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Please Join Us at Jacaranda, Nov 7, 2009, 10am-1pm
by S.Murigi Muraya 04 Nov '09

04 Nov '09

Dear All, There of us who believe in Interoperability - enabling different systems (whether open or proprietary) to seamlessly connect and communicate - are meeting at: *The Jacaranda Hotel, 10am-1pm on Saturday, Nov 7, 2009.* PS Ndemo will be represented by his Head of IT. We welcome other E-Gov Practitioners / Executives to come and participate in a discussion to educate us on how we can help Government build Information and transactional systems to benefit all Kenyans. We will hear from a Kenyan who is part of a team LOCALLY building an E-Gov system for an EU Municipality. He Will Be Interviewed By Another Guru Building Some HR (System.Web) at the UN in Nairobi. You Our Audience Also Get To Question Them Both! Conrad Akunga, our own Kenyan Microsoft C# (an OPEN Programming Technology) Most Valuable Professional - Awarded to him by a World Wide and World Class Community of Software Developers, Will Facilitate the E-Gov Q & A Session! Our Good Software Developers (GSD's) get to find out how government talks to them and Government gets to find out what kind of working conditions our GSD's need to deliver working Information and Transactional systems for Kenyans. Then We Leave at 1pm! There Will Be Refreshments In Between 10am and 1pm. Probably at 11.30am for those who register. KARIBUNI! ___________________ Please e-mail me AND emmanuel.birech(a)microsoft.com to confirm your attendance - for planning purposes. ___________________ http://blogs.msdn.com/interoperability/ *For the more technically inclined / interested, we will show 2 FANTASTIC 'History of Visual Studio' Videos at 9am-10am* There are 10 parts but we will only show Parts 1 and 2 - which overview the other 8 videos.

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ICDL to be Gazetted: Is Open Office recognized?
by wesley kirinya 04 Nov '09

04 Nov '09

KTN's Business news says that the government will only recognize (and will gazette) computer literacy as someone who at least has ICDL. Microsoft was mentioned (by the guy narrating the news). Dr.Ndemo confirmed (in the news clip) ICDL as Spreadsheet, Word processor, Presentation and Database. Open Office has similar packages. Can Dr. Ndemo at least confirm whether Open Office and any other office packages are recognized by government? or in other words what content makes an ICDL package? I find it mind-blowingly strange that Microsoft's Office products would be the only ones recognized as ICDL (as mentioned in the news clip). O_o?

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Shouldn't Tea Time for Kenya Mean IDN Top-Level Domains?
by alice 04 Nov '09

04 Nov '09

http://www.circleid.com/posts/20091027_shouldnt_tea_time_for_kenya_mean_idn… Shouldn't Tea Time for Kenya Mean IDN Top-Level Domains? By Andrew Mack Anyone who knows Kenya knows it is famous for tea. And while I can now get Kenyan tea online from US companies like Starbucks, Caribou Coffee or any number of other re-sellers, like most consumers I would vastly prefer to cut out the middle man and buy my tea direct from Kenyan companies. Why not? But here's the rub. Besides me and a significant number of Brits, who buys Kenyan tea? According to Kenya's Department of Agriculture, after the UK the three largest buyers of Kenyan tea are Egypt, Pakistan, and Sudan. In fact, the Arabic speaking Middle East accounts for about 25% of world tea purchases. To reach these customers directly, Kenyan tea producers really need the ability to "speak their language" on the web—to provide websites and web addresses that are all in Arabic or Urdu. However, since today's internet doesn't allow website names in anything but Roman characters after the dot, we've got to wait for ICANN to enable these Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). Monday night here in Seoul ICANN held a reception to celebrate the coming of IDNs for country code domains (like .eg for Egypt). It was a love fest, complete with cocktails, slide shows and commemorative t-shirts. And it's true, ICANN should be complimented for this advance—however belated. Still, as I sat there talking with delegates from Kenya I was struck by just how limited a victory this will be—and what a missed opportunity it is—for existing and potential e-businesses. Even to reach their best Arabic-speaking markets with an all-Arabic website, no Kenyan company is likely to go through the trouble and expense of buying IDN domains in more than 20 Arabic-speaking countries. So where does that leave the Kenyan tea industry? If I were the Kenya Tea Development Agency, Ltd I would want to keep it simple. What I would really want is the Arabic version of the website I already have—www.ktdateas.com. In the end the issue of IDNs shouldn't be about linguistics or politics, but about economic growth and development, about making the Internet more accessible for the billions of new users and businesses coming online every day. Now that ICANN has committed to make IDN ccTLDs available, why not make the most common existing TLDs—like .com and.org—next in line? If, as the proverb goes, "tea is liquid wisdom" then ICANN should have a cup or two… then get about the business of bringing global TLDs to the IDN space. Written by Andrew Mack, Principal at AMGlobal Consulting Related topics: Domain Names, ICANN, Internet Governance, Multilinguism, Top-Level Domain

