Hi, On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Michael Joseph <MJoseph@safaricom.co.ke>wrote:
KPLC invited all licensed operators to bid for the rights to access the surplus pairs in the cable. A reserve price was set for both leased and IRU models. A number of operators responded and so far only 3 have signed contracts – Safaricom, Wananchi and Jamii Telecom.
There is no exclusivity as can be seen.
This is great news, thanks very much for the clarification. I wish the author of the piece had mentioned this, as well as the reserve prices, which would be useful to know. This is a more thorough treatment of the story: http://www.kbc.co.ke/story.asp?ID=62171 I do not know which operators did not bid but I do know that other operators
are still in talks with KPLC. Safaricom have only taken 1 pair out of the 12 available.
or 18 if you believe the above link. ;-/ -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel