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Safaricom faces M-Pesa break up in market dominance war
by Grace Githaiga 23 Feb '17

23 Feb '17

As the draft Dominance report undergoes internal review at CA, Jaindi Kisero continues to provide some snapshots. "Telecoms operator Safaricom could be forced to hive off its popular mobile money service M-Pesa if sector regulator, the CA, moves to implement recommendations of a market dominance report. Separating the highly profitable mobile money service from Safaricom’s core telecoms business – commonly referred to as functional separation - is the gist of a raft of recommendations that international consultants - Analysys Mason - have made in a yet-to be published reportseen by the Business Daily." More details: http://www.nation.co.ke/business/Safaricom-faces-M-Pesa-break-up-in-market-… Best regards Githaiga, Grace Co-Convenor Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) Twitter:@ggithaiga Tel: 254722701495 Skype: gracegithaiga Alternate email: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga www.kictanet.or.ke "Change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged and come together to demand it. I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change – but in yours"---Barrack Obama.

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Consumer protection a means of cutting Safaricom’s dominance
by Grace Githaiga 23 Feb '17

23 Feb '17

Jaindi Kisero gives us a glimpse of the competition study in the telecommunication sub-sector undertaken by Ms Analysys Mason on behalf of CA. See full article: "I recently came across a report by the consulting group Analysys Mason entitled "A telecommunication competition market study in Kenya". Readers will recall that these consultants were retained by the market regulator – the Communications Authority of Kenya – to conduct a study whose results were to inform the crafting of a new framework for regulating abuse of market dominance by the big players. As expected, one of the key findings of this study is that Safaricom’s market share in both the mobile communications and mobile money segments far exceed the thresholds where firms are typically presumed to be dominant." http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/consumer-protection-a-means-of-cutting… Best regards Githaiga, Grace Co-Convenor Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) Twitter:@ggithaiga Tel: 254722701495 Skype: gracegithaiga Alternate email: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga www.kictanet.or.ke "Change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged and come together to demand it. I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change – but in yours"---Barrack Obama.

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Fwd:[AFRI-Discuss] ICANN 2017 NomCom Public Meeting Invitation
by Barrack Otieno 23 Feb '17

23 Feb '17

Listers, For your Information and attention. Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Dave Kissoondoyal" <dave(a)isoc-mu.org> Date: Feb 23, 2017 4:49 AM Subject: [AFRI-Discuss] ICANN 2017 NomCom Public Meeting Invitation To: "Afri-Discuss" <afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, "AfrICANN Community List" <africann(a)afrinic.net>, "Afrinic-discuss" < afrinic-discuss(a)afrinic.net> Dear All, The 2017 Nominating Committee again welcomes all ICANN58 participants interested in learning about the NomCom’s work process, the available key leadership positions and how to apply and experience an open NomCom meeting. When: Sunday, 12 March 2017 Time: 15:15 – 16:45 CET Where: Bella Center Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark Room: Hall C1.4 Additional information about the 2017 NomCom is available at: https://www.icann.org/nomcom2017 Best regards Dave Kissoondoyal _______________________________________________ AFRI-Discuss mailing list AFRI-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/afri-discuss Homepage for the region: http://www.afralo.org Posting guidelines to ensure machine translations of emails sent to this list are more accurate: http://www.funredes.org/mistica/english/emec/method_ emec/presentation.html#anexo1

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Fwd: [Internet Policy] FYI - Joint statement by 50 orgs on proposal to require social media passwords at US border
by Barrack Otieno 22 Feb '17