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[Fwd: CircleID Weekly Wrap for 2009-11-03]
by alice 03 Nov '09

03 Nov '09

Dear all, An interesting and comprehensive read ( including one titled Shouldn't Tea Time for Kenya Mean IDN Top-Level Domains? <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/3a446420ee>)on some of the issues that were discussed/tackled at the just concluded ICANN meeting in Seoul. best regards alice -------- Original Message -------- Subject: CircleID Weekly Wrap for 2009-11-03 Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:35:24 +0000 From: CircleID <CircleID(a)mail.vresp.com> Reply-To: CircleID <reply-0fdf61bc84-000096a75d-0d74(a)u.cts.vresp.com> To: alice(a)apc.org CircleID <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/ebbce8aa65> INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE . 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I Vote Open Business Plan Competitions <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/ca7d4460e0> I have been reading through the last gTLD applicant guidebook and have wondered whether all my efforts, traveling, attending all major music conference and lobbying come with any merit. How do you define a community? What is the difference between a dotGreece, dotGay or dotMusic community? ...Whether we like it or not, the point system is what ICANN has set up to determine the winners. If you were to ask me I would create a different method of scoring. 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The panel I had the pleasure to be part of was under the motto : "Broadband futures". One of the questions addressed to me : Should we be concerned about a shortage of IP addresses as more people use broadband networks for more things? *more* » <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/cb9d4aed32> Oct 31, 2009 - by Yves Poppe <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/2332b63db0> - Comments: 0 Related Topics: Broadband <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/2a3313d82d>, IPv6 <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/747683d182>, Mobile <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/490b2d6ecd>, Telecom <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/8c4ff7d132> A Case for Dot-Outlet TLD <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/2255f93b10> This post outlines the correct use of an outlet strategy, points out the value of such a strategy, and the advantages of executing the strategy through a new ICANN top-level domain (TLD) instead of a second-level domain name. Some companies need to signal a brand name with low prices and quality/utility, whether the strategy is for a primary or secondary corporate brand. A successful strategy has to explicitly include lower price and quality. Otherwise, with only a lower price, a brand owner would cannibalize the main brand and cause damage to brand equity. *more* » <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/4e671bb37e> Oct 29, 2009 - by Alex Tajirian <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/0ddea6b9b0> - Comments: 1 Related Topics: Cybersquatting <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/39b2a0c202>, Domain Names <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/765762aa85>, ICANN <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/f3c7887230>, Top-Level Domains <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/2ca87fbaa2> Once Begun is ONLY Half Done <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/8354a1a9d2> In the brief history of Internet governance, few initiatives have been greeted with wider support than the recently signed Affirmation of Commitments between the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The praise is well deserved, but now it's time to remind ICANN of the problems that the AOC did not solve, most importantly ICANN's ongoing accountability gap. *more* » <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/685ab6ad9a> Oct 28, 2009 - by Jonathan Zuck <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/668d85fa10> - Comments: 0 Related Topics: ICANN <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/dd7fa11878>, Internet Governance <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/1e3ab7b181> Privacy Polls v. Real-World Trade-Offs <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/53082fb5db> A recent telephone poll conducted by professors at Berkeley and the University of Pennsylvania concluded, "Contrary to what many marketers claim, most adult Americans (66%) do not want marketers to tailor advertisements to their interest." The study's authors claim that their poll is the "the first nationally representative telephone (wireline and cell phone) survey to explore Americans' opinions about behavioral targeting by marketers." ... But what is most surprising about this poll is not that 66% of users said they do not want tailored online ads, but that 34% of users said they did! *more* » <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/3d744fd6ed> Oct 28, 2009 - by Berin Szoka <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/e86d894ef6> - Comments: 0 Related Topics: Law <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/33272d22e1>, Policy & Regulation <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/81b6ea94e6>, Privacy <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/9d1662740c> A Sigh of Relief for Brand Owners …Not So .Fast <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/70aaefcd34> All indications from the ICANN meetings in Seoul are that significant delays for the release of new gTLDs (Generic Top Level Domains) are expected. According to Rod Beckstrom, ICANN's CEO, new gTLDs will be made available when, "we've adequately addressed the important issues that are on the table." These important issues include efforts to address malicious conduct, root scaling, economic analysis, trademark protections, and vertical separation as related to the new gTLDs. *more* » <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/3d7f541c8d> Oct 28, 2009 - by Elisa Cooper <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/ac8c74bb04> - Comments: 0 Related Topics: Cybersquatting <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/7eced87ca3>, Domain Names <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/b21b96daca>, ICANN <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/a038410431>, Multilinguism <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/b4a597b71f>, Top-Level Domains <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/448de6c69b> Shouldn't Tea Time for Kenya Mean IDN Top-Level Domains? <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/3a446420ee> Anyone who knows Kenya knows it is famous for tea. And while I can now get Kenyan tea online from US companies like Starbucks, Caribou Coffee or any number of other re-sellers, like most consumers I would vastly prefer to cut out the middle man and buy my tea direct from Kenyan companies. Why not? But here's the rub... *more* » <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/273dd46548> Oct 27, 2009 - by Andrew Mack <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/e313dc9d5c> - Comments: 12 Related Topics: Domain Names <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/d61caa7b13>, ICANN <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/0b4e13bbba>, Internet Governance <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/1692be0e6e>, Multilinguism <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/79934c89d5>, Top-Level Domains <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/3e96d96566> Hot Topics • *Domain Names* <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/b9307a47d0> • *Top-Level Domains* <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/cc2404a45c> • *ICANN* <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/3c2389f93d> • *Policy & Regulation* <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/0761340668> • *Internet Governance* <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/4b4ac82e92> • *Telecom* <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/a983109d36> • *Domain Registries* <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/04ea5b0b9d> • *more...* <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/456b2bb09d> Industry Updates *Vote for the Best .INFO Web Site Of 2009* <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/082959a3ea> Nov 03, 2009 - by Afilias <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/e71dd64602> *Interview with John Curran of ARIN on the Urgency of IPv6 Transition* <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/d389a0947b> Oct 30, 2009 - by Supernova <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/a6fb441d04> *.ORG Highlighted for Success in Fighting Phishing* <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/5efbf3fa0d> Oct 29, 2009 - by PIR <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/b29cf1258d> *Afilias' Matt Pounsett Elected Director-at-Large for DNS-OARC* <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/1d9d42d26b> Oct 29, 2009 - by Afilias <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/e7da8baab2> *Hostway Corporation Forms New Network Services Group* <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/4a5ec95d6f> Oct 22, 2009 - by Hostway <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CircleID/0fdf61bc84/000096a75d/2a2a1ff7d3> Advertise on CircleID If your advertising and marketing objectives entail reaching high-ranking experts and professionals within the IT and Internet industry, CircleID can help you achieve it. 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Skunkworks Meeting, Today, 3rd November, 2009, KDN CEO, Talking Fibre
by Phares Kariuki 03 Nov '09

