Very well Solomon, looking forwad to your contributions in the coming week. On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com>wrote:
Dear Aki,
Many thanks for your response, looking forwad to your resourcefullness as we carry on with the discussion in the next ten days on the KICTANET List, the proceedings will also be shared on skunkworks, with regard to the question on KeNIC , i might not be in a position of authority to respond but i would like to inform you that a presentation on the new look KeNIC website was made at the AGM last week. It was interesting to note that as registrars we will now be able to transact with the registry through our mobile phones which is a major step, i hope Paul Musee or David from KeNIC will respond to you fully. I am sure other Participants at the meeting like Mwendwa Kivuva can also bring out another angle to this.
On Cloud Computing we have scheduled a day to discuss the issue comprehensively, with regard to whether the government has made it mandatory to store electronic records at a location beyond their premises, i dont think this is the case since i havent seen a component of disaster recovery planning embedded in the National ICT policy, your question brings out the need for a comprehensive disaster recovery Master Plan, i hope PS Ndemo or any lister who may be in the know could bring us upto speed with the current state of affairs.
With regard to your question on broadband, we will also have a fullday to discuss broadband related issues. It is worth mentioning that earlier this year a lister (I think Harry Delano) wrote about the need for a National Broad Band Policy similar to what the FCC had come up with in the United States, i am not very sure whether Kenya will have a unique 4G/LTE scenario, i am confident there are listers in the know who will share. I saw 4G/LTE being tested in Vilnius Lithuania during the last IGF, the more reason listers are encouraged to register for the forthcoming IGF since it serves as an important platform for knowledge exchange.
Best Regards
On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 11:59 AM, aki <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:
@Barrack, thank you for sharing the IGF resource and discussion. I shall be following online, and I'd like to list some questions:
- The first question that does come up is electronic registration of .KE domains from a user view. Is this a system that has been implemented into the core of KENIC so that any domain registrars can use the facility or has the process been left to private companies to create and offer, thus creating an un-competitive environment. I believe such a core system should provide universal access to any kenyan domain registrars and hope there is something in the pipeline and funds too, if not already in place. Hope this is something we hear more about.
- The second question is not directly related but part of cloud computing. Has the govt now made it mandatory for companies to store electronic records at location beyond their business premises, a planning against fire and theft?
- The third question is that of BroadBand. Especially for ISPs as the market share has been dropping, is the govt going to make any concessions for ISP groups to purchase 4g/LTE licenses to compete with Telcos? Since the Unified licensing model allows Telcos to offer services on Wimax or other Open bands--which does not require expensive licenses. Will change of govt make Kenya a unique 4g/lte scenario?
Rgds.
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