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Listers, P R E S S R E L E A S E E [cid:image003.jpg@01CE3C49.88BCD940] 18th April 2013 Growth rate of internet/data surpasses voice The number of internet users in Kenya increased to 16.2 million in the period between October 1 and December 31 last year, representing a growth of 11.6 %. According to the CCK Sector Quarterly Statistical Report (2nd Quarter of 2012/13 FY) released today, the number of Internet subscribers in the country rose from 8.5million in the 1st quarter of this financial year to 9.4 million by the end of December 2012, posting an increase of 11.5%. The number of Internet subscribers increased by 75.1% compared to same period in the previous year. Mobile data/internet continued to dominate the Internet market contributing 99% of the total internet/data subscriptions in the country. Internet penetration went up by 4.3% to reach 41.1% up from 36.8% recorded during the previous period. However, the number of broadband subscribers declined to 1,002,701 from 1,006,071 posted during the previous period mainly due to a reduction in the number of fixed terrestrial broadband subscribers. The report attributes the growth in the Internet/data market segment to international internet connectivity (used) bandwidth that has continued to spiral upwards. During the quarter under review the international internet used bandwidth rose to 328,641 Mbps from 278,329 Mbps posted during the previous period, representing an increase of 18.1 percent. Meanwhile, the total number of mobile subscribers in Kenya rose to 30.7 million, representing a marginal growth of 1.0 percent from the previous quarter. As observed during the previous period, the rate of growth has slowed down as the market appears saturated and tending towards maturity. Pre-paid subscribers continued to dominate the mobile sub-sector contributing 99% of the total number of subscribers. Mobile penetration on the other hand increased to 78% during the same period up from 77.2% recorded during the first quarter. All mobile operators recorded positive growth in service subscription beside Telkom (Orange) which lost a total of 609,321 customers, representing a decline of 19.7% during the quarter under review. The number of letters sent locally declined by 2.0 percent to reach 17.3 million down from 17.7 million letters sent during the previous period. Compared to the same period of the previous year, a decline of 11.8 percent was recorded. The number of international incoming letters grew by 20.9 percent during the period to reach 191,672 letters from 158,549 received during the previous period. Similarly international outgoing letters reached 1.9 million from 1.6 million during the previous period, representing 18.1 percent increase. The full report is attached. Christopher Wambua Manager/Communications Consumer and Public Affairs Division Communications Commission of Kenya P.O. Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800 KENYA
Wambua Great statistics! The country is moving forward. Please send us a link where we can access the full report. Regards *Ali Hussein* *CEO, 3mice interactive media ltd* *Partner, Telemedia Africa Ltd * Tel: +254713601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim<http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> Blog: www.alyhussein.com Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with. On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Wambua, Christopher <Wambua@cck.go.ke>wrote:
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The number of internet users in Kenya increased to 16.2 million in the period between October 1 and December 31 last year, representing a growth of 11.6 %. ****
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According to the CCK Sector Quarterly Statistical Report (2nd Quarter of 2012/13 FY) released today, the number of Internet subscribers in the country rose from 8.5million in the 1st quarter of this financial year to 9.4 million by the end of December 2012, posting an increase of 11.5%. The number of Internet subscribers increased by 75.1% compared to same period in the previous year. ****
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Mobile data/internet continued to dominate the Internet market contributing 99% of the total internet/data subscriptions in the country. ****
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Internet penetration went up by 4.3% to reach 41.1% up from 36.8% recorded during the previous period. However, the number of broadband subscribers declined to 1,002,701 from 1,006,071 posted during the previous period mainly due to a reduction in the number of fixed terrestrial broadband subscribers. ****
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The report attributes the growth in the Internet/data market segment to international internet connectivity (used) bandwidth that has continued to spiral upwards. During the quarter under review the international internet used bandwidth rose to 328,641 Mbps from 278,329 Mbps posted during the previous period, representing an increase of 18.1 percent. ****
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Meanwhile, the total number of mobile subscribers in Kenya rose to 30.7 million, representing a marginal growth of 1.0 percent from the previous quarter. As observed during the previous period, the rate of growth has slowed down as the market appears saturated and tending towards maturity. Pre-paid subscribers continued to dominate the mobile sub-sector contributing 99% of the total number of subscribers. ****
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Mobile penetration on the other hand increased to 78% during the same period up from 77.2% recorded during the first quarter. All mobile operators recorded positive growth in service subscription beside Telkom (Orange) which lost a total of 609,321 customers, representing a decline of 19.7% during the quarter under review. ****
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The number of letters sent locally declined by 2.0 percent to reach 17.3 million down from 17.7 million letters sent during the previous period. Compared to the same period of the previous year, a decline of 11.8 percent was recorded. ****
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The number of international incoming letters grew by 20.9 percent during the period to reach 191,672 letters from 158,549 received during the previous period. Similarly international outgoing letters reached 1.9 million from 1.6 million during the previous period, representing 18.1 percent increase. ****
