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Fwd: Chanuka Newsletter: May 2015
by Mwendwa Kivuva 18 Jun '15

18 Jun '15

Some important information from ICTA on.. 1. Open data and progress made in updating the content 2. Goverment procurement of an email system 3. Progress of Nofbi 4. Progress on Draft Critical Infrastructure bill 5. Digitizing KNA archives 6. Capacity Building This newsletter is very informative. I wish Dr. Kyalo can articulate some of these programmes and successes at the Kenya IGF to be held at Stanely hotel on 31st July 2015. Sincerely, ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "ICT Authority" <communications(a)ict.go.ke> Date: Jun 18, 2015 11:32 AM Subject: Chanuka Newsletter: May 2015 To: <kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com> Cc: *CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S MESSAGE* The ICT Authority continues to grow. With our new mandate, we have covered considerable ground albeit with a few challenges. I am thankful to you all for your continued support and constructive criticism. This year we are more than committed to achieving our strategic plan which has now been finalized. View it *here <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012ivYpCnCZAQoY2aQfuHqzIc0yJ37TZmUOAGdyN6R69cA…>* The strategic plan gives the roadmap on achieving our mandate through 5 thematic areas as guided by the National ICT Masterplan. These are Shared Services, Human Capital Development, ICT Innovation and Enterprise, Information Security and ICT Governance. We hope to achieve this through strategic partnerships and we invite you to join us in this journey to consolidate our gains and make Kenya the leader in ICT. In this newsletter, we have outlined some of the projects that we have recently been involved in and highlighted areas that we continue to work on. We hope this will help you understand us better. Your feedback is appreciated. Sincerely, Victor Kyalo CEO, ICT Authority *Government speeds up pace of ICT adoption in its agencies* To speed up the Digital transformation agenda in government operations, the ICT Authority will for the next 90 days implement a fast-paced delivery on four key areas. These areas are:- 1) Internet Access 2) Websites 3) Government Email 4) Information Security 5) Capacity & Training How are we doing this? Practical training has been offered to a team made up of ICT officers, Public Communication officers, Digital Talent interns and ICT Authority staff. We are now deploying them back to the ministries where they will in the next 60 days bring government to speed in the 4 key areas identified. *Kenya Open Data to have more user-friendly data* >From July this year you can expect a more robust, user-friendly and intuitive Open Data portal. We now have a solid team in place made up of diverse professionals from data experts in Geographic Information Systems, analytics and coordinators whose work will ensure the portal meets its objectives. With this team, we are able to strongly focus on data supply initiatives to bring more government data to the portal for easy access by the public. The Open Data team is currently conducting a government-wide data survey that will ascertain the availability of datasets and readiness of the various government ministries in opening up data. This is also in anticipation of the Access to Information Bill and the Data Protection Bill that are currently in parliament. During the course of the year, the team will host workshops that will engage civil society, academia, media, and entrepreneurs to raise awareness and engage with them on their data needs, while creating demand for the already available data on *www.opendata.go.ke <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012ivYpCnCZAQoY2aQfuHqzIc0yJ37TZmUOAGdyN6R69cA…>* The first workshop, to be held in late June, will focus on needs and demands from Civil Society. For more information contact* communications(a)ict.go.ke* *Kenya history goes online* Soon, you can go down memory lane, by browsing photographs and audio clips of Kenya's history, wherever you are. Kenya News Agency (KNA) holds more than 500 thousand copies of images and audio clips that are now being digitized. The photo library collection dates back to 1936 and documents Kenyan life through the decades. The ICT Authority is working with KNA to digitize all the images, by December 2015. We toured the digitization center recently and found the team busy sorting out the heaps of photographs in preparation for the task of digitizing.