22 Feb '17

Listers, For your information and attention. Circulate widely ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dan York <york(a)isoc.org> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 14:50:11 +0000 Subject: [Internet Policy] FYI - Joint statement by 50 orgs on proposal to require social media passwords at US border To: Internet Policy External <internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> FYI, today the Internet Society joined with 50 other organizations to issue a joint statement expressing concerns about a proposal to require disclosure of social media account passwords as a condition of entry to the U.S.: https://cdt.org/insight/no-to-dhs-social-media-password-requirement/ We published our own companion statement as a post from our President and CEO Kathy Brown: https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2017/02/internet-society… That has been shared on our @InternetSociety social media channels at: https://twitter.com/internetsociety/status/834044479501959169 https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/photos/a.10150120109253239.254763.… https://plus.google.com/+InternetSociety/posts/92XyJvx4yzk Additionally, we also published a supporting post explaining more about why social media accounts are of such a great concern: https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/tech-matters/2017/02/danger-giving-soc… We will be circulating that on our social channels as well. Any assistance with amplifying these messages on social channels would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Dan -- Dan York Senior Manager, Content & Web Strategy, Internet Society york(a)isoc.org<mailto:york@isoc.org> +1-802-735-1624 Jabber: york(a)jabber.isoc.org<mailto:york@jabber.isoc.org> Skype: danyork http://twitter.com/danyork http://www.internetsociety.org/ -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Safaricom - Okoa Jahazi
by S.M. Muraya 22 Feb '17

22 Feb '17

Why/When does Safaricom charge Okoa Jahazi when buying data for another phone line?

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Will the Communications Authority of Kenya spy on Kenyans?
by Grace Githaiga 22 Feb '17

22 Feb '17

Will the Communications Authority of Kenya spy on Kenyans? This seems to be the question of the week.With mainstream media recentlysplashing headlines to that effect, this conversation is likely to capture the imagination and concerns of Kenyans right through the election period. A court has put atemporary stayon the move by the Communications Authority (CA) while it hears and determines the matter, but it could be implemented if the courts so decide. Read Walu's opinion here: http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/2274560-3822078-769l95/in… Best regards Githaiga, Grace Co-Convenor Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) Twitter:@ggithaiga Tel: 254722701495 Skype: gracegithaiga Alternate email: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga www.kictanet.or.ke "Change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged and come together to demand it. I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change – but in yours"---Barrack Obama.

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The Information Communication Technology Practitioners Bill, 2016 - Taking effect???
by Odhiambo Washington 21 Feb '17

21 Feb '17

Hello Listers, Sorry to interfere with the debate on CA spying on us. There is a short break as Okiya Omtatah fights for and maintains our freedoms... Please read the attachment and let me know what you think... It looks like the ICTA/MoICT are implementing something ... -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft."

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Re: [kictanet] [isoc_ke] The $24 Billion Data Business That Telcos Don't Want to Talk About (Today's worth?)
by Ali Hussein 20 Feb '17