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Ali, The report is available on our website at http://www.cck.go.ke/resc/downloads/Sector_statistics_for_Quarter_2_-_2012-2... Thanks for the compliment. Best regards Christopher Wambua Manager/Communications Consumer and Public Affairs Division Communications Commission of Kenya P.O. Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800 KENYA From: Ali Hussein [mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 3:53 PM To: Wambua, Christopher Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] FW: Growth in internet subscription outpaces voice.doc Wambua Great statistics! The country is moving forward. Please send us a link where we can access the full report. Regards Ali Hussein CEO, 3mice interactive media ltd Partner, Telemedia Africa Ltd Tel: +254713601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com<http://www.alyhussein.com> Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with. On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Wambua, Christopher <Wambua@cck.go.ke<mailto:Wambua@cck.go.ke>> wrote: Listers, P R E S S R E L E A S E E [cid:image001.jpg@01CE3C5A.2C7B89E0] 18th April 2013 Growth rate of internet/data surpasses voice The number of internet users in Kenya increased to 16.2 million in the period between October 1 and December 31 last year, representing a growth of 11.6 %. According to the CCK Sector Quarterly Statistical Report (2nd Quarter of 2012/13 FY) released today, the number of Internet subscribers in the country rose from 8.5million in the 1st quarter of this financial year to 9.4 million by the end of December 2012, posting an increase of 11.5%. The number of Internet subscribers increased by 75.1% compared to same period in the previous year. Mobile data/internet continued to dominate the Internet market contributing 99% of the total internet/data subscriptions in the country. Internet penetration went up by 4.3% to reach 41.1% up from 36.8% recorded during the previous period. However, the number of broadband subscribers declined to 1,002,701 from 1,006,071 posted during the previous period mainly due to a reduction in the number of fixed terrestrial broadband subscribers. The report attributes the growth in the Internet/data market segment to international internet connectivity (used) bandwidth that has continued to spiral upwards. During the quarter under review the international internet used bandwidth rose to 328,641 Mbps from 278,329 Mbps posted during the previous period, representing an increase of 18.1 percent. Meanwhile, the total number of mobile subscribers in Kenya rose to 30.7 million, representing a marginal growth of 1.0 percent from the previous quarter. As observed during the previous period, the rate of growth has slowed down as the market appears saturated and tending towards maturity. Pre-paid subscribers continued to dominate the mobile sub-sector contributing 99% of the total number of subscribers. Mobile penetration on the other hand increased to 78% during the same period up from 77.2% recorded during the first quarter. All mobile operators recorded positive growth in service subscription beside Telkom (Orange) which lost a total of 609,321 customers, representing a decline of 19.7% during the quarter under review. The number of letters sent locally declined by 2.0 percent to reach 17.3 million down from 17.7 million letters sent during the previous period. Compared to the same period of the previous year, a decline of 11.8 percent was recorded. The number of international incoming letters grew by 20.9 percent during the period to reach 191,672 letters from 158,549 received during the previous period. Similarly international outgoing letters reached 1.9 million from 1.6 million during the previous period, representing 18.1 percent increase. The full report is attached. Christopher Wambua Manager/Communications Consumer and Public Affairs Division Communications Commission of Kenya P.O. Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800 KENYA _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40alyhussein.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
Asante Ali Hussein CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd +254 713 601113 "The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb Sent from my iPad On Apr 18, 2013, at 5:28 PM, "Wambua, Christopher" <Wambua@cck.go.ke> wrote:
Ali,
The report is available on our website at http://www.cck.go.ke/resc/downloads/Sector_statistics_for_Quarter_2_-_2012-2...
Thanks for the compliment.
Best regards Christopher Wambua Manager/Communications Consumer and Public Affairs Division Communications Commission of Kenya P.O. Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800 KENYA
From: Ali Hussein [mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 3:53 PM To: Wambua, Christopher Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] FW: Growth in internet subscription outpaces voice.doc
Wambua
Great statistics! The country is moving forward.
Please send us a link where we can access the full report.
Regards
Ali Hussein CEO, 3mice interactive media ltd Partner, Telemedia Africa Ltd
Tel: +254713601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com
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On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Wambua, Christopher <Wambua@cck.go.ke> wrote:
Listers,
P R E S S R E L E A S E E
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18th April 2013
Growth rate of internet/data surpasses voice
The number of internet users in Kenya increased to 16.2 million in the period between October 1 and December 31 last year, representing a growth of 11.6 %.
According to the CCK Sector Quarterly Statistical Report (2nd Quarter of 2012/13 FY) released today, the number of Internet subscribers in the country rose from 8.5million in the 1st quarter of this financial year to 9.4 million by the end of December 2012, posting an increase of 11.5%. The number of Internet subscribers increased by 75.1% compared to same period in the previous year.
Mobile data/internet continued to dominate the Internet market contributing 99% of the total internet/data subscriptions in the country.
Internet penetration went up by 4.3% to reach 41.1% up from 36.8% recorded during the previous period. However, the number of broadband subscribers declined to 1,002,701 from 1,006,071 posted during the previous period mainly due to a reduction in the number of fixed terrestrial broadband subscribers.
The report attributes the growth in the Internet/data market segment to international internet connectivity (used) bandwidth that has continued to spiral upwards. During the quarter under review the international internet used bandwidth rose to 328,641 Mbps from 278,329 Mbps posted during the previous period, representing an increase of 18.1 percent.
Meanwhile, the total number of mobile subscribers in Kenya rose to 30.7 million, representing a marginal growth of 1.0 percent from the previous quarter. As observed during the previous period, the rate of growth has slowed down as the market appears saturated and tending towards maturity. Pre-paid subscribers continued to dominate the mobile sub-sector contributing 99% of the total number of subscribers.
Mobile penetration on the other hand increased to 78% during the same period up from 77.2% recorded during the first quarter. All mobile operators recorded positive growth in service subscription beside Telkom (Orange) which lost a total of 609,321 customