January 2014 - KICTANet

Re: [kictanet] 4G status
by Alice Munyua 20 Jan '14

20 Jan '14

Future of LTE in Africa: http://manypossibilities.net/2014/01/africas-lte-future/ Looking forward to voice over LTE. As Steve notes, it will "present interesting new challenges for voice quality" Best Alice On 20/01/2014 13:51, Adam Nelson wrote: > @James, thanks for the info. > @Mark, LTE is not just about higher bandwidth, it's also about lower latency and lower per-MB costs in the future. > @ICT Researcher, your point is well taken and it's the type of thing that I think about whenever I write to this list. It's the same reason that you'll notice no Europeans or Americans ever respond to notes complaining about the state of ICT in Kenya (even though the list has many of them) - they're afraid they'll be accused of racism. I personally think that there is no fundamental reason that the Kenyan ICT sector can't compete with those of other countries so I try to just say it like I see it. The lack of 4G being on the roadmap is bad for the country's ICT future, the lack of ability to hire foreign workers is bad for the entire corporate sector, etc... and if people don't complain, nothing will change. And if you reduce the number of people allowed to complain to only those who were born here - then even less will happen. > -- > Kili - Cloud for Africa: kili.io > Musings: twitter.com/varud > More Musings: varud.com > About Adam: www.linkedin.com/in/adamcnelson > > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 12:26 PM, James Mbugua <jgmbugua(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Adam, > Because of the limited spectrum, CCK had sought a joint approach, a consortium of sorts similar to TEAMS to rollout LTE. But some of the players are apprehensive about this and want to go it alone. Ericsson had also offered to build it with no payment upfront but I don't know what came of that. > I tend to suspect that the fiber rollout by Safaricom is meant to anticipate its rollout of an LTE network backhauled by this cable it is rolling out across the country. But that's just my guess. > James > > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 12:09 PM, ICT Researcher <ict.researcher(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Adam, > > Sorry if come out so blunt... > > But I find the tone of some communications striking as "Master to slave" directives.. > > Not embrasing at all. I just had to say > it and won't respond to any fire I may cause here:-) > > > > ------------------------------ > On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 11:45 AM MSK Adam Nelson wrote: > > >What's the status with 4G these days in Kenya? Is it totally stalled? > > > >I just found out that Uganda offers 4G from at least one carrier with 2 or > >more on the way shortly. > > > >Since I can't seem to convince many people on this list to be > >Internationalists, maybe I can at least appeal to raw national competition > >to spur movement by the Kenyan authorities/telecoms to catch up to Uganda? > > > >Cheers, > >Adam > >-- > >Kili - Cloud for Africa: kili.io > >Musings: twitter.com/varud <https://twitter.com/varud> > >More Musings: varud.com > >About Adam: www.linkedin.com/in/adamcnelson > > _______________________________________________ > 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/jgmbugua%40gmail.com > > > 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/adam%40varud.com > > 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/alice%40apc.org > > 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] Paypal has arrived
by elusega＠gmail.com 20 Jan '14

20 Jan '14

---------- Sent from my Nokia ------Original message------ From: Adam Nelson <adam(a)varud.com> To: "Edward" <elusega(a)gmail.com> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Monday, January 20, 2014 4:09:27 PM GMT+0300 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Paypal has arrived This has been available for some time but apparently is a pretty terrible implementation with long delays, bad fee structure, etc... The money has to go through South Africa because of anti-terrorism laws in place against Kenyan banks apparently (other people on this list and Skunkworks have detailed the issues before). -- Kili - Cloud for Africa: kili.io Musings: twitter.com/varud <https://twitter.com/varud> More Musings: varud.com About Adam: www.linkedin.com/in/adamcnelson On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 4:03 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Hi Listers, > > I received the following message last week from Paypal > > We have some great news for you! You can now withdraw your money from your > PayPal balance to your Kenyan Equity Bank account. > > To help you withdraw funds from your PayPal account to your Kenyan bank > account, we have partnered with Equity Bank and created Equity Bank’s > PayPal withdraw service. This requires you to hold a bank account with > Equity Bank. > > Regards > > > > 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/adam%40varud.com > > 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/elusega%40gmail.com 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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Paypal has arrived
by robert yawe 20 Jan '14

20 Jan '14

Hi Listers, I received the following message last week from Paypal We have some great news for you! You can now withdraw your money from your PayPal balance to your Kenyan Equity Bank account. To help you withdraw funds from your PayPal account to your Kenyan bank account, we have partnered with Equity Bank and created Equity Bank’s PayPal withdraw service. This requires you to hold a bank account with Equity Bank. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Business Process Management Automation
by Ngigi Waithaka 20 Jan '14

