December 2013 - KICTANet

Fwd: [Internet Policy] Welcome New Internet Society CEO, Kathryn C. Brown
by Barrack Otieno 20 Dec '13

20 Dec '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Bob Hinden" <bob.hinden(a)gmail.com> Date: Dec 19, 2013 10:00 PM Subject: [Internet Policy] Welcome New Internet Society CEO, Kathryn C. Brown To: <internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> Cc: On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I am very pleased to announce that we have chosen Kathy Brown as the next Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Society. The ISOC Board conducted a very thorough search over 10 months to find the best candidate to lead the Internet Society. Through our search process, we identified and met with talented people from around the globe representing leaders from our broad Internet community and across a large number of industries. The Internet is facing many new challenges ranging from the NSA pervasive surveillance, how the governance of the Internet should be structured, and if the current open Internet model is sustainable. The Board looked for a person who can lead the Internet Society to meet these challenges and decided that Kathy Brown is the person to do that. She is a proven leader with in-depth knowledge of global Internet governance policy; well acquainted with the community, commercial, technical, government, and non-government organizations that are stakeholders in the debate around the future of the Internet; and a strong manager. She has all of the qualities we were looking for in the next CEO of the Internet Society. Kathy joins the Internet Society from global strategy firm Albright Stonebridge Group, where she was a senior advisor. For more than a decade prior, Kathy was Senior Vice President for Policy Development and Corporate Responsibility at Verizon. In that role, she helped Verizon identify and navigate emerging digital issues and led its global corporate responsibility initiatives, overseeing an investment of more than $60 million a year in programs and grants that helped support Internet development. In 2010 she partnered with ISOC to launch a highly successful forum on the Internet and higher education in East Africa. In addition, she served on Verizon's corporate councils for the development of the company's online privacy and content policies and promoted Verizon's Human Rights Statement and Supplier Code of Conduct. In her policy role at Verizon, she led the company's international public policy engagement through a period of dynamic change. She represented the company in the successful adoption by the OECD of principles for Internet policy making and was a member of the U.S. delegation to the ITU World Conference on International Telecommunications treaty negotiations. Kathy joined Verizon from Washington D.C. law firm Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, where she was a partner specializing in legal and regulatory communications policy. Earlier in her career, Kathy served in U.S. President Clinton’s Administration where she was deeply involved in policy development that was instrumental to the deployment and adoption of the global Internet. She served as Head of the Office of Policy and Development at the National Telecommunications Information Administration and then as Chief of Staff to Federal Communications Commission Chairman William E. Kennard. At the FCC, she managed the staff supporting Chairman Kennard's historic decision to keep the Internet unregulated, to fund the E-rate, and to increase radio spectrum availability to fuel wireless technology innovation. Before moving to Washington D.C., Kathy held senior roles for 15 years in government service in New York. Kathy will start on January 1 and be based in the Internet Society’s Reston office. In February 2013, Internet Society CEO Lynn St. Amour announced her decision to step down at the end of her contract. Since joining the Internet Society in 1998 and at the helm since 2001, Lynn has worked tirelessly and passionately to establish the Internet Society as an internationally respected expert on Internet governance, and technical, development, and policy issues. She has made ISOC what it is today. The Board and I greatly appreciate all her hard work and wish her the very best in her future endeavors. Lynn will continue to work with Kathy through the end of January to ensure a smooth transition. The press release, Kathy Brown's bio, and related material can be found at: http://www.internetsociety.org Thanks, Bob Hinden Chair of the Internet Society Board of Trustees _______________________________________________ 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.

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ICANN 2013 annual report
by Grace Githaiga 19 Dec '13

19 Dec '13

The 2013 Annual Report for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has been published online at http://www.icann.org/en/about/annual-report/annual-report-2013-en.pdf [PDF, 6.69 MB]

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Re: [kictanet] Is Africa good for business?
by ICT Researcher 19 Dec '13

19 Dec '13

So much negative energy. One could imagine that every of your public servants should be in jail, yes/no? Including your own relatives.. ------------------------------ On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 11:47 AM MSK S.M. Muraya wrote: >Robert, > >As you/we well know, it is a Leadership/Corruption problem. > >We value infrastructure (kula kitu "kidogo" na dogo dogo) projects which do >not contribute to transparency and accountability. > >We also prioritize travel (per diems) over transparency, over business >automation and data analytics/performance reporting. > >Executive Teams in Govt Depts, Counties, Parastatals, all prioritise self >rewarding (but necessary) Infrastructure Projects leading them to >ignore/frustrate Performance increasing/demanding Projects. > >How can we allow information systems that keep us from pocketing KES 300B >per year? These systems are too "expensive" to give to local firms, run by >patriotic/visionary Kenyans. > >We must make sure foreigners win tenders (preferably hardware) after the >kickbacks (including trips abroad) are done. > >At least the software (licensing), hardware/infrastructure business >specialists does not guarantee automation and information systems will be >well done. > >Why should we develop systems which threaten the livelihoods of dangerous >public officials anyway? > >KES 300B "lost" in 2012-2013 is a lot of money to make them account for. > >Regards > >Murigi / Stanley Muraya >On Dec 19, 2013 10:05 AM, "robert yawe" <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >> >> http://blogs.technet.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-componen… >> >> Robert Yawe >> KAY System Technologies Ltd >> Phoenix House, 6th Floor >> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 >> Kenya >> >> >> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/murigi.muraya%40gmail… >> >> 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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Is Africa good for business?
by robert yawe 19 Dec '13

19 Dec '13

http://blogs.technet.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-componen… Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Stakeholders Forum on SIM card Registration Regulations
by Wambua, Christopher 18 Dec '13

18 Dec '13

Listers, I wish to inform you that the Communications Commission of Kenya, in liaison with the Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology, will hold a Stakeholders Forum on the Revised SIM Card Registration Regulations tomorrow 11th December 2013 at the Intercontinental Hotel starting from 8.30a.m. Listers interested in participating in the Forum are invited. Confirmations of attendance should be done through info(a)cck.go.ke<mailto:info@cck.go.ke> The revised SIM card registration regulations are available on our website at http://www.cck.go.ke/links/consultations/current.html Best regards, Christopher Wambua Manager - Communications Consumer and Public Affairs Department Communications Commission of Kenya P.O. Box 14448 NAIROBI 00800 Tel: +254 20 4242209 info(a)cck.go.ke<mailto:info@cck.go.ke> www.cck.go.ke<http://www.cck.go.ke>

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Is Remote Activation of SIM Card Possible?
by Edith Adera 17 Dec '13

17 Dec '13

Listers, Does anyone know if you can reactivate a Safaricom simcard remotely i.e. when out of Kenya? Some advise will be appreciated. Edith

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The self correcting nature of the American system? Judge rules against NSA tapping program. Snowden vindicated?
by Ali Hussein 17 Dec '13

17 Dec '13

Listers Apologies for cross posting. In a landmark ruling a Federal District Court judge ruled on Monday that the National Security Agency program that is systematically keeping records of all Americans’ (and non Americans) phone calls most likely violates the Constitution, and he ordered the government to stop collecting data on two plaintiffs’ personal calls and destroy the records of their calling history. Despite the system being broken, is the American influence on Internet Governance the best we have right now? I can't imagine such a ruling in China or Russia, let alone India, Brazil or South Africa - the so called BRICS countries championing a new dispensation on Internet Governance.. Ali Hussein +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113 "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein Sent from my iPad

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The Latest Trends in Mobile Consumer from MEF's 3rd Global Mobile Consumer Survey (Kenya Leads)
by Gideon 17 Dec '13

17 Dec '13

Dear Listers, MEF <http://www.mefmobile.org/>, a global community for mobile content and commerce, recently completed its third annual Global Consumer Survey for 2013<http://www.arabnet.me/mefs-3rd-global-mobile-consumer-survey/Give%20someone….>. The report researches the behaviors and attitudes of mobile media users from around the globe in both developed and growth markets. The survey accounts for 10,000 respondents from 13 countries. Overall, in over ten surveyed countries, over 80% of mobile media users engage in mobile content and commerce activity, which includes browsing, research, purchasing, and banking. Blog Link:http://www.arabnet.me/mefs-3rd-global-mobile-consumer-survey/ Report Link: http://www.mefmobile.org/News/mef-news/233/mef-announces-findings-of-its-th… Regards Gideon Rop DotConnectAfrica

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Re: [kictanet] [I-coordination] The self correcting nature of the American system? Judge rules against NSA tapping program. Snowden vindicated?
by otieno.barrack 17 Dec '13

