafrica.com/article/ Kenya opposes internet rules review By Semaj Itosno, Nairobi. Kenya will not support a review of the Internet’s governing rules and economic model, which were originally agreed onin Melbourne 25 yearsago.On Tuesday next week, 193 telecommunication regulatory bodies willconverge on Dubai to review the regulations.The review of the regulations and economic model has split the membercountries into two. One group supports the change of the law, which ifadopted will see content providers pay for the service. The otherwants the status quo to remain.Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) and senior officials at theMinistry of Information will represent the country at the meeting,where they will oppose the review.Information Permanent Secretary Bitange Ndemo, said today that Kenyais not supporting the review, because it will stifle innovation andmake internet access more expensive.“ITU should stick with regulating telecoms industry and leave out theinternet, as expanding its mandate to start regulating it will stifleinnovation, especially in the Third World countries which are thebeneficiaries of such content,” said Dr Ndemo. “Our constitutionguarantees freedom of information through the Bill of Rights whichwould also be threatened if the proposal is adopted.”Those supporting the review such as the European TelecommunicationsNetwork Operators’ Association (ETNO) which drives broadband growthin Europe have based their argument on Article 3 of the Melbournetreaty which says:“Operating Agencies shall endeavour to provide sufficienttelecommunications facilities to meet requirements of, and demand for,international telecommunication services. For this purpose, and toensure an adequate return on investment in high bandwidthinfrastructures, operating agencies shall negotiate commercialagreements to achieve a sustainable system of fair compensation fortelecommunications services and, where appropriate, respecting theprinciple of sending party network pays.”In the current arrangement it is the receiver who pays for the contentand the delivery, and network quality is not guaranteed.Sally WentworthInternet Society+1 703 439 2146wentworth(a)isoc.orgwww.isoc.org

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Re: [kictanet] [PK] Kshs 8.5 billion on just CCTV cameras within Nairobi?
by tonui kiprotich 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

---------- Sent from my Nokia ------Original message------ From: Muchiri Nyaggah <muchiri(a)semacraft.com> To: <tonuikiprotich(a)yahoo.com> Cc: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke>,"KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Thursday, November 29, 2012 12:37:47 PM GMT+0300 Subject: Re: [kictanet] [PK] Kshs 8.5 billion on just CCTV cameras within Nairobi? I wonder how much the underlying realtime facial recognition infrastructure costs and the interface to the various systems such as registrar of persons and registrar of motor vehicles. Considering this is probably running on proprietary platforms designed to withstand sophisticated attacks, I'm not entirely surprised by that high cost. Muchiri ************************* sent from my mobile device. Semacraft Consulting Partners Nairobi, Kenya. On Nov 29, 2012 11:52 AM, <ngethe.kariuki2007(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > It is better to seek clarification than to draw conclusions without full > information.Today even a semi-professional camera costs much much more than > ksh.60,000.00m. > Sent from my BlackBerry® > > -----Original Message----- > From: Areba Collins [ @BrainiacKE ® ] > <arebacollins(a)gmail.com> > Sender: "kictanet" > <kictanet-bounces+ngethe.kariuki2007=yahoo.co.uk(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:28:25 > To: <ngethe.kariuki2007(a)yahoo.co.uk> > Cc: Skunkworks forum<skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy > Discussions<kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] [PK] Kshs 8.5 billion on just CCTV cameras within > Nairobi? > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Unsubscribe or change your options at > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ngethe.kariuki2007%40… > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform > for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and > regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT > sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors > online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, > share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do > not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Unsubscribe or change your options at > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/muchiri%40semacraftcom > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform > for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and > regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT > sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors > online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, > share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do > not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. > _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/tonuikiprotich%40yaho… The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.

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Re: [kictanet] Whatsapp Application
by meshack emakunat 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

Am learning alot from this thread. Does this mean that most people are able to purchase things online and that they have had this privilege for as long as...yet they do not know this! Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

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Whatsapp Application
by Cecilia Matanga 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

Dear all I had a very interesting conversation with my mum yesterday, she wanted to know how she can purchase the whatsapp service since her free trial expires in two weeks time. She says from her handset there are 2 options google wallet and paypal. Of course she has no idea what both are to start with. I don't know how many of you are using this app. But in my village its becoming a popular application with most people having changed handsets to ensure they have whatsapp enabled ones. The reason being its cheaper to send messages using whatsapp. Actually the other day I heard the radio DJ asking people to whatsapp their opinions too! As of yesterday most profile status changed to 'error: user unavailable'. This has caused so much panic in the whatsapp community and I am sure if you are on whatsapp you have by now received this chain email asking you to send to 18 users to prove you are an active user. Based on those two incidents, I am wondering is there a defined model of payment for this service taking into account that most users do not have paypal, Google wallet or even a credit card. Most of us have been buying data bundles so we can access this application( and I am sure contributing a lot to the internet usage statistics). Now with these expiration looming has anyone thought of assisting those who may have the USD$2 to purchase the service. -- Cecilia Matanga Programme Officer Africa i-Parliaments Action Plan UNDESA Nairobi - Kenya Mobile : +254-718568154 Telephone : +254-20-374 9892/3 Fax : +254-20-374 9894

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Re: [kictanet] Whatsapp Application
by meshack emakunat 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

Maybe the low income society was not the target market for the app Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

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Re: [kictanet] Worst service providers
by meshack emakunat 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

I recently purchased data from Airtel worth 150. Today i regret having purchased that which i cannot utilize. Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

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Fibre Optics and EIA
by Kerubo Ombati 28 Nov '12

28 Nov '12

Hi Listers, Does anyone know if IT companies that are laying fibre optic cables are required to get an EIA Licence prior to laying the cables? Thanks Kerubo

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