* View photos here <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012ivYpCnCZAQoY2aQfuHqzIc0yJ37TZmUOAGdyN6R69cA…>* Easy access to these historical photos will especially benefit the creative industry and researchers. From fashion designers to filmmakers--access to visual history of Kenya will serve to inspire and enrich their creations. For personal family research or professional cultural research, the online catalogue will be an invaluable reference source. Click here <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012ivYpCnCZAQoY2aQfuHqzIc0yJ37TZmUOAGdyN6R69cA…> for more information on the project. *What is The ICT Authority doing about Connectivity?* The ICT Authority, is looking at advancing broadband connectivity across the country by ensuring the supply and demand of services are in tandem. On the supply side, there is *National Fibre Backbone (NOFBI) *which is looking at connecting all 47 counties to the fibre backbone by December this year. The project has so far covered 28 towns and hopes at easing communication across counties as well as improving government e-services access.*Read more <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012ivYpCnCZAQoY2aQfuHqzIc0yJ37TZmUOAGdyN6R69cA…>* >From NOFBI the last mile connectivity takes over and connects County offices from the fibre link. Already, the County Connectivity Project (CCP) has connected 29 County Commissioner's offices to the network. This has allowed commissioner's connection to high speed video-conferencing,IP telephone and high-speed internet. The project team is now embarking on the second aspect of the project to start in Mid June 2015 with the installation of the remaining 19 counties that are not yet connected. The installation testing and commissioning of this new counties is expected to be completed by January 2016.*Read More <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012ivYpCnCZAQoY2aQfuHqzIc0yJ37TZmUOAGdyN6R69cA…> * To ensure that broadband supply meets demand for e-services at county level, the Authority is working with all counties in developing County ICT Roadmaps. This initiative kicked off in March 2015, and will last for the next 6 months. After the launch of the ICT Road Maps, the Counties shall begin to execute their individual plans. *Read more <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012ivYpCnCZAQoY2aQfuHqzIc0yJ37TZmUOAGdyN6R69cA…>* *Working with Nairobi City County to embrace e-services* We are working with Nairobi City County on the below projects:- 1. *eJijipay Revenue Collection System* - ICTA has offered technical support towards the implementation of this project since inception in April 2014. So far Single Business permit, Land Rates, Market Rates, Vehicle parking, eConstruction and Ad Manager have been successfully developed and deployed. Factors critical to successful deployment are internal and public communications, change management and executive support and stewardship of the project. 2. *Unified Communications*- The procurement process has been completed and contract signing is underway. The project will begin in June 2015. 3. *Integrated City Revenue Management System *- This was advertised in May and will be closed on 19th June 2015. Implementation is projected to begin in the second half of 2015. 4. *Web Portal-*This was successfully launched in April 2014.The County is working on an automated consolidated workflow for license acquisition by business owners that begins with application for requisite licenses and ends with issuance of the Single Business Permit. This will allow business owners to display one license for all NCC licenses required by law. *Read More <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012ivYpCnCZAQoY2aQfuHqzIc0yJ37TZmUOAGdyN6R69cA…>* *News Round-up* *Give us your feedback on Critical Infrastructure Draft Bill * The critical infrastructure Draft bill is now ready and you can make your contributions. We will be sharing the draft bill soon. The bill, intends to provide the legislative and policy framework for the protection of critical infrastructure in the country. This will in turn save the country a lot of resources currently being used to maintain and protect the infrastructure. The Infrastructure under this bill includes; Information, Communication and Technology, Energy and Petroleum, Transport and Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development and Water and Sewerage systems. The bill is timely as it looks at bringing down the losses incurred through damage to infrastructure to below Ksh. 500 million in the next three years from the current Ksh. 1.5 billion to Ksh.2 billion annually. On 21st April, stakeholders made their contributions towards the bills at the Bomas of Kenya, Nairobi. More than 200 participants drawn from members of the public, government institutions, ICT, transport, energy and petroleum representatives gave their views. View *Benefits of the bill <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012ivYpCnCZAQoY2aQfuHqzIc0yJ37TZmUOAGdyN6R69cA…> * *Whole of Government set to use official