20 Feb '17

Alex I think you missed my point. Which basically was this:- In a commercial arrangement one has a choice. In a 'National Security' scenario you simply don't. You go to court. Like Omtata did. In my humble opinion we are in a classic scenario of a Glass Half Full. For those of us who lived in the Pre-Multi Party era these sort of discussions would have landed ALL of us in Nyayo House. The fact that we have these freedoms makes us more determined to protect them. Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle Sent from my iPad > On 20 Feb 2017, at 6:23 PM, Alex Gakuru <gakuru(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Ali, > > For the avoidance of doubt, I am neither apportioning new and or additional responsibilities to any person. > Merely, challenging Safaricom media posture, legitimacy and sincerity as defender of consumers privacy. > When clearly evidence proves, if anything, they are protecting own 'exclusive' corporate right to our data? > Privacy (or erosion thereof) is far greater than currently being narrowly packaged, presented and 'sold' > > Gakuru > > > > >> On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 5:54 PM, Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote: >> Alex >> >> This is great. Thanks for sharing. So, to some extent this is what Terms and Conditions are all about. Much as it's definitely not a perfect scenario these is an 'assumed' acceptance. Which can be challenged in court. There is also a certain 'transparency' and a sort of 'Buyer Beware' notice. >> >> This could be something that the consumer protection agencies can take up? >> >> Ali Hussein >> Principal >> Hussein & Associates >> +254 0713 601113 >> >> Twitter: @AliHKassim >> Skype: abu-jomo >> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >> >> "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On 20 Feb 2017, at 3:48 PM, Alex Gakuru via isoc <isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke> wrote: >>> >>> Conditions of Use for the Safaricom Prepaid Services >>> g. You accept that we may disclose and/or receive and/or record any details of your use of the Services including but not limited to your calls, emails, SMS’s, data, your personal information or documents obtained from you for the purposes below: >>> …. >>> (ii) For reasonable commercial purposes connected to your use of the mobile service, such as marketing and research related activities; >>> >>> https://www.safaricom.co.ke/images/Downloads/Terms_and_Conditions/condition… >>> >>> ---- >>> We must feel very safe for our consumers privacy caring Safaricom uses any details of your use of the Services including but not limited to your calls, emails, SMS’s, data, your personal information or documents obtained from you .... >>> >>> for their "commercial purposes" -- whatever broadly defined those purposes are ok! >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 3:29 PM, Alex Gakuru <gakuru(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> The $24 Billion Data Business That Telcos Don't Want to Talk About >>>> >>>> Mobile Carriers Are Working With Partners to Manage, Package and Sell Data >>>> >>>> By Kate Kaye. Published on October 26, 2015 >>>> U.K. grocer Morrisons, ad-buying behemoth GroupM and other marketers and agencies are testing never-before-available data from cellphone carriers that connects device location and other information with telcos' real-world files on subscribers. Some services offer real-time heat maps showing the neighborhoods where store visitors go home at night, lists the sites they visited on mobile browsers recently and more. >>>> >>>> Under the radar, Verizon, Sprint, Telefonica and other carriers have partnered with firms including SAP, IBM, HP and AirSage to manage, package and sell various levels of data to marketers and other clients. It's all part of a push by the world's largest phone operators to counteract diminishing subscriber growth through new business ventures that tap into the data that showers from consumers' mobile web surfing, text messaging and phone calls. >>>> >>>> SAP's Consumer Insight 365 ingests regularly updated data representing as many as 300 cellphone events per day for each of the 20 million to 25 million mobile subscribers. SAP won't disclose the carriers providing this data. It "tells you where your consumers are coming from, because obviously the mobile operator