Great news indeed - the clarification by Michael on the "open-access" nature of the KPLC dark-fibers. @Mblayo, this indeed reduces the need for me (or other Operators?) to be as "alarmed" as I was previously. walu. --- On Wed, 2/3/10, McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com> wrote: From: McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Safaricom partners with KPLC to expand its datafootprint To: jwalu@yahoo.com Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 12:22 AM 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 -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: jwalu@yahoo.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com

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