emails* The Government has in the past faced daunting challenges in the management of email services across the public service. This has led to untimely upgrades, non-compliance to licensing requirements and either duplication or lack of technical competence to provide optimal support. As a way of mitigating this unrelenting problem, improving quality of email services in government and relieving ICT staff in ministry of time-consuming maintenance efforts, ICT Authority embarked on an initiative that adopted a different model of email services delivery where all ministries email services were to be provided on a hosted platform for all. The Authority is in the process of procuring an email management solution. *Our Partnerships and Capacity building programmes* Some of the projects that we have successfully delivered through partnerships include: *Supporting the Kenyan ICT exports*: Through the *Netherlands Trust Fund III <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012ivYpCnCZAQoY2aQfuHqzIc0yJ37TZmUOAGdyN6R69cA…>*,a project which was launched in February, 2015 and supported by the Dutch Government, saw 33 startup companies become beneficiaries. The team is currently developing an ITES Export Strategy. The project has facilitated several consultative forums between the ITC consultants, the Ministry of ICT, ICT Authority (ICTA), KITOS and other stakeholders to review the National ICT Master Plan and assess the export capacity of the IT&ITES sector. To make this an inclusive and consultative process, the project has facilitated the formation of caucus groups.The export strategy for the IT&ITES sector will be developed and validated in May 2015. *Read more <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012ivYpCnCZAQoY2aQfuHqzIc0yJ37TZmUOAGdyN6R69cA…>* *The Presidential Digital Talent Programme <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012ivYpCnCZAQoY2aQfuHqzIc0yJ37TZmUOAGdyN6R69cA…>* which recruited 100 interns to gain experience in government and private sector has currently been offering them training and certification in the following areas : Microsoft - V learning platforms, Oracle modules ,HP -Entrepreneurship skills & CISCO certification. The interns have been deployed in both public and private sector to enhance government capacity in ICT. The interns are now part of the rapid results initiative that will assist government departments to speed up ICT adoption. The programme hopes to assimilate the talent in its operations and is looking at interning at least 400 fresh graduates next year. *The Kenya ICT Innovation Forum <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012ivYpCnCZAQoY2aQfuHqzIc0yJ37TZmUOAGdyN6R69cA…>* led to Enterprise Kenya which is a national accelerator that will catalyse innovations and provide entrepreneurs with needed support in their innovation journey. The government through a Presidential directive has already committed 1 billion shillings towards this initiative *Read more <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012ivYpCnCZAQoY2aQfuHqzIc0yJ37TZmUOAGdyN6R69cA…>. * A gazzete notice is being worked on to formalize the establishment of Enterprise Kenya.*View Innovation Report <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012ivYpCnCZAQoY2aQfuHqzIc0yJ37TZmUOAGdyN6R69cA…>.* *Connected East Africa <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012ivYpCnCZAQoY2aQfuHqzIc0yJ37TZmUOAGdyN6R69cA…>* This year Connected East Africa lived to its theme of "Strength is in Our Networks". More than 500 decision makers across the region made profound recommendations at the event that took place early April. *View Recommendations here <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012ivYpCnCZAQoY2aQfuHqzIc0yJ37TZmUOAGdyN6R69cA…> * One of the key outcome was that of having a framework to support entrepreneurs to fabricate, develop and assemble devices uniquely designed to respond to local needs and demands at a low cost. This was to include looking at the taxation of components used in hardware assembling. We are glad to report that this is one of the outcomes that the government is taking into consideration as it looks towards adopting a sustainable digital literacy program. To increase ICT capacity and literacy, we signed an *MOU with Microsoft <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012ivYpCnCZAQoY2aQfuHqzIc0yJ37TZmUOAGdyN6R69cA…>* , in April which will among other things see Microsoft offer support in providing a platform that will enable ICT skills training for up to 300,000 teachers. The fourth round of *Huawei Internship programme <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012ivYpCnCZAQoY2aQfuHqzIc0yJ37TZmUOAGdyN6R69cA…>* closed on 29th May 2015.135 students applied for this round and they are awaiting evaluations so that the best can be