knows their home location," said Lori Mitchell-Keller, head of SAP's global retail industry business unit. >>>> >>>> There is a lot of marketer interest in that information because it is tied to actual individuals. For the same reason, however, there is potential for resistance from privacy advocates. >>>> >>>> WPP units such as Kantar Media and GroupM's Mindshare have "kicked the tires" for three years on Consumer Insight 365, testing and helping develop applications for the service, said Nick Nyhan, CEO of WPP's Data Alliance. The extensive time spent so far partly reflects "high sensitivity to not doing something that would be too close for comfort from a consumer point of view," Mr. Nyhan said. >>>> >>>> The service also combines data from telcos with other information, telling businesses whether shoppers are checking out competitor prices on their phones or just emailing friends. It can tell them the age ranges and genders of people who visited a store location between 10 a.m. and noon, and link location and demographic data with shoppers' web browsing history. Retailers might use the information to arrange store displays to appeal to certain customer segments at different times of the day, or to help determine where to open new locations. >>>> >>>> "It used to be that this data was a lot harder to come by," said Ross Shanken, CEO of LeadID, a lead generation analytics firm. In a previous position at data firm TargusInfo 2008 and 2010 he nonetheless partnered with "a very large telco" to validate names, addresses and phone numbers for data appending. >>>> >>>> Too risky for the E.U.? >>>> To protect privacy, SAP receives non-personally-identifiable, anonymized information from telcos, and only provides aggregated information to its clients to prevent reidentification of individuals. Still, sharing and using data this way is controversial. Nearly all the players exploring the burgeoning Telecom Data as a Service field, or TDaaS for short, are reluctant to provide the details of their operations, much less freely name their clients. And despite privacy safeguards, SAP is focused on selling its 365 product in North America and the Asia-Pacific region because it cannot get the data it needs from telcos representing consumers in the E.U., where data protections are stricter than in the U.S. and elsewhere. >>>> >>>> But the rewards may outweigh the possible tangles with government regulators, consumer advocates and even squeamish board members. >>>> >>>> The global market for telco data as a service is potentially worth $24.1 billion this year, on its way to $79 billion in 2020, according to estimates by 451 Research based on a survey of likely customers. "Challenges and constraints" mean operators are scraping just 10% of the possible market right now, though that will rise to 30% by 2020, 451 Research said. >>>> >>>> "If I was a CEO of any telecom operator in the U.S., I would be saying to myself I can do the same," said Michael Provenzano, CEO and co-founder of Vistar Media, which teams up with mobile operators to provide anonymized and aggregated data for targeting digital out-of-home ads based on consumers' comings and goings. "That's going to be something these guys are talking about in the boardroom." >>>> >>>> Perhaps the most prominent recent moves in the burgeoning TDaaS realm are Verizon's $4.4 billion acquisition of AOL in May, followed by its purchase of mobile ad network Millennial Media for $238 million in September. Many saw the AOL buy as a means for Verizon to turn its data into a viable business, in part because AOL provides ad-tech infrastructure and marketer relationships that Verizon lacks. >>>> >>>> The level of authenticated information derived from Verizon and other mobile operators is seen as potentially more valuable than some other consumer data because it directly connects mobile phone interactions to individuals through actual billing information. "We're talking about linking a household and a billing relationship with a human being," said Seth Demsey, CTO of AOL Platforms. >>>> >>>> Verizon's Precision Market Insights division previously stumbled in its attempts to aggregate and package mobile data to help marketers target consumers and measure campaigns. Sprint's similar Pinsight Media division and AT&T's AdWorks—which segments and targets TV audiences—have not fared much better, according to