17 Dec '13

Hi Ali, The genesis of the internet was collecting intelligence info, i bet it has to live up to its calling unless fundamentally redesigned. Best Regards Sent from Samsung tabletAli Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote:Jorge By system being broken I mean the Governance Structures. It is a no brainer that the current Internet Governance structures where one nation has an oversized influence is no longer tenable. If sane and right minded governments and other institutions do not move fast to correct this then I'm afraid the move towards a Balkanized Internet is just a matter of time.. Ali Hussein +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113 "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein Sent from my iPad On Dec 17, 2013, at 6:38 AM, Jorge Amodio <jmamodio(a)gmail.com> wrote: I'd not base any discussions here on a decision of one US Federal judge or even the Supreme Court about a particular case. Also don't know what do you refer as "system being broken" or what others said " a broken Internet", there are many well known weaknesses, overall the network has been and is performing as expected or better based on the requirements and design criteria of the time, those requirements might be different today, so no one can expect that the "system" will perform as well with a new set of requirements if no changes are developed and implemented, like enhanced security and privacy. Many complain that the DNS is broken, well it is not totally broken, the problem is that it is being used for something it was not designed for, such as a directory service or a giant marketing billboard where commercial and property rights interests amplify the problems several orders of magnitude in an ecosystem that generated and industry of several billion dollars out of vaporware, add on top of that add improper or criminal use. -Jorge On Dec 16, 2013, at 7:59 PM, Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote: Listers Apologies for cross posting. In a landmark ruling a Federal District Court judge ruled on Monday that the National Security Agency program that is systematically keeping records of all Americans’ (and non Americans) phone calls most likely violates the Constitution, and he ordered the government to stop collecting data on two plaintiffs’ personal calls and destroy the records of their calling history. Despite the system being broken, is the American influence on Internet Governance the best we have right now? I can't imagine such a ruling in China or Russia, let alone India, Brazil or South Africa - the so called BRICS countries championing a new dispensation on Internet Governance.. Ali Hussein +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113 "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________ I-coordination mailing list I-coordination(a)nro.net https://nro.net/mailman/listinfo/i-coordination

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CCK revises signal distribution fees downwards
by Wambua, Christopher 17 Dec '13

17 Dec '13

Listers, The Commission yesterday revised the digital Broadcast signal distribution fees with a view to facilitating a smooth transition to digital TV broadcasting in Kenya. Below is the press release issued yesterday on the same for your information: [P R E S S R E L E A S E][cid:image007.jpg@01CEFB0D.36919420] 16th December 2013 CCK reviews digital broadcast signal distribution charges downwards The Communications Commission of Kenya has reviewed downwards tariffs for digital signal distribution in a move geared towards facilitating a smooth migration from analogue to digital television broadcasting in the country. According to Determination No. 1 of 2013 on Cost-Based Terrestrial Digital Broadcast Signal Distribution Tariff dated 16th December 2013, Digital Signal Distributors shall charge broadcasters (also known as Content Service Providers) at KES. 125,990 per Megabit for Nairobi and KES.93,202.75 per Megabit for other sites in Kenya. The new tariffs take effect from today. Before the review, the Pan-Africa Network Group (PANG) had proposed to charge broadcasters a monthly signal distribution fee of KES 1,135,312.50 per channel in Nairobi. Kenya Broadcasting Corporation-owned SIGNET on the other hand had proposed to charge KES 248,141 per mega bit (Mbit) for signal distribution services within Nairobi. For other sites in Kenya, SIGNET had proposed to charge a uniform signal distribution fee of KES248,141.45 per mega bit, while PANG had proposed to charge a flat monthly fee of KES.378,437.50 for signal distribution services in Mombasa, Kisumu, Nyeri, Eldoret, Kakamega, Kisii and Meru. For Malindi, Webuye, Garissa, Narok, Kericho, Isiolo, Kitale, Bungoma, Embu, Voi and other regions, PANG had proposed to charge broadcasters a flat monthly fee of KES.126,145.83. In the determination, CCK further requires the two Digital Signal Distributors - Pan African Network Group (PANG) and Signet, to publish a Reference Offer three months from today in order to ensure that there is access, transparency and non-discrimination on the terrestrial signal distribution platform. According to the determination, digital signal distributors are also expected to prepare separate accounts for each commercial subsidiary including the appropriate allocation of central overheads within six months from today. In arriving at the afore-cited tariffs, CCK adopted a consultative approach where the signal distributors were involved. Issued by Mutua Muthusi Director - Consumer & Public Affairs For: DIRECTOR GENERAL

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