selected. They will intern between Jul-Aug 2015. There are 3 more rounds of applications in the 2015 calendar year. Some of the interns have already got permanent jobs at Huawei. *Whole of Government set to use official emails* The Government has in the past faced daunting challenges in the management of email services across the public service. This has led to untimely upgrades, non-compliance to licensing requirements and either duplication or lack of technical competence to provide optimal support. As a way of mitigating this unrelenting problem, improving quality of email services in government and relieving ICT staff in ministry of time-consuming maintenance efforts, ICT Authority embarked on an initiative that adopted a different model of email services delivery where all ministries email services were to be provided on a hosted platform for all. The Authority is in the process of procuring an email management solution. *The Global Entrepreneurship Summit to take place in Nairobi* The 6th edition of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) takes place in Nairobi on the 25-26th July, 2015. The event, will be graced by President Barack Obama.This initiative aims at bringing together entrepreneurs at various stages of business development. These groups include business leaders, mentors, and high-level government officials. Already, three Kenyan science and technology entrepreneurs are semi-finalists in the Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) Tech-1 pitch competition. They are: 1. Michael Gathogo michaelpops1(a)gmail.com ( ICT category) 2. Stephanie Gaku stephgaku(a)gmail.com ( ICT category 3. Taita Ngetich taita.ngetich(a)illuminumgreenhouses.com (Agriculture category) In order to make it to the finals hosted at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) they need help getting the message out. Finalists will be decided by open global voting with each person in the public being eligible to vote once per day per semi-finalist. Kenya will be allocated 175 participants in total. Thirty of these participants will also be invited to attend a "Day 0" of the women and youth event. *Tenders* Attached is the summary of procurements, contracts and opportunities. Click here <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012ivYpCnCZAQoY2aQfuHqzIc0yJ37TZmUOAGdyN6R69cA…> to view. *Kenyan Innovators to Showcase and Exhibit at the Convergence Africa World 2015 (17th -19th June)* Exhibitions India Group (EIG) in association with the AfriEXPOS, a local Nairobi organization is hosting an international ICT exhibition and conference "Convergence Africa World 2015" at Oshwal Centre (Parklands) Nairobi, Kenya during 17th to 19th June 2015. Click here <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012ivYpCnCZAQoY2aQfuHqzIc0yJ37TZmUOAGdyN6R69cA…> to view the list of innovators and their bios who will be showcasing at the expo.Read more <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012ivYpCnCZAQoY2aQfuHqzIc0yJ37TZmUOAGdyN6R69cA…> *Ehealth Conference (22nd -26th June 2015)* An initiative of Kenya's Ministry of Health in partnership with key stakeholders, the E-Health Conference 2015 will involve a series of 4-day plenary sessions and cluster-styled working groups, each focusing on key areas of the E-Health agenda. In the efforts to foster maximized participation, the E-Health Conference has pioneered in creating the regions' first-of-a-kind fully digitized E-Health Conference. *Innovation Week (5th -7th August 2015)* The University of Nairobi, through C4DLab has organized a signature event dubbed "Nairobi Innovation Week" to be held from 5th - 7th August, 2015. The purpose of the conference is to provide an ecosystem for nurturing and showcasing innovations in order to strengthen academia, industry and government linkages for improved economic growth. During the conference there will be participation from members of the university from the six colleges, innovators from the industries, research institutions, practitioners, entrepreneurs and the government. *India Show - Telecom & IT 2015 (28 - 29th September 2015)* The event has been organized by the Department of Telecom, Ministry of Communications and Information (CIT) and Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council (TEPC) and hosted by the Ministry of Information and Communication. The ICT Authority will be organising the event together with the India Industry body NASSCOM. View more events <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012ivYpCnCZAQoY2aQfuHqzIc0yJ37TZmUOAGdyN6R69cA…> *Give us your feedback:* *Email: Communications(a)ict.go.ke <Communications(a)ict.go.ke>* Copyright © 2014. 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Analog TV Switch-Off deadline {Today, 17th June 2015}
by DigitalTVAfrica 18 Jun '15

