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Re: [kictanet] Fate of NOFBI - Investors attracted by Telkom Kenya’s Sh13bn real estate
by Barrack Otieno 01 Oct '15

01 Oct '15

or better still we could have it as a Parastatal /Authority with clear performance parameters. Best Regards On 10/1/15, Mwendwa Kivuva <lordmwesh(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Ali, Barrack, can't we just give this NOFBI to Safaricom, Zuku or Equitel > to manage? I'm certain one if these entities can do a great job in proper > utilisation of the resource. I'm sure Kenyans want better service, > affordable broadband without any care who is implementing. Last mile has > been a challenge and the government has only concentrated on district > headquarters. > > And the USF... We have made our case again and again on it's under > utilisation or even non implementation. Probably we need to sue the USF > board for shortchanging the under-served. Apart from two paragraphs they > include on the annual CA reports, the USF board stand accused of poor > public engagement. > > Regards. > > NB: Equitel is an MVNO but it's likely they can manage NOFBI better than > the moribund tax fleecing leech that is Telkom. > > On Sep 29, 2015 8:12 PM, "Barrack Otieno via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> Very valid question @ Kivuva. The role of NOFBI in facilitating last >> mile connectivity cannot be understated.Governors are right when they >> say e-procurement and e-government cannot work in areas without >> connectivity, this are misnomers that have to be dealt with urgently. >> It is good to note the gains we have made and awards received in ICT >> but remain alive to the fact that Nairobi is not Kenya and Kenya is >> not Nairobi, every part of this country deserves to be connected >> through the National Backbone and the same should be treated as >> Critical Infrastructure.Whats the point of developing the Critical >> Infrastructure Bill when we have little or not control over the same ? >> >> Regards >> >> On 9/29/15, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > wrote: >> > Mwendwa >> > >> > During the EAIGF I boldly declared (Brian Longwe’s words, not mine! :-) > ) >> > that the Universal Access Fund in all East African countries are at >> > best >> > Moribund. I’m yet to be proven wrong. >> > >> > This is a great opportunity to revive them.. The NOFBI project will >> > otherwise be a white elephant. More’s the pity.. >> > >> > Thanks & Regards >> > >> > Ali Hussein >> > ali(a)hussein.me.ke >> > >> > +254 713 601113 >> > Twitter: @AliHKassim >> > Skype: Abu-Jomo >> > LinkedIn: http//ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >> > Blog: www.alyhussein.com >> > >> >> On Sep 29, 2015, at 11:22 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet >> >> <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> >> >> As Telkom Kenya through Orange auction off public resources, can we > have >> >> NOFBI moved from the control of this dinosaur? A lot of taxpayers >> >> money >> >> has gone into roll-out of NOFBI in the recent past. NOFBI has also >> >> been >> >> identified as a driver for Vision 2030 in the ICT masterplan. >> >> >> >> > http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Investors-attracted-by-Te… >> >> < > http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Investors-attracted-by-Te… >> >> >> >> >> Local and foreign firms fighting to take over French firm Orange’s > stake >> >> in Telkom Kenya are mainly eyeing the company’s Sh13 billion real > estate >> >> assets, a valuation report shows. >> >> >> >> Private equity firm Helios and UK’s British Telecom make the list of >> >> investors who have recently expressed interest >> >> < > http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Helios-offers-to-buy-Fren… >> >> >> in buying Orange’s 70 per cent stake in the Kenyan telecoms > operator.The >> >> report, which Orange prepared ahead of failed negotiations to sell the >> >> stake to Nigerian investors, shows that land, together with frequency >> >> spectrums and a vast fibre optic cables network, top the list of >> >> assets >> >> that the French firm is using to entice suitors as it prepares to exit > the >> >> Kenyan market. >> >> >> >> The Treasury, which owns a minority 30 per cent of Telkom on behalf of > the >> >> public and will be co-owner with the new shareholders, has been > actively >> >> involved in the negotiations. >> >> >> >> Telkom’s vast real estate wealth has never been made public and the >> >> valuation, which was done nearly two years ago, shows that the firm >> >> has >> >> 335 properties priced at Sh9.4 billion. >> >> >> >> The majority of the pieces of land have buildings that host telephone >> >> switches, repeaters or microwaves. >> >> >> >> The Investors Information report separately lists Telkom as owning >> >> 39.1 >> >> hectares of land and real estate properties along Nairobi’s Ngong Road >> >> with 11 residential buildings, a sports club and offices all valued at >> >> approximately Sh4 billion. >> >> >> >> Telkom owns 23 per cent stake in TEAMs, a 5,000-kilometre undersea > fibre >> >> optic cable that links Kenya to the global internet superhighway > through >> >> Fujairah in the UAE. >> >> >> >> The company, which was sold to French firm Orange in 2007 at Sh27 > billion, >> >> also has a 10 per cent stake in another undersea optic cable, LION2, a >> >> 2,700-kilometre cable that connects Kenya to the global network >> >> through >> >> Mayotte in Mauritius, and an eight per cent stake in the East Africa >> >> Submarine System cable. >> >> >> >> Telkom operates 3G, CDMA, GSM and Wimax frequencies that are critical > to >> >> the rollout of the increasingly important data services as the voice >> >> market continues to shrink. >> >> >> >> People familiar with the ongoing buyout talks said that while real > estate >> >> properties and the frequencies have become key selling points for > Telkom, >> >> potential buyers have been going deeper and scrutinising how much of > the >> >> assets are not tied to the company’s heavy debt load. There has also > been >> >> interest in the technology Telkom is running. >> >> >> >> “Telkom Kenya has a rich mix of frequency spectrums and assets > portfolio >> >> that would attract any potential investor but sound investment >> >> decision >> >> goes beyond these,” our source said, adding that potential investors > are >> >> looking at things such as the number of active sites the company has, >> >> revenue streams, and control of revenue leakages such as fraud on >> >> fixed >> >> lines. >> >> >> >> Curiously, the investor report does not include Telkom’s debt but >> >> other >> >> reports have shown that by August 31, 2014, its debt to equity ratio > stood >> >> at 16 – a figure that is way above the statutory limits. >> >> >> >> To compound matters, the two shareholders are yet to agree on how to >> >> handle a Sh1.2 billion award that the High Court gave former employees > who >> >> were retrenched in 2006. >> >> >> >> Telkom also manages the National Optic Fibre Backbone (Nofbi), an > inland >> >> fibre optic cable network that runs across the district/county on > behalf >> >> of the government. >> >> >> >> ______________________ >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> kictanet mailing list >> >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> >> > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40alyhussein.com >> >> >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder >> >> platform >> >> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> >> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the >> >> ICT >> >> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and >> >> development. >> >> >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >> >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and > bandwidth, >> >> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, > do >> >> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> Barrack O. 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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. > -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Fwd: Re: [IANA-issues] REMINDER Meeting Invitation / IANA Issues & ICANN Accountability working group
by Barrack Otieno 01 Oct '15