observers. >>>> >>>> But lackluster results from going it alone have driven telcos toward companies that can facilitate cashing in on data. Along with SAP on the marketer-facing side, others including HP and IBM have stepped in to help phone carriers on the back-end data management and analysis side. >>>> >>>> When Spanish operator Telefonica embarked on its Dynamic Insights offering, it partnered with consumer insights firm GfK to help package the telco's mobile data for clients including U.K. food purveyor Morrisons. The grocery chain used the service to garner anonymized data connecting consumer demographic data to location visits. >>>> >>>> Some of these data relationships have long histories. SAP America owns Sybase, a subsidiary it bought in 2010 that serves as a technology hub for multiple mobile carriers and counts Verizon as a partner. The Sybase business has provided "deep relationships with mobile operators around the globe," said Rohit Tripathi, global VP and general manager of SAP Mobile Services, in an email. >>>> >>>> AirSage, another firm that has tight integrations with mobile operators, supplies data to municipal planners, retail store developers and city tourism boards. The company integrated its technology with telecom companies in the 1990s to enable 911 call support services. More recently it has signed data deals with Verizon Wireless and Sprint. "Our solution is actually plugged into the network behind the firewall of the carrier," said Ryan Kinskey, director of business development and sales at AirSage. Device IDs tracked by AirSage are anonymized, he added. >>>> >>>> Verizon and Sprint declined to comment for this story. AT&T and T-Mobile said they don't share consumer or location data with SAP, Sybase, AirSage or Vistar. >>>> >>>> Why the secrecy? >>>> Insiders say phone carriers exploring data-sharing businesses are tight-lipped because they don't want to reveal too many details to competitors, but fear of consumer complaints is always lurking in the background. >>>> >>>> "The practices that carriers have gotten into, the sheer volume of data and the promiscuity with which they're revealing their customers' data creates enormous risk for their businesses," said Peter Eckersley, chief computer scientist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a privacy watchdog. Mr. Eckersley and others suggest that anonymization techniques are faulty in many cases because even information associated with a hashed or encrypted identification code can be linked back to a home address and potentially reidentified by hackers. >>>> >>>> Unlike other types of location tracking, such as beacon technologies that work only with mobile apps that people have agreed to let track them, many services employing telco data require no explicit opt-ins by consumers. Companies like SAP instead rely on carriers' terms and conditions with their subscribers, calling acceptance of the terms equivalent to opting in. Verizon's privacy policy, for example, says that information collected on its customers may "be aggregated or anonymized for business and marketing uses by us or by third parties." >>>> >>>> Ultimately, for mobile operators, these relationships could reap substantial income from the data generated by subscribers who already account for their primary revenue streams. The telcos do not break out revenue derived from their data-related sales in their quarterly earnings reports, so just how much money they're making from these deals is not known. >>>> >>>> SAP will "effectively share the revenue back with the operator, so they get to make money from data that they're basically not utilizing or under-utilizing today," former SAP Mobile President John Sims said at an industry conference in Las Vegas in 2013 as the company introduced Consumer Insight 365. >>>> >>>> "The mobile operators don't want to reveal this," said Mr. Tripathi, the SAP Mobile Services executive. No matter how much telcos and their partners stress that the data is anonymized and aggregated, he said, "they are fearful people will take this and twist it into something that it isn't." >>>> >>>> http://adage.com/article/datadriven-marketing/24-billion-data-business-telc… >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> isoc mailing list >>> isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke >>> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc >

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Re: [kictanet] [isoc_ke] The $24 Billion Data Business That Telcos Don't Want to Talk About (Today's worth?)
by Ali Hussein 20 Feb '17

20 Feb '17

Alex This is great. Thanks for sharing. So, to some extent this is what Terms and Conditions are all about. Much as it's definitely not a perfect scenario these is an 'assumed' acceptance. Which can be challenged in court. There is also a certain 'transparency' and a sort of 'Buyer Beware' notice. This could be something that the consumer protection agencies can take up? Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle Sent from my iPad > On 20 Feb 2017, at 3:48 PM, Alex Gakuru via isoc <isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke> wrote: > > Conditions of Use for the Safaricom Prepaid Services > g. You accept that we may disclose and/or receive and/or record any details of your use of the Services including but not limited to your calls, emails, SMS’s, data, your personal information or documents obtained from you for the purposes below: > …. > (ii) For reasonable commercial purposes connected to your use of the mobile service, such as marketing and research related activities; > > https://www.safaricom.co.ke/images/Downloads/Terms_and_Conditions/condition… > > ---- > We must feel very safe for our consumers privacy caring Safaricom uses any details of your use of the Services including but not limited to your calls, emails, SMS’s, data, your personal information or documents obtained from you .... > > for their "commercial purposes" -- whatever broadly defined those purposes are ok! > > > >> On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 3:29 PM, Alex Gakuru <gakuru(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> The $24 Billion Data Business That Telcos Don't Want to Talk About >> >> Mobile Carriers Are Working With Partners to Manage, Package and Sell Data >> >> By Kate Kaye. Published on October 26, 2015 >> U.K. grocer Morrisons, ad-buying behemoth GroupM and other marketers and agencies are testing never-before-available data from cellphone carriers that connects device location and other information with telcos' real-world files on subscribers. Some services offer real-time heat maps showing the neighborhoods where store visitors go home at night, lists the sites they visited on mobile browsers recently and more. >> >> Under the radar, Verizon, Sprint, Telefonica and other carriers have partnered with firms including SAP, IBM, HP and AirSage to manage, package and sell various levels of data to marketers and other clients. It's all part of a push by the world's largest phone operators to counteract diminishing subscriber growth through new business ventures that tap into the data that showers from consumers' mobile web surfing, text messaging and phone calls. >> >> SAP's Consumer Insight 365 ingests regularly updated data representing as many as 300 cellphone events per day for each of the 20 million to 25 million mobile subscribers. SAP won't disclose the carriers providing this data. It "tells you where your consumers are coming from, because obviously the mobile operator knows their home location," said Lori Mitchell-Keller, head of SAP's global retail industry business unit. >> >> There is a lot of marketer interest in that information because it is tied to actual individuals. For the same reason, however, there is potential for resistance from privacy advocates. >> >> WPP units such as Kantar Media and GroupM's Mindshare have "kicked the tires" for three years on Consumer Insight 365, testing and helping develop applications for the service, said Nick Nyhan, CEO of WPP's Data Alliance. The extensive time spent so far partly reflects "high sensitivity to not doing something that would be too close for comfort from a consumer point of view," Mr. Nyhan said. >> >> The service also combines data from telcos with other information, telling businesses whether shoppers are checking out competitor prices on their phones or just emailing friends. It can tell them the age ranges and genders of people who visited a store location between 10 a.m. and noon, and link location and demographic data with shoppers' web browsing history. Retailers might use the information to arrange store displays to appeal to certain customer segments at different times of the day, or to help determine where to open new locations. >> >> "It used to be that this data was a lot harder to come by," said Ross Shanken, CEO of LeadID, a lead generation analytics firm. In a previous position at data firm TargusInfo 2008 and 2010 he nonetheless partnered with "a very large telco" to validate names, addresses and phone numbers for data appending. >> >> Too risky for the E.U.? >> To protect privacy, SAP receives non-personally-identifiable, anonymized information from telcos, and only provides aggregated information to its clients to prevent reidentification of individuals. Still, sharing and using data this way is controversial. Nearly all the players exploring the burgeoning Telecom Data as a Service field, or TDaaS for short, are reluctant to provide the details of their operations, much less freely name their clients. And despite privacy safeguards, SAP is focused on selling its 365 product in North America and the Asia-Pacific region because it cannot get the data it needs from telcos representing consumers in the E.U., where data protections are stricter than in the U.S. and elsewhere. >> >> But the rewards may outweigh the possible tangles with government regulators, consumer advocates and even squeamish board members. >> >> The global market for telco data as a service is potentially worth $24.1 billion this year, on its way to $79 billion in 2020, according to estimates by 451 Research based on a survey of likely customers. "Challenges and constraints" mean operators are scraping just 10% of the