18 Jun '15

The day is finally here with us - the Analog TV Switch-Off deadline by the ITU. Kenya shares the podium with the very few other African countries that made it to the finish line. The three - Rwanda, Tanzania and Kenya - have adopted Digital TV and switched off analogue TV signals. A lot remains to be done; but that is the scorecard for now. - How can we increase access to digital TV content in homes that had no TVs in the analogue age? - With the Budget2015 incentives for 'Made in Kenya' manufactured products, why not assemble the Digital TV decoders/STB locally? -- Digital Television policy, regulation and technology in Africa on issues relating to Consumers, Content and Coverage. Based on engagements as EACO Assembly Chairmanship <http://www.cio.co.ke/news/main-stories/east-africa-broadcasters-raise-conce…> , National Signals Networks <http://ppoa.go.ke/downloads/ARB%2520Decisions/2011%2520Decisions/DEC%2520CA…> tender bid and ADN BSD <http://cio.co.ke/blog/digitalmigration-in-kenya-needs-more-boardroom-and-le…> technical planning.

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2015 AFRINIC Board member elections
by Mwendwa Kivuva 18 Jun '15

18 Jun '15

In the AFRINIC22 meeting that was held in Tunis, Tunisia, two Boards seats for Eastern and Southern Africa were up for elections. Abibu Rashid Ntaghigiye of Tanzania was elected to the AFRINIC Board representing the Eastern African region defeating the only other candidate Badru Ntege of Uganda who had sensationally resigned from the Board minutes earlier before the elections after falling out with other Board members. Lucky Masilela was elected to the AFRINIC Board representing the Southern African region defeated a crowded field of 6 candidates replacing Mark Elkins and Dr. Paulos Nyirenda. NomCom was at pains to explain to the community how it reduced the East African candidates from 8 to 2 instead of letting the community choose its own representatives through the ballot. It should be noted several Kenyan candidates were disqualified by nomcom. The community expressed it's displeasure on this. All alternate board members whose terms were due for renewal left the board after it was resolved that the size of the board should be reduced. More to follow ... ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya "There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson

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Limiting 'Unlimited' Data Packages
by Mose Karanja 18 Jun '15

18 Jun '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 AT&T were yesterday hit with a $100M fine for slowing down Internet speeds of customers who signed up for unlimited data plans. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/06/17/att-just-got-h… I have experienced moments when my own connection in Nairobi gets pretty slow with speeds as low as 50Kbps for over an hour day in day out. Seeing that you guys are in this field, are there tools we can use to objectively measure the connection speeds we get from our ISPs which we can then use to demand for services paid for? Moses. - -- Mose Karanja +254 724 162536 | @Mose_Karanja PGP: 0x1529552F -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: Mailvelope v0.13.1 Comment: https://www.mailvelope.com wsFcBAEBCAAQBQJVgjg8CRD9FdIdFSlVLwAAdW0P/3k2pCCggFdlBM77lt3Y fBERBRj9Hk7q2brxJNsDlD10oRdPG9sJjdIl8oF17Zvl7XaSpG7laPBLK62a tmaD/BawblZdZY4mBzBBQIWkeokVIfflDHAC8yuuyp7XMISWoZMfmJyqxLRo riB3YQh/DIGng4mpzs/tiCxn77OdEYg4B/weAIzhrsrRR6gOQWqdY3ndWuw5 Ukq7WSQwKhH20TkVR2RvkUvRl5XyFkbXDaqYBSJE4WVxsEbh6sX5OycVXsJs +O3Akwg2QzVWnN7cW5AUvNOnGO/mwk0ImZhU/HPQyQwVUU63WAEu2l3XkySY ng5BV4ZhhJ3fVgdDY6QTrzzxDLGwXXodzpcxr5mc8sy0q8udusdYUbomQ6Od CBYDSBLCjZ6NXPQJCpeKnKrlL5b5Ten/6Ia5PHBa39FNiLWDq+flD2RCBu+G 8+51z0Fh3gUp91mXn7Y9uWcwwCxjku1f6+8iy+u8FzoZ2bFT7iYkXGLiIezU BrHVZddt4rP9W21ovEtYHCt7HOdmP9gMx1iA2U7Syszbehri1Pvthp8TFmcK TZuCNVuGrLLSxXESq1JsjCEXlnu9uPC3kfQzMwLmXV8KHL6uAUDxEA/vEyHW 4etnVguBmt72uo6a65oUu5x8NnBzFD9JLm7PGIcT9HROQicv30qYXNG7tbjr u/ma =Dul+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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East African Internet Infrastructure Forum
by DigitalTVAfrica 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

East African Internet Infrastructure Forum http://www.internetsociety.org/eaiif-2015/ Location: Kampala, Uganda Date: 24 June, 2015 The East African Internet Infrastructure Forum will be held on 24 June 2015 in Kampala, Uganda. The forum will discuss access and local content as well as policy and investment issues that are critical factors in building the Internet infrastructure in Africa and making available locally relevant content to fill this capacity. Each relies on the other for its success, and as such the two need to be developed simultaneously. Access to local content drives Internet connectivity, while availability and competitive pricing further stimulates demand – all of which leads to greater impact for Africa. As a high-level forum, the East African Internet Infrastructure meeting will have an afternoon session of experts round table discussion, which will seek to start the dialogue to address the barriers to connectivity in the region while addressing issues such as deployment challenges, cross-border connectivity, financing, measurement and demand-side issues. This Forum is expected to repeat in other regions of Africa. Based on the results, the Internet Society will identify best practice for Internet development, and highlight case studies to help speed-up the deployment and usage of the Internet in Africa. *Who Should Attend?* The forum is targeting ICT Ministers and high-level officials within the Eastern Africa region, experts, telecommunication policy-makers, infrastructure providers and content providers. The forum is planned as a non-profit event and international sponsorship and support are sought to convene the event. -- Digital Television policy, regulation and technology in Africa on issues relating to Consumers, Content and Coverage. Based on engagements as EACO Assembly Chairmanship <http://www.cio.co.ke/news/main-stories/east-africa-broadcasters-raise-conce…> , National Signals Networks <http://ppoa.go.ke/downloads/ARB%2520Decisions/2011%2520Decisions/DEC%2520CA…> tender bid and ADN BSD <http://cio.co.ke/blog/digitalmigration-in-kenya-needs-more-boardroom-and-le…> technical planning.

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Re: [kictanet] Limiting 'Unlimited' Data Packages
by memakunat＠yahoo.com 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

These is a copy and paste but interesting US telecoms company AT&T faces a $100m (£63m) fine for slowing down the internet speeds of millions of customers on unlimited data plans without informing them. It is the largest fine ever levied by the Federal Communications Commission. AT&T is accused of misleading customers, although it denies any wrongdoing. Meanwhile, wireless operator Sprint announced that it would end its practice of throttling traffic. AT&T is accused of offering a significantly slower service to customers on unlimited data packages after they had used a certain amount of data each month. Misleading marketing According to the FCC, this affected customers' ability to do things such as stream video or use Global Positioning System (GPS) mapping services. "Consumers deserve to get what they pay for," FCC chairman Tom Wheeler said. "Broadband providers must be upfront and transparent about the services they provide. The FCC will not stand idly by while consumers are deceived by misleading marketing materials and insufficient disclosure." AT&T began offering unlimited data plans in 2007, allowing customers to use unrestricted amounts of data. Although the company no longer offers such plans to new customers, it allows existing customer to renew their contracts for data plans that continue to be labelled as unlimited. New stricter rules around net neutrality came into force this week, although AT&T was found to be in breach of earlier rules adopted in the 2010 Open Internet Order. The order's transparency rule requires fixed and mobile broadband providers to publicly disclose sufficient and accurate information about their network management practices. New rules AT&T said that major carriers had been slowing speeds for years as a way to manage network resources. "The FCC has specifically identified this practice as a legitimate and reasonable way to manage network resources for the benefit of all customers, and has known for years that all of the major carriers use it," AT&T said in a statement. "We have been fully transparent with our customers, providing notice in multiple ways," the wireless carrier added, pointing to a notice posted on its website. The new rules around net neutrality - which prevent broadband providers and mobile operators from slowing down or blocking specific net traffic - came into force this week. They also seem to be having an immediate effect. Sprint, the US's third largest wireless carrier, announced that it had ended its practice of dropping data speeds for heavy net users at times when its network was very busy. It said that it did not believe that it was contravening the new rules but ended the practice to be sure. "Sprint doesn't expect users to notice any significant difference in their services now that we no longer engage in the process," a Sprint spokesman said. -original message- Subject: [kictanet] Limiting 'Unlimited' Data Packages From: Mose Karanja via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: 18/06/2015 06.17 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 AT&T were yesterday hit with a $100M fine for slowing down Internet speeds of customers who signed up for unlimited data plans. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/06/17/att-just-got-h… I have experienced moments when my own connection in Nairobi gets pretty slow with speeds as low as 50Kbps for over an hour day in day out. Seeing that you guys are in this field, are there tools we can use to objectively measure the connection speeds we get from our ISPs which we can then use to demand for services paid for? 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END OF AN ERROR- HIGH COURT DISBANDS ILLEGAL COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY BOARD
by Kamotho Njenga 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

