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Telecommunications
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Who is a Local Loop operator (LLO)?
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What are the licence conditions for a LLO?
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Who is a Public Data Network Operator (PDNO)?
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What is the license and Operating fee for Public Data Network Operator?
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Who is a Internet Gateway and Backbone Operator?
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What is the license and Operating fee for Internet Gateway and Backbone Operator?
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What is the scope of Internet Gateway and Backbone license?
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What is the Commission's policy on use of xDSL services?
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What is the future trend of licenses verses technological neutrality?
With regard to the scope of the licenses, the Commission's ultimate objective with respect to the market categorization, as indicated in our broad strategic statement released recently, is to adopt a unified licensing framework that permits any form of communications infrastructure to be used to provide any type of communications service that is technically capable of being provided and to structure the market accordingly by creating the following distinct and technology neutral market categorization:
- Network Facilities Provider (NFP) – who shall own and operate any form of communications infrastructure irrespective of whether it is satellite or terrestrial based and could support either mobile or fixed applications.
- Applications Service Provider (ASP) – to provide all forms of services to end users using the network services of a facilities provider.
- Contents Services Provider (CSP) – to provide contents such as broadcast (TV& Radio) material, and other information services and applications such as data processing etc.
The Commission, therefore, intends to grant authorization for the various markets consistent with the aforementioned future segmentation without facilitating anticompetitive practices such as vertical integration scenario.
In this regard, therefore, the Commission shall continue to insist on separation of service provisioning (provision through separate entities) between facility-based providers such as PDNO & LLO from those of non-facility based providers such as ISP . Consequently it will be expected that application and content providers such as ISPs on one hand and network providers such as Internet Gateway and Backbone providers, PDNOs etc. shall remain in different market segments under the above-mentioned market structure.
** Consistent with the aforementioned, therefore, Internet Backbone and Gateway Operators will be expected to provide national extension facilities to link their customers being only ISPs, IXPs and other licensed operators without the need to use third party facilities. This is also in view of the need and obligation on the part of the Internet Backbone and Gateway Operators to provide national Internet backbone services to enable the widest spread of Internet services throughout the country **.
In this regard, therefore, Internet Backbone and Gateway Operators will not be allowed to provide Internet access services directly to end users but instead they will be expected to concentrate in providing backbone services to ISPs and other licensed access network operators. Deployment of mini VSAT equipment to service end-users will, therefore, not be permitted under this license.
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What is the Commission' policy on ownership of more than two companies offering services in different market segments by related directorship?
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Who is allowed to carry Multimedia and VoIP application Services?
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Are laws on rights of way applicable to all telecommunication facility providers or for selective providers?
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Can I be allowed to use the way leaves, as a new entrant in the telecommunication market, of the existing facilities providers like KPLC, Kenya railways and Telkom Kenya to construct my infrastructure?
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Do I have a right to co-locate my facilities with other telecommunication facilities providers or service providers?
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Are there enough frequency resources for the PDNO market in the country?