03 Nov '09

Hi, There will be a Skunkworks meeting on the 3rd of November *TODAY*, at Teleposta Towers, 4th Floor. We are pleased to have the speaker as Mr. KaiWulff, KDN CEO. Meeting will start at 6 pm. Topics covered will be as follows: 1. Kenya, now that the Fibre has landed, what’s the future? 2. What it takes to build a fibre network in Kenya 3. KDN’s future plans. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served. Thanks to our kind sponsors, Multimedia University College of Kenya for graciously hosting us, time after time, and KDN for their sponsorship. -- With Regards, Phares Kariuki | T: +254 734 810 802 | E: pkariuki(a)gmail.com | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: kariukiphares |

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Fw: Balanced Scorecard:- Build and Sustain a Successful Performance Management System
by Matunda Nyanchama 02 Nov '09

02 Nov '09

FYI ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: "strategicleadershipcentre(a)gmail.com" <strategicleadershipcentre(a)gmail.com> To: info(a)aganoconsulting.com Sent: Wed, October 21, 2009 9:49:32 PM Subject: Balanced Scorecard:- Build and Sustain a Successful Performance Management System Dear Colleague, Is your current performance management system driving employee productivity and your organisations profitability? Would you like to create a performance based culture within your organization? How would you like to motivate and focus your employees on the organization's strategic objectives? Attend this seminar and learn how to develop effective performance management system that helps to drive employee productivity and corporate profitability. TOPIC:- Building & Implementing The BALANCED SCORECARD:- "How to Build and Sustain a Successful Performance Management Framework!" Research has proven that Balanced Scorecard performance management system provides direct and immediate contribution to your organization's growth and profit objectives. This two-day seminar will teach you practical, proven approach to building a comprehensive performance management system and scorecard that defines clearly desired outcomes, links performance to strategy and process, and effectively measures performance by asking which are the key performance measures that drive the organization's competitiveness. Your lead facilitator, Peter Kahihu, is an MBA in Strategy and Finance from the University of Massachusetts, USA and Managing Director of Strategic Leadership Centre. Peter has local and international experience in the areas of Strategic Planning, Change Management and Strategic Performance Management obtained while working with global multinationals both in the USA and in Kenya. He has helped a major companies in Kenya develop strategic plans and performance management systems with great success. We strongly encourage you to bring your whole management team and any person with people responsibility. Send the first Three and get an extra person absolutely FREE! The seminar will be held on the 12th - 13th November 2009 at The Panafric Hotel, Nairobi. The Seminar fee is Kshs39,000.00 excl VAT per person. Please call or email Lilian Kameno on Lkameno(a)slcinternational.com, telephone 020 3872252, 3877637 to sign up. Sincerely, Peter Kahihu MANAGING DIRECTOR pkahihu(a)slcinternational.com ****email marketing services provided by Ndei Marketing Services. please contact us on mikendei(a)gmail.com ****

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Zeins Internet Contracts
by Samuel Gichuru 02 Nov '09

02 Nov '09

Hi Good people, I wonder if there is someone else out there who has had a problem with Zeins Intenet contracts, last year I signed up for their service , after a couple of months the service was definitely not worth the cost, hence I discontinued buying the scratch cards and moved to Orange live box, as expected they disconnected the services - But what is surprising is they kept billing me, ok, how do you bill for undelivered service? I have worked for ISP's and I am yet to find a situation where you bill a client for service that was undelivered... Someone shed some light on this issue tafadhali... -- Warm Regards -------------------------------------- Sam Gichuru

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Re: [kictanet] Tanzania first to lower internet rates? huh?
by nicholasnesbitt 02 Nov '09

02 Nov '09

Kai Quick question... In this example, if you can get 638GB on a 1Mbps pipe for USD$600, then should 10GB not cost you a little under USD $10 rather than "less than USD $1.."..? To address the general questions asked by the press and all and sundry, I think the challenge in understanding pricing frequently arises because the press and public don't quite understand the following basics: 1. 8 bits = 1 Byte; one cannot use the terms bit and Byte interchangeably 2. Mbps is the common term used in reference to speed or throughput (megabits per sec), not MBps (mega Bytes per second); 1Mbps = 0.125 MBps or a 125K file will download in 1 second. 3. MB is a unit of storage/size... and 1 GB = 1,000 MB And with regard to the TZ example, the prices in TZ are $2,415 for a pipe that allows you to download 1 Mb of data per second, (not 1MBps, as the author in this email insinuated). In Kenya that same 1 Mbps pipe costs $600 from KDN. So the headline that TZ was the "first to reduce its prices" was not accurate. In addition, downloading 1 GB of content in TZ costs $200, whereas in Kenya it is less than $10! Big difference, as Kai points out! Interestingly, at these Kenya wholesale prices, to download 1MB of data in Kenya would cost $ USD 0.0009 or 7 Kenya cents... therefore, if we pay 1 KES for 1MB of downloaded data, as recently advertised in the papers, there is a lot of margin for the providers...93% So, I hope it's also clear that companies typically charge a standing amount for a certain "size/speed" of pipe (256Kbps, 512Kbps, 1 Mbps, etc) and "may" charge an additional fee for the amount of actual data/ throughput (GB) that you downloaded on the pipe. You can download content on any size pipe, it just takes longer on the slower speed pipes.. It would really get interesting in Kenya if we were to pay a certain amount for the speed of the pipe, but the amount of data that we download is not metered, i.e. download as much as you like off the internet for free... unlimited access as it is in many parts of the developed world.. Download video, browse the internet, make phone calls, play games all for free (unless your paying an online service provider to buy a video or play a game,etc), but the monthly pricing to the ISP is based on the speed of the pipe and not on what you download on the pipe... Now that will be progress... Nik On Oct 31, 2009, at 11:01 AM, kai wulff wrote: > And I get complaints about the charges in Kenya … > > There is another confusion .. > > Some people confuse packages (like 1GBYTE) with throughput like > 1Mbps … > > If you have 1Mbps duplex you can receive: > > 1 Megabyte in 8 seconds > > 7.5 Megabyte in a minute > > 450 Megabyte in an hour > > 10800 Megabyte in a day > > 326700 Megabyte (319 Gigabyte) in a month (30.25 days) > > Since you can send the same amount you could have a volume of 638 > Gigabyte with a 1Mbps pipe … > > So if you take 1Mbps at 600 USD you will arrive for a package of > 10Gigabyte at less than 1 USD ….. > > > > > > > > > Von: kictanet-bounces+kai.wulff=kdn.co.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+kai.wulff=kdn.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke > ] Im Auftrag von Brian Munyao Longwe > Gesendet: Saturday, October 31, 2009 10:47 > An: kai.wulff(a)kdn.co.ke > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > Betreff: [kictanet] Tanzania first to lower internet rates? huh? > > TTCL drops pricing to 1MB for $2415/month? and that is low? Read > on..... > > First East African country to lower internet rates? hmmmm..... > Tanzania First to Lower Internet Rates > > Tanzania Telecommunication Company Ltd customers will from this > month enjoy a 50 per cent cut in Internet charges, making Tanzania > the first East African country to lower Internet charges. TTCL chief > executive officer Said Amour Said, told The EastAfrican that the > lowering of charges follows the firm's connecting to the Seacom > submarine fibre optic cable. > > "TTCL has reduced its Internet prices effective from October 1, in > order to pass on this cost saving benefit to the end users, and the > high customer expectations of reduced costs on Internet services > have finally been met," he said. > > The new prices will see high volume Internet users including banks, > large businesses and corporations, government agencies and other > institutions enjoying a substantial Internet bandwidth cost > reduction as customers will get the same capacity of bandwidth at a > third the current prices. > > Under the new structure, a client who buys 1Mbps of Internet > capacity for Tsh9.2 million ($7,000) will now buy the same capacity > for just Tsh3.14 million ($2,415). > > For small and medium businesses like cyber cafes, the price has been > slashed by 50 per cent. > > According to Mr Said, customers who were buying 5GB for $200 > (Tsh200,000) will now buy 10GB for the same amount of money, and > that all Internet subscribers in this category would continue to get > high speed of up to 4Mbps through their TTCL fixed lines. > > According to the new tariff, non-commercial ordinary clients will > enjoy a new package with unlimited use for a monthly price of > Tsh45,000 ($ 43) with a speed of up to 256Kbps. > > "It is an ideal service mostly for the common man because it is > affordable and guarantees continuous usage," explained Said. > > (Source: The East African) > > > > -- > Brian Munyao Longwe > e-mail: blongwe(a)gmail.com > cell: + 254 722 518 744 > blog : http://zinjlog.blogspot.com > meta-blog: http://mashilingi.blogspot.com > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > This message was sent to: nnesbitt(a)kencall.com > Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/nnesbitt%40kencall.com

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Re: [kictanet] Tanzania first to lower internet rates? huh?
by Eric M.K Osiakwan 01 Nov '09

01 Nov '09

Telkom Kenya raises stakes in data market with Sh1 per MB plan Telkom Kenya on Wednesday revised its Internet charges downwards, raising the stakes in the battle for control of the data market which is expected to be the next frontier of revenue growth for telecoms firms. Subscribers will pay Sh1 per megabyte (MB), one of the lowest Internet tariffs currently on offer from a telecom firm. Previously, the company charged from Sh2 or more per MB depending on the Internet bundle a customer opted for. The Sh1 per MB rate will will apply for buyers of the 4 gigabyte (GB) bundle which will be priced at Sh3,900. Other providers of low-cost Internet are Access Kenya, which charges Sh1 per MB for its home Internet services. Mickael Ghossein, CEO Telkom Kenya, said the price cut is meant to reposition the company in the data market in which it was a key player before the liberalisation of the ICT sector ushered in competition that has since eaten into the firm’s market share. Rival mobile operators have reacted to Telkom’s move by acknowledging the increase in competition in the sector. “Of course we expect a lot of competition and tariffs will have to fall to reflect this. In the long run, however, you have to consider the issue of customer experience and you also need a critical subscriber base to create a sustainable business model,” said Chris Tiffin, Safaricom’s Chief Financial Officer. Telkom is targeting both corporate and individual clients with the reduced prices. The regulatory stance taken by the government recently may also lead to a reduction in revenues gleaned for the voice market. Last month, prime minister Raila Odinga ordered a review of mobile call charges saying they were too high and not a true reflection of international trends. As Telkom was announcing its new charges, Safaricom and Equity bank were also unveiling a partnership in which the bank will offer loans to the public for the purchase of laptops while the mobile phone operator will supply Internet modems to the laptop owners. (Source: Business Daily) On 31 Oct 2009, at 04:01, kai wulff wrote: > And I get complaints about the charges in Kenya … > > There is another confusion .. > > Some people confuse packages (like 1GBYTE) with throughput like > 1Mbps … > > If you have 1Mbps duplex you can receive: > > 1 Megabyte in 8 seconds > > 7.5 Megabyte in a minute > > 450 Megabyte in an hour > > 10800 Megabyte in a day > > 326700 Megabyte (319 Gigabyte) in a month (30.25 days) > > Since you can send the same amount you could have a volume of 638 > Gigabyte with a 1Mbps pipe … > > So if you take 1Mbps at 600 USD you will arrive for a package of > 10Gigabyte at less than 1 USD ….. > > > > > > > > > Von: kictanet-bounces+kai.wulff=kdn.co.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > [mailto:kictanet-bounces+kai.wulff=kdn.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] > Im Auftrag von Brian Munyao Longwe > Gesendet: Saturday, October 31, 2009 10:47 > An: kai.wulff(a)kdn.co.ke > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > Betreff: [kictanet] Tanzania first to lower internet rates? huh? > > TTCL drops pricing to 1MB for $2415/month? and that is low? Read > on..... > > First East African country to lower internet rates? hmmmm..... > Tanzania First to Lower Internet Rates > > Tanzania Telecommunication Company Ltd customers will from this > month enjoy a 50 per cent cut in Internet charges, making Tanzania > the first East African country to lower Internet charges. TTCL chief > executive officer Said Amour Said, told The EastAfrican that the > lowering of charges follows the firm's connecting to the Seacom > submarine fibre optic cable. > > "TTCL has reduced its Internet prices effective from October 1, in > order to pass on this cost saving benefit to the end users, and the > high customer expectations of reduced costs on Internet services > have finally been met," he said. > > The new prices will see high volume Internet users including banks, > large businesses and corporations, government agencies and other > institutions enjoying a substantial Internet bandwidth cost > reduction as customers will get the same capacity of bandwidth at a > third the current prices. > > Under the new structure, a client who buys 1Mbps of Internet > capacity for Tsh9.2 million ($7,000) will now buy the same capacity > for just Tsh3.14 million ($2,415). > > For small and medium businesses like cyber cafes, the price has been > slashed by 50 per cent. > > According to Mr Said, customers who were buying 5GB for $200 > (Tsh200,000) will now buy 10GB for the same amount of money, and > that all Internet subscribers in this category would continue to get > high speed of up to 4Mbps through their TTCL fixed lines. > > According to the new tariff, non-commercial ordinary clients will > enjoy a new package with unlimited use for a monthly price of > Tsh45,000 ($ 43) with a speed of up to 256Kbps. > > "It is an ideal service mostly for the common man because it is > affordable and guarantees continuous usage," explained Said. > > (Source: The East African) > > > > -- > Brian Munyao Longwe > e-mail: blongwe(a)gmail.com > cell: + 254 722 518 744 > blog : http://zinjlog.blogspot.com > meta-blog: http://mashilingi.blogspot.com > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > This message was sent to: emko(a)internetresearch.com.gh > Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/emko%40internetresearc… Eric M.K Osiakwan Director Internet Research www.internetresearch.com.gh emko(a)internetresearch.com.gh 42 Ring Road Central, Accra-North Tel: +233.21.258800 ext 7031 Fax: +233.21.258811 Cell: +233.24.4386792

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Re: [kictanet] Uproar Over Internet Costs in Kenya
by alice munyua 31 Oct '09

31 Oct '09

KDN, For example "is currently selling submarine capacity, delivered to the user at between 220 and 600 USD per 4 Mbps! This is an effective price of between 55 to 150 USD per Mbps depending on volume". Best Alice ------Original Message------ From: alice munyua Sender: kictanet-bounces+alice=apc.org(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke To: alice(a)apc.org Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions ReplyTo: alice(a)apc.org Subject: Re: [kictanet] Uproar Over Internet Costs in Kenya Sent: 30 Oct 2009 07:03 Hi Eric Thank you for this posting. A question though, who wrote this piece and where did they get their information apart from quoting P.S. Ndemo? Best Alice -----Original Message----- From: Eric M.K Osiakwan <emko(a)internetresearch.com.gh> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:14:14 To: <alice(a)apc.org> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: [kictanet] Uproar Over Internet Costs in Kenya _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: alice(a)apc.org Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/alice%40apc.org _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: alice(a)apc.org Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/alice%40apc.org

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