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KDN PIPS EASSY TO THE POST $115M DEAL WITH FLAG - COST OF
by Alice Wanjira 26 Jun '06

26 Jun '06

>From Balancing act TOP STORY: KDN PIPS EASSY TO THE POST $115M DEAL WITH FLAG - COST OF BANDWIDTH COST? AROUND $150 PER MBPS PER MONTH _____________________________________________________________________ The EASSy saga, which has had more twists and turns than a mountain road, took what may be a final turn. Kenya Data Networks announced that it has secured a separate deal with Flag Telecom to build a spur from off the cost of Yemen to Mombasa. The deal is believed to be worth US$115 million and the pipe will be built before EASSy was planning to come on stream. And the cost of the bandwidth? An eye-wateringly low figure of around US$150 per mbps per month for Mombasa to London. Russell Southwood spoke to KDN's CEO Kai Wulff this week about how it will work. Flag is in the process of completing the Falcon system that runs through the Gulf and it will be up-and-running in early 2007. The spur to Mombasa will be completed at the latest by September 2007. In the deal with Flag, KDN is believed to be putting up a capacity guarantee and will in turn sell capacity to others in the region. The cost of this capacity will be at cost plus operating, maintenance and interest charges. Therefore this effective cost price will be around $150 per mbps per month, a figure that is considerably lower than any of those mentioned verbally by members of the EASSy consortium. Flag will manage the system and be responsible for maintenance. KDN's Kai Wulff has a very clear attitude to capacity sales:"We will take the capacity. We will be the guarantor. We will sell to all serious players at the cost price. We want everyone to be able to offer value-added services and infrastructure in the (national) market. We will not mark up capacity and we don't see why others should do so. We will have a huge chunk of capacity and will keep competition open by capping bandwidth at cost. When it comes to the next upgrade of the pipe, everyone can negotiate their own deal." "I don't want to dominate the market. If the international bandwidth is cheap, I will be so busy with other business that selling capacity will look like a joke. I'll leave that to the ISPs." He hopes that by 2008 that it will be possible to offer a 4 mb DSL line to users at between US$20-22, coming well below the current cheapest continental price being offered by Maroc Telecom. "We already outsource as many of KDN's function's as possible. We do it with satellite. We will do the same with fibre. There are not many serious private fibre operators and this is why we have ended up making the deal with Flag." And what of the EASSy consortium? "We will continue to be active in the EASSy consortium but we need to rethink the purpose of EASSy". He points out that having built this first link that the balance of the cost of the submarine link will halved:"We need to reach the other countries. They could follow us and speak to Flag and use the same model as we are.

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Fwd: A SKILLED IT PROGRAMMER LOOKING FOR ATTACHMNET/WORK
by charles nduati 24 Jun '06

24 Jun '06

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by Bill Kagai 23 Jun '06

23 Jun '06

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MONTHLY PLANNING MEETING
by Evelyne Majale 23 Jun '06

23 Jun '06

Good afternoon On behalf of the chair, Mr. Charles Nduati, I am inviting you to the Kictanet monthly planning meeting to be held at The Jacaranda Hotel on Thursday, 22nd June 2006 at 3.45 p.m. Mr. Kanja Waruru Chairman of the Media Owner's Association will give a feedback on the MOA workshop held at The Norfolk Hotel on 22nd May 2006, while Dr. Ben Sihanya will give a feedback on Kictanet registration. Mr. Marcel will table the issue on Planning for Open Policy Forum. MM could you please handle feedback of ICT bill 2006? If not, please assign one of the facilitators to do it on your behalf. Attached, please find the agenda. Evelyne

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Valentyne
by Emutua 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

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Fw: Invitation to BusinessXchange Forum - Thursday 22 June 2006.
by alice＠apc.org 19 Jun '06

19 Jun '06

FYI ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Kimacia" <peter(a)c4IDEA.com> To: "Alice Munyua" <alice(a)apc.org> Cc: <events(a)c4IDEA.com> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 3:34 PM Subject: Invitation to BusinessXchange Forum - Thursday 22 June 2006. Dear Alice, This month, KPMG East Africa will make a presentation titled 'Regional Budget Analysis and its impact on the ICT industry in Kenya'. This will be followed by a plenary session to discuss the way forward for the ICT industry in Kenya. Our special guest for this forum will be Dr. Bitange Ndemo, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communications. Date: Thursday 22nd June 2006. Topic: Regional Budget Analysis - Impact on the ICT Industry. Presenter: Mr. Richard Ndungu, CEO, KPMG East Africa. Time: 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm. Venue: Grand Regency Hotel. Cost: KShs. 1,000/- per person. c4IDEA.com is a resource network that helps individuals and organizations exchange innovative and proactive ideas to develop world-class Kenyan leaders in different professions and disciplines. Please email or contact us to make a reservation for this special businessXchange forum. Call Joan at the contacts listed below. Thanks, Peter. -------------------------------------------- The Office Park, Riverside Drive. Tel: 254-020-444-9277 254-020-444-7655 Fax: 254-020-444-9210 PO Box 12 - 00606, Sarit Centre, Nairobi, Kenya.