01 Oct '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Loris Taylor" <loristaylor1(a)icloud.com> Date: Sep 30, 2015 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [IANA-issues] REMINDER Meeting Invitation / IANA Issues & ICANN Accountability working group To: "ICANN At-Large Staff" <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> Cc: "iana-issues(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" < iana-issues(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> In the news today. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/09/29/handing-over-c… *Best Regards,* *Loris Taylor* *President & CEO* *Native Public Media* *(928) 853-2430 * *loristaylor1(a)icloud.com <loristaylor1(a)icloud.com>* *Co-Chair NCAI Economic, Finance & Community Development* *Co-Chair NCAI Technology and Telecommunications Subcommittee* On Sep 30, 2015, at 8:32 AM, ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> wrote: If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org with your preferred number.Please remember that it is now possible to connect your audio via the AC room, without using your telephone. You need a stable internet connection. If you would like a reminder of how to connect please let staff know. (ES) Si necesita una llamada a su telefono, por favor póngase en contacto con el personal de At-Large en staff(a)atlarge.icann.org con su número preferido. Por favor, recuerde que es posible conectar el audio a través de la Adobe Connect , sin necesidad de utilizar su teléfono. Se necesita una conexión a Internet estable . Si desea un recordatorio de cómo conectar por favor que el personal sepa . Dear All, Further to the Doodle poll, the next call of the At-Large Ad-hoc WG on IANA Transition & ICANN Accountability is scheduled on *Thursday, 01 October 2015 at 13:00 UTC for 90 minutes.* For other times: http://tinyurl.com/pnztcge The agenda (to be updated) and call details can be found at: https://community.icann.org/x/qppYAw Conference Bridge: 1638 English 1738 Spanish Toll-free access number (US and Canada): 800 550 6865 Other toll free numbers: http://adigo.com/icann/ Adobe Connect: https://icann.adobeconnect.com/iana-issues/ Main Wiki Space: https://community.icann.org/x/OYThAg If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org <[email protected]%3cmailto:[email protected]> Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge <https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge> Dear All, Please complete the attached Doodle poll to schedule the IANA issues WG call next week. http://doodle.com/poll/riidiufgdemih3bq Thank you. Kind regards, Gisella _______________________________________________ Iana-issues mailing list Iana-issues(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/iana-issues _______________________________________________ Iana-issues mailing list Iana-issues(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/iana-issues