>From the Corridors of Justice: The High court has today disbanded the Communications Authority of Kenya Board earlier gazetted by the Cabinet Secretary for Information Communication and Technology, Dr Fred Matiangi. In view of the voluminous nature of the judgement, I have only extracted the first two and last two pages of the 47 page judgement delivered this afternoon by the Hon Justice George Odunga. I will circulate the full judgement once I am supplied with the soft version. Kamotho

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Re: [kictanet] Analog TV Switch-Off deadline {Today, 17th June 2015}
by meshack emakunat 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

I have heard of the 'made in Kenya' before especially when the digital migration journey began. I will just quote a colleague 'instead of thinking out of the box we can just reinvent the box' - Ali . Btw hw did South Korea and Singapore surpase Kenya in growth and development that they are the world's top echelons. ------------------------------ On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 7:12 PM PDT DigitalTVAfrica via kictanet wrote: >The day is finally here with us - the Analog TV Switch-Off deadline by the >ITU. Kenya shares the podium with the very few other African countries that >made it to the finish line. The three - Rwanda, Tanzania and Kenya - have >adopted Digital TV and switched off analogue TV signals. A lot remains to >be done; but that is the scorecard for now. > >- How can we increase access to digital TV content in homes that had no TVs >in the analogue age? > >- With the Budget2015 incentives for 'Made in Kenya' manufactured products, >why not assemble the Digital TV decoders/STB locally? > > > >-- >Digital Television policy, regulation and technology in Africa on issues >relating to Consumers, Content and Coverage. Based on engagements as EACO >Assembly Chairmanship ><http://www.cio.co.ke/news/main-stories/east-africa-broadcasters-raise-conce…> >, National Signals Networks ><http://ppoa.go.ke/downloads/ARB%2520Decisions/2011%2520Decisions/DEC%2520CA…> >tender >bid and ADN BSD ><http://cio.co.ke/blog/digitalmigration-in-kenya-needs-more-boardroom-and-le…> >technical >planning.

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Re: [kictanet] Understanding the nuances of mobile value added services
by Mbugua Njihia 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

*Previous link threw a 404* Mobile technology has come a long way since the wide-eyed days when access to it was a preserve of the wealthy. In the present day with official stats putting the Kenyan market at 33.3 million mobile subscribers, every single business entity has a large percentage of its consumers active daily on mobile making the channel most attractive for marketing, demand generation and general communication ~ http://www.mbuguanjihia.com/business/understanding-the-nuances-of-mobile-va…

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Understanding the nuances of mobile value added services
by Mbugua Njihia 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

Mobile technology has come a long way since the wide-eyed days when access to it was a preserve of the wealthy. In the present day with official stats putting the Kenyan market at 33.3 million mobile subscribers, every single business entity has a large percentage of its consumers active daily on mobile making the channel most attractive for marketing, demand generation and general communication ~ http://www.mbuguanjihia.com/business/understanding-the-nuances-of-mobile-va…

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