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Take a Stand on Internet Governance! - http://internetgovernance.org/comment.asp
by Wainaina Mungai 16 Jun '06

16 Jun '06

> Hello > I am forwarding the message below, about ICANN and its evaluation. You can > make comments individually or collectively as you wish. > Best > divina > > Take a Stand on Internet Governance! > ==================================== > > In advance of renewing the current agreement between the U.S. > Department of Commerce and ICANN, the U.S. government's National > Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has asked for > public comments about its supervision of the Internet Corporation for > Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). > > This is an important opportunity for public participation in the reform > of ICANN and Internet governance. We urge everyone to let your opinion > of how ICANN is working and how it can be improved be known. Comments > are due by July 7. > > The Internet Governance Project is focusing public attention on the > Bush administration's controversial and divisive assertion of unilateral > control over the DNS root. IGP is urging Internet users everywhere to > respond to the NTIA request for comments with the following statement: > > > <statement> > > The Internet's value is created by the participation and cooperation of > people all over the world. The Internet is global, not national. > Therefore no single Government should have a pre-eminent role in > Internet governance. > > As the US reviews its contract with ICANN, it should work cooperatively > with all stakeholders to complete the transition to a Domain Name System > independent of US governmental control. > > </statement> > > You can transmit this statement directly to the NTIA and key > Congressional committee chairs. Just visit > http://internetgovernance.org/comment.asp > > Join this global campaign today! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Edu mailing list > Edu(a)wsis-cs.org > http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/edu > >

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Fw: Removal of VAT on ICT
by alice＠apc.org 15 Jun '06

15 Jun '06

----- Original Message ----- From: "waudo siganga" <emailsignet(a)mailcan.com> To: "KIPlist" <kiplist-cl(a)lyris.idrc.ca> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 4:24 PM Subject: Removal of VAT on ICT > Dear Colleagues, > > The Minister Kimunya has announced the removal of VAT on ICT products. > This will herald cheaper ICT but then, the ICT vendors also have to > undergo difficult times - how to recover the VAT they pay on the non-ICT > inputs necessary to run their businesses. > > > Kind Regards > Waudo Siganga > Computer Society of kenya > -- > waudo siganga > emailsignet(a)mailcan.com > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Faster than the air-speed velocity of an > unladen european swallow > > > --- > Submitted by: Waudo Siganga - (Int. address) <emailsignet(a)mailcan.com> > 2006-06-15 09:35:34 EDT4 > (Please reply to original submitter for private communication) > --- > You are currently subscribed to kiplist-cl as: [alice(a)apc.org] > To unsubscribe, forward this message to > leave-kiplist-cl-100946B(a)lyris.idrc.ca

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WIRE THE SLUMS!
by sidarec 14 Jun '06

14 Jun '06

Dear all, Welcome to the CONNECTED world of SIDAREC. Now Youth from Majengo slums can access wireless internet connectivity! You can also see visit our freeflux Library site.... SIDAREC is pioneering in the use of KOHA a free library cataloguing software. Kindly see our library website as designed by the youth http://sidarecyouth.freeflux.net and also get in touch with us for more about our program ...."the poor can eat computers!" warmest! Lucy Mathai Executive Director Slums Information Dev. & Resource Centres (SIDAREC) P.O.BOX 9687 00300 Ronald Ngala Post Office, Tel.254-20-246961/247356/6767649 Email: sidarec(a)kenyaweb.com Web site: www.sidarec.or.ke Nairobi-Kenya.

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IC bill analysis workshop programme
by alice＠apc.org 13 Jun '06

13 Jun '06

Dear All attached and below, the IC bill analysis workshop programme Day | Friday 16 June 2006, Jacaranda Hotel, Nairobi Objectives of the Workshop: The objective is for the stakeholders who will include telecom, ISPs, IT, CSO, academic, and social etc to understand the context of the bill and make informed determinations sessions 08:00-09:00 Registration 09:00-10:30 Opening Telecom and related issues a.. Mr Muriuki Mureithi: Summit Strategies- Facilitator 10:30-11:00 Tea Break 10:30-13:30 Internet and IT issues · Mr. John Walubengo: KICTANET- Facilitator 13.30: -14:30 LUNCH BREAK 14:30- 16.00 Academic and other applications session · Victor Kyalo: KICTANET - Facilitator 16:00-16:30 Tea Break 16:00-17.30 Social dimensions in ICTs · Dorcas Muthoni: KICTANET - Facilitator 16:00-16:30 Closure: Vote of thanks

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