New Rules on high speed Internet out
In today's Nation, page 39, there is a small story titled:- New rules on high speed Internet out I couldn't find a link to the story online but the gist of the story is that the government has issued new wireless broadband spectrum policy guidelines with hopes that it will accelerate internet connectivity to rural areas. The bottom line is that going forward if this story is to be believed is that:- 1. A PPP company will be set up to build, own and operate a nationwide mobile broadband telecom network and infrastructure. 2. It will not be permitted to offer services directly to customers but will offer whole capacity to existing and new service providers There has been debate about whether the infrastructure being rolled out by telcos was being done in the most efficient way and whether there was a better way. I would like to congratulate the CS for husbanding this process and would urge him to move with full speed to actualize this. I have always argued that the business of telcos is not for them to roll our individual networks but to collaborate and compete on service delivery with various VAS. Its good to see the government taking this seriously and moving with haste. One question that I'm sure has been thought out is how to deal with the already existing individual infrastructure. Ali Hussein +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein Sent from my iPad
Interesting developement Ali, Hope we can get more information. Best Regards On Mar 21, 2014 9:28 PM, "Ali Hussein" <ali@hussein.me.ke> wrote:
In today's Nation, page 39, there is a small story titled:-
*New rules on high speed Internet out*
I couldn't find a link to the story online but the gist of the story is that the government has issued new wireless broadband spectrum policy guidelines with hopes that it will accelerate internet connectivity to rural areas.
The bottom line is that going forward if this story is to be believed is that:-
1. A PPP company will be set up to build, own and operate a nationwide mobile broadband telecom network and infrastructure.
2. It will not be permitted to offer services directly to customers but will offer whole capacity to existing and new service providers
There has been debate about whether the infrastructure being rolled out by telcos was being done in the most efficient way and whether there was a better way. I would like to congratulate the CS for husbanding this process and would urge him to move with full speed to actualize this. I have always argued that the business of telcos is not for them to roll our individual networks but to collaborate and compete on service delivery with various VAS. Its good to see the government taking this seriously and moving with haste.
One question that I'm sure has been thought out is how to deal with the already existing individual infrastructure.
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Screen-shot of the article attached, just in case it does not make its way online. :-) Tony.
On Mar 21, 2014 9:28 PM, "Ali Hussein" <ali@hussein.me.ke> wrote: <snip>
1. A PPP company will be set up to build, own and operate a nationwide mobile broadband telecom network and infrastructure.
probably this PPP is the right home for Essar's Yu network, instead of building a new broadband infrastructure from scratch
2. It will not be permitted to offer services directly to customers but will offer whole capacity to existing and new service providers
The way I understand this, the new PPP will be a backbone of sorts, or will it operate the way Zuku rides on Telkom's Kenstream on their Wimax? With Safaricom wanting to take up Yu's infrastructure, it's obvious they are lacking in capacity and such an initiative will benefit the individual Internet user. Regards -- ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh
Interesting point and I'm intrigued on how this will be executed. I I think Ndemo and team kicked this off with the undersea cable project and the NOFBI project. There are already assets, networks that can go into this PPP. Possibly collapse the moribund Universal Access Fund/Board into it? Ali Hussein +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein Sent from my iPad On Mar 22, 2014, at 11:26 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva@transworldafrica.com> wrote:
On Mar 21, 2014 9:28 PM, "Ali Hussein" <ali@hussein.me.ke> wrote: <snip>
1. A PPP company will be set up to build, own and operate a nationwide mobile broadband telecom network and infrastructure.
probably this PPP is the right home for Essar's Yu network, instead of building a new broadband infrastructure from scratch
2. It will not be permitted to offer services directly to customers but will offer whole capacity to existing and new service providers
The way I understand this, the new PPP will be a backbone of sorts, or will it operate the way Zuku rides on Telkom's Kenstream on their Wimax? With Safaricom wanting to take up Yu's infrastructure, it's obvious they are lacking in capacity and such an initiative will benefit the individual Internet user.
Regards -- ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh _______________________________________________ isoc mailing list isoc@orion.my.co.ke http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc
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