20 Jan '14

Listers, If any of you is interested in Business Process Management (BPM) automation and especially how to work with a BPM Engine, we have a new product that is currently in Beta, and I would like your input as we soon share this with the world. The link on how to access the online demo is here<https://docs.google.com/a/at.co.ke/document/d/1W3EWAY10-8calbG1XR-_p8EYIfQ7…>, you can share this with those in your circles. If you need more details, get intouch with me. -- *Regards,* *Wait**haka Ngigi* Chief Executive Officer | Alliance Technologies | MCK Nairobi Synod Building T + 254 (0) 20 2333 471 |Office Mobile: +254 786 28 28 28 | M + 254 737 811 000 www.at.co.ke

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4G status
by Adam Nelson 20 Jan '14

20 Jan '14

What's the status with 4G these days in Kenya? Is it totally stalled? I just found out that Uganda offers 4G from at least one carrier with 2 or more on the way shortly. Since I can't seem to convince many people on this list to be Internationalists, maybe I can at least appeal to raw national competition to spur movement by the Kenyan authorities/telecoms to catch up to Uganda? Cheers, Adam -- Kili - Cloud for Africa: kili.io Musings: twitter.com/varud <https://twitter.com/varud> More Musings: varud.com About Adam: www.linkedin.com/in/adamcnelson

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Nigeria Plans 100, 000 Free Domain Names for Nigerians in 2014...
by Michael Bullut 20 Jan '14

20 Jan '14

Greetings Listers, Why couldn't Kenic do this last December? *http://pctechmag.com/2014/01/nigeria-plans-100000-free-domain-names-for-nigerians-in-2014/*<http://pctechmag.com/2014/01/nigeria-plans-100000-free-domain-names-for-nig…> Warm regards, Michael Bullut. --- *Cell:* *+254 723 393 114.**Skype Name:* *Michael Bullut.* *Twitter:* * @Kipsang <http://twitter.com/Kipsang/> * *Blog: http://www.kipsang.com/ <http://www.kipsang.com/>* *E-mail:* *main(a)kipsang.com <main(a)kipsang.com>* *---*

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Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance
by Ali Hussein 17 Jan '14

17 Jan '14

Listers Someone asked whether the Kenya Government is participating in the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance, to be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil on 23rd and 24th April? If so at what level? 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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Net Neutrality and why it looks like nobody (apart from the usual suspects) cares about it
by Ali Hussein 17 Jan '14

17 Jan '14

Listers Apologies for cross-posting. There has been a lot of hullabaloo about Net Neutrality. The main proponents have been the two divides: Content Producers (Facebook, Google etc) and pure play Infrastructure players like AT&T, Vodafone etc. (By the way as things go now there are no longer pure play infrastructure and content producers as these players prepare themselves for a changing regulatory environment) Hardly any blip from major advertisers like P&G, Unilever etc. In Kenya of course busybodies like myself :) are very passionate about it and have talked ourselves hoarse about it. This was the very reason why we in Kenya didn't sign the ITRs in Dubai at WCIT12 (that's another story for another day). It seems now that the chickens are coming home to roost and the 'Reactionary' (allow me this creative license to name them thus) of the old world order (read Old Telco Hegemony) are reasserting their influence and projecting their power. This in my humble opinion CANNOT auger well for content Startups in our neck of the woods. What gives? Is it that these players find this topic too boring? Or has no impact on them? I suggest they change their attitudes..and fast! http://adage.com/article/digital/neutered-net-neutrality-advertisers/291089… 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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Fw: Digital Broadcasting Switchover Forum 2014 Announces World Class Speaker Faculty
by Network of non- formal Educational institutions 16 Jan '14

16 Jan '14

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PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON LICENSING AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR DOT KE DOMAIN NAME REGISTRY SERVICES
by Ali Hussein 16 Jan '14

16 Jan '14

Dear Listers Firstly apologies for cross-posting. I propose we hold an online discussion in this critical resource issue starting Monday, the 19th of January 2014. This should give all interested parties time to review the documents provided by CCK on this issue. For ease of reference these can be found at:- http://www.cck.go.ke/links/consultations/current.html However before we start this discussion and the reason I propose Monday is because I feel that there are several issues that probably need to be addressed even before this whole process starts and that the community should be cognizant of:- 1. During last year's KeNIC AGM the board promised to share with us the consultancy findings that would come up with this framework towards commercializing the registry services beyond KeNIC. We are still awaiting that paper and I feel that the paper is integral to this discussion as it would provide good background information that informed the reason behind CCK taking a certain regulatory framework as opposed to another - I'm referring here to the fact that there are several directions this could go for example The South African Model as opposed to the UK Model or the Australian one..I guess we can delve deeper during the discussion. 2. The documents are silent about the fate of KeNIC (unless I missed it). What will happen to it? Who will be the recipient of the assets? How are they going to be shared seeing that it is a PPP where CCK is not the only stakeholder. 3. Has the CCK formally informed ICANN/IANA of the intention for Re-Delegation? This is a major process and we must line up our ducks properly so that we are not caught flat footed. The stakeholders MUST also be told how this process would work to ensure mitigation of risks. 4. Lastly, I would like to commend the team that put this together and to urge listers (lurkers please engage) to contribute without fear or favour or after this process is over Forever keep your peace. 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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