possible market right now, though that will rise to 30% by 2020, 451 Research said. >> >> "If I was a CEO of any telecom operator in the U.S., I would be saying to myself I can do the same," said Michael Provenzano, CEO and co-founder of Vistar Media, which teams up with mobile operators to provide anonymized and aggregated data for targeting digital out-of-home ads based on consumers' comings and goings. "That's going to be something these guys are talking about in the boardroom." >> >> Perhaps the most prominent recent moves in the burgeoning TDaaS realm are Verizon's $4.4 billion acquisition of AOL in May, followed by its purchase of mobile ad network Millennial Media for $238 million in September. Many saw the AOL buy as a means for Verizon to turn its data into a viable business, in part because AOL provides ad-tech infrastructure and marketer relationships that Verizon lacks. >> >> The level of authenticated information derived from Verizon and other mobile operators is seen as potentially more valuable than some other consumer data because it directly connects mobile phone interactions to individuals through actual billing information. "We're talking about linking a household and a billing relationship with a human being," said Seth Demsey, CTO of AOL Platforms. >> >> Verizon's Precision Market Insights division previously stumbled in its attempts to aggregate and package mobile data to help marketers target consumers and measure campaigns. Sprint's similar Pinsight Media division and AT&T's AdWorks—which segments and targets TV audiences—have not fared much better, according to observers. >> >> But lackluster results from going it alone have driven telcos toward companies that can facilitate cashing in on data. Along with SAP on the marketer-facing side, others including HP and IBM have stepped in to help phone carriers on the back-end data management and analysis side. >> >> When Spanish operator Telefonica embarked on its Dynamic Insights offering, it partnered with consumer insights firm GfK to help package the telco's mobile data for clients including U.K. food purveyor Morrisons. The grocery chain used the service to garner anonymized data connecting consumer demographic data to location visits. >> >> Some of these data relationships have long histories. SAP America owns Sybase, a subsidiary it bought in 2010 that serves as a technology hub for multiple mobile carriers and counts Verizon as a partner. The Sybase business has provided "deep relationships with mobile operators around the globe," said Rohit Tripathi, global VP and general manager of SAP Mobile Services, in an email. >> >> AirSage, another firm that has tight integrations with mobile operators, supplies data to municipal planners, retail store developers and city tourism boards. The company integrated its technology with telecom companies in the 1990s to enable 911 call support services. More recently it has signed data deals with Verizon Wireless and Sprint. "Our solution is actually plugged into the network behind the firewall of the carrier," said Ryan Kinskey, director of business development and sales at AirSage. Device IDs tracked by AirSage are anonymized, he added. >> >> Verizon and Sprint declined to comment for this story. AT&T and T-Mobile said they don't share consumer or location data with SAP, Sybase, AirSage or Vistar. >> >> Why the secrecy? >> Insiders say phone carriers exploring data-sharing businesses are tight-lipped because they don't want to reveal too many details to competitors, but fear of consumer complaints is always lurking in the background. >> >> "The practices that carriers have gotten into, the sheer volume of data and the promiscuity with which they're revealing their customers' data creates enormous risk for their businesses," said Peter Eckersley, chief computer scientist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a privacy watchdog. Mr. Eckersley and others suggest that anonymization techniques are faulty in many cases because even information associated with a hashed or encrypted identification code can be linked back to a home address and potentially reidentified by hackers. >> >> Unlike other types of location tracking, such as beacon technologies that work only with mobile apps that people have agreed to let track them, many services employing telco data require no explicit opt-ins by consumers. Companies like SAP instead rely on carriers' terms and conditions with their subscribers, calling acceptance of the terms equivalent to opting in. Verizon's privacy policy, for example, says that information collected on its customers may "be aggregated or anonymized for business and marketing uses by us or by third parties." >> >> Ultimately, for mobile operators, these relationships could reap substantial income from the data generated by subscribers who already account for their primary revenue streams. The telcos do not break out revenue derived from their data-related sales in their quarterly earnings reports, so just how much money they're making from these deals is not known. >> >> SAP will "effectively share the revenue back with the operator, so they get to make money from data that they're basically not utilizing or under-utilizing today," former SAP Mobile President John Sims said at an industry conference in Las Vegas in 2013 as the company introduced Consumer Insight 365. >> >> "The mobile operators don't want to reveal this," said Mr. Tripathi, the SAP Mobile Services executive. No matter how much telcos and their partners stress that the data is anonymized and aggregated, he said, "they are fearful people will take this and twist it into something that it isn't." >> >> http://adage.com/article/datadriven-marketing/24-billion-data-business-telc… >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > isoc mailing list > isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc