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Invitation: The Importance of Internet Freedom in the Emerging and Developing World
by Grace Githaiga 01 Oct '15

01 Oct '15

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-importance-of-internet-freedom-in-the-emer…

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Fwd: [Internet Policy] ISOC's WSIS+10 Matrix now available documenting countries' positions on WSIS+10
by Barrack Otieno 01 Oct '15

01 Oct '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Dan York" <york(a)isoc.org> Date: Sep 30, 2015 4:54 PM Subject: [Internet Policy] ISOC's WSIS+10 Matrix now available documenting countries' positions on WSIS+10 To: "Internet Policy External" <internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> Cc: Internet-policy members, Continuing our efforts to help make the process around the 10-year Review of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+10) more understandable, today we've published our WSIS+10 Matrix outlining the positions of world governments as we currently understand them: https://www.internetsociety.org/wsis/matrix This effort is led by Constance Bommelaer and Nicolas Seidler who will be continually updating the matrix during the months ahead. On a periodic basic we will be updating that link with a new PDF version of the matrix. The matrix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license and so you are welcome to share the matrix widely and use it in whatever form you wish (provided that the source is credited as the Internet Society). Constance wrote about this today on our blog: https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2015/09/decoding-wsis-me… and that post has been shared out on social media at: https://twitter.com/internetsociety/status/649213401214808065 https://twitter.com/ISOCPolicy/status/649213401843929088 https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/posts/10152927786668239 https://plus.google.com/+InternetSociety/posts/54P9Gqjstg7 https://www.reddit.com/r/internetgovernance/comments/3myp3h/decoding_the_ws… Please do help spread the word - and if you are aware of any updates please do send them to Constance and Nicolas. We hope that this matrix will be a useful tool for you all as the discussions continue leading up to the December WSIS+10 meetings. Regards, Dan -- Dan York Senior Content Strategist, Internet Society york(a)isoc.org +1-802-735-1624 Jabber: york(a)jabber.isoc.org Skype: danyork http://twitter.com/danyork http://www.internetsociety.org/ <http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/> _______________________________________________ To manage your ISOC subscriptions or unsubscribe, please log into the ISOC Member Portal: https://portal.isoc.org/ Then choose Interests & Subscriptions from the My Account menu.

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Re: [kictanet] Kenya to rival Nigeria in local content production
by Marcus Cicero 30 Sep '15

30 Sep '15

I don't think consumers (not just Kenyans) make their purchases based solely on its point of origin. I still don't understand why we allow Mtumba clothes, Chinese furniture and more relevantly foreign software to dominate our market.

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Fate of NOFBI - Investors attracted by Telkom Kenya’s Sh13bn real estate
by Mwendwa Kivuva 29 Sep '15