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Re: [kictanet] Govt to start phone tapping in war on counterfeit trade
by Nanjira Sambuli 20 Feb '17

20 Feb '17

Thanks for sharing, Kanini. This issue reeks of sinister intents. For instance, if CA switched off 1.5 million counterfeit devices in 2012 without this DMS, why is it needed now? Furthermore, The CA statement didn't ease the tension at hand, only raised more questions. http://www.nation.co.ke/news/plan-to-tap-phones-raises-eyebrows/1056-381882… This is an election year. From shopping for police armoury to even previous reports of CA investing in equipment to "monitor online spaces", we have every right to be anxious and demand clarity. Regards, Nanjira. Sent on the move. > On 18 Feb 2017, at 19:36, kanini mutemi <kaninimutemi(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > On that 'consumer awareness' and 'public participation' note. There's a Bill now before the Senate on Public Participation prescribing guidelines on how adequate public participation ought to be carried out. This being an election year it might not become law but could inform future legislative efforts on this area. Find attached. > > On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 6:51 PM, Nanjira Sambuli via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> Noting that Okiya Omtatah has filed a petition in court, and there should be a hearing on Monday. >> >> The consumer awareness couldn’t be rolled out fast enough. >> >> >>> On 17 Feb 2017, at 13:29, kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke wrote: >>> >>> Send kictanet mailing list submissions to >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>> >>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>> kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>> >>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>> kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>> >>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >>> than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." >>> Today's Topics: >>> >>> 1. Re: [isoc_ke] Govt to start phone tapping in war on >>> counterfeit trade - Daily Nation (Ali Hussein) >>> 2. Fwd:Deloitte Annual Graduate Recruitment 2017 (Gakiria) >>> >>> From: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> >>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] [isoc_ke] Govt to start phone tapping in war on counterfeit trade - Daily Nation >>> Date: 17 February 2017 at 13:01:03 EAT >>> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >>> Cc: "Alwala, Rachel" <Alwala(a)ca.go.ke>, CPA <CPA(a)ca.go.ke> >>> >>> >>> Rachel, Wambua >>> >>> Thank you for your prompt response. However, other than take your word for it it would also be prudent for the Telcos (Safaricom, Orange, Airtel) to also let us know their thoughts on this without fear of being victimized. >>> >>> Steve? Anyone from Orange here with authority to speak? How about Airtel? >>> >>> Ali Hussein >>> Principal >>> Hussein & Associates >>> +254 0713 601113 >>> >>> Twitter: @AliHKassim >>> Skype: abu-jomo >>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >>> >>> "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>>> On 17 Feb 2017, at 10:02 AM, Alwala, Rachel via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>> >>>> Dear listers, >>>> >>>> We are aware about the misleading reports in the media. The Authority will address the media shortly to clarify and explain how the system works. There is no infringement of privacy. As a matter of fact, no information leaves the MNOs. Instead the system queries the databases (whitelist, type approved devices etc) to determine the genuineness of a device before service is given. What part of that is infringement of privacy? >>>> >>>> We will share the statement with you to help all of you understand. No one needs to be instilled with fear that is generated by parties with vested interests. we want to eliminate illegal telecoms traffic through SIM boxing, counterfeit devices, substandard devices etc, for your good as the public. Not the other way as portrayed in the media. >>>> >>>> Rachel >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> >>>> On Feb 17, 2017, at 09:43, Grace B via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>> >>>>> But on what legal basis is the phone tapping being done? >>>>> The closest connection I can see to the issue of counterfeit devices is the Type Approval Regulations, 2010. >>>>> If this is the basis, how can subsidiary legislation be used to limit a right like privacy? >>>>> Could CA clarify on what basis this is happening??? >>>>> >>>>>> On 16 Feb 2017 8:02 p.m., "Ali Hussein via isoc" <isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke> wrote: >>>>>> Listers >>>>>> >>>>>> From Tuesday, the government wants to be allowed to listen to your calls, read your texts and review your mobile money transactions. >>>>>> >>>>>> The government, through the Communications Authority of Kenya, has ordered mobile phone companies to allow it to tap their computers. >>>>>> >>>>>> Read on:- >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Government-likely-to-start-phone-tapping/1056-… >>>>>> >>>>>> Ali Hussein >>>>>> Principal >>>>>> Hussein & Associates >>>>>> +254 0713 601113 >>>>>> >>>>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim >>>>>> Skype: abu-jomo >>>>>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >>>>>> >>>>>> "We are what we repeatedly do. 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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. > > > > -- > Mercy Mutemi > Mutemi Sumbi Advocates > > > <15—public participation-Bill formatted.pdf>

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