29 Sep '15

As Telkom Kenya through Orange auction off public resources, can we have NOFBI moved from the control of this dinosaur? A lot of taxpayers money has gone into roll-out of NOFBI in the recent past. NOFBI has also been identified as a driver for Vision 2030 in the ICT masterplan. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Investors-attracted-by-Te… Local and foreign firms fighting to take over French firm Orange’s stake in Telkom Kenya are mainly eyeing the company’s Sh13 billion real estate assets, a valuation report shows. Private equity firm Helios and UK’s British Telecom make the list of investors who have recently expressed interest <http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Helios-offers-to-buy-Fren…> in buying Orange’s 70 per cent stake in the Kenyan telecoms operator.The report, which Orange prepared ahead of failed negotiations to sell the stake to Nigerian investors, shows that land, together with frequency spectrums and a vast fibre optic cables network, top the list of assets that the French firm is using to entice suitors as it prepares to exit the Kenyan market. The Treasury, which owns a minority 30 per cent of Telkom on behalf of the public and will be co-owner with the new shareholders, has been actively involved in the negotiations. Telkom’s vast real estate wealth has never been made public and the valuation, which was done nearly two years ago, shows that the firm has 335 properties priced at Sh9.4 billion. The majority of the pieces of land have buildings that host telephone switches, repeaters or microwaves. The Investors Information report separately lists Telkom as owning 39.1 hectares of land and real estate properties along Nairobi’s Ngong Road with 11 residential buildings, a sports club and offices all valued at approximately Sh4 billion. Telkom owns 23 per cent stake in TEAMs, a 5,000-kilometre undersea fibre optic cable that links Kenya to the global internet superhighway through Fujairah in the UAE. The company, which was sold to French firm Orange in 2007 at Sh27 billion, also has a 10 per cent stake in another undersea optic cable, LION2, a 2,700-kilometre cable that connects Kenya to the global network through Mayotte in Mauritius, and an eight per cent stake in the East Africa Submarine System cable. Telkom operates 3G, CDMA, GSM and Wimax frequencies that are critical to the rollout of the increasingly important data services as the voice market continues to shrink. People familiar with the ongoing buyout talks said that while real estate properties and the frequencies have become key selling points for Telkom, potential buyers have been going deeper and scrutinising how much of the assets are not tied to the company’s heavy debt load. There has also been interest in the technology Telkom is running. “Telkom Kenya has a rich mix of frequency spectrums and assets portfolio that would attract any potential investor but sound investment decision goes beyond these,” our source said, adding that potential investors are looking at things such as the number of active sites the company has, revenue streams, and control of revenue leakages such as fraud on fixed lines. Curiously, the investor report does not include Telkom’s debt but other reports have shown that by August 31, 2014, its debt to equity ratio stood at 16 – a figure that is way above the statutory limits. To compound matters, the two shareholders are yet to agree on how to handle a Sh1.2 billion award that the High Court gave former employees who were retrenched in 2006. Telkom also manages the National Optic Fibre Backbone (Nofbi), an inland fibre optic cable network that runs across the district/county on behalf of the government. ______________________ 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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Fwd: [Igfregionals] Recommendations of the African Regional IGF
by Barrack Otieno 29 Sep '15

29 Sep '15

Listers, This is for your information. Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Makane Faye <faymakane(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 17:04:49 +0300 Subject: [Igfregionals] Recommendations of the African Regional IGF To: Igfregionals(a)intgovforum.org Cc: "mfaye(a)uneca.org" <mfaye(a)uneca.org>, GIRMA <gdessalegn(a)uneca.org> Dear Colleagues, Attached please find the outcome of the African IGF, held from 6 to 8 September 2015 in Addis Ababa. All presentations and reports are available at: www.afigf.org Best regards, ---------------- Makane Faye (Mr.) President, Federation of the United Nations Staff Unions and Associations (FUNSA) Chief, Knowledge Services Section --- United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) --- Limpopo Building --- P.O. Box 3001 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia --- Tel: +251 11 5443563; Ext. 33563 // Fax: +251 11 5514416 / +251 11 54411458 --- Email: mfaye(a)uneca.org; faymakane(a)gmail.com --- http://facebook.com/makane.faye.eca // twitter: @makaneeca // Skype: makaneaddis -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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CA defends hefty pay to board members
by Grace Githaiga 29 Sep '15

29 Sep '15

The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has attributed hefty sitting allowances paid out to board members to regulatory changes in the industry that necessitated numerous sittings for the directors.http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/CA-defends-heft…

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Fwd: [Internet Policy] Facebook and Free Basics
by Barrack Otieno 29 Sep '15

29 Sep '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Hill <rhill(a)hill-a.ch> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 07:36:57 +0200 Subject: [Internet Policy] Facebook and Free Basics To: "internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org" <InternetPolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> Here is an article by Eben Moglen and Mishi Choudhary on Facebook and India: http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/fictional-internet-policy-is-bad-fo… In case people don't know, Eben is one of the influential people in the free and open software movement, see: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eben_Moglen Best, Richard _______________________________________________ To manage your ISOC subscriptions or unsubscribe, please log into the ISOC Member Portal: https://portal.isoc.org/ Then choose Interests & Subscriptions from the My Account menu. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Re: [kictanet] Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] ITREALMS: IPv4 depletion hits America - ARIN
by Marcus Cicero 28 Sep '15

28 Sep '15

Is this really an issue when we have IPv6 as a ready to deploy solution? -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] ITREALMS: IPv4 depletion hits America - ARIN Time (UTC): September 28 2015 9:56 am From: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke To: marcus.cicero(a)protonmail.ch CC: [email protected],[email protected] I have read several articles that indicate that there was a lot of wastage of public ips in North America. Devices that really don't need to be directly connected to the internet were given public ip's Hopefully it will lead to the reallocation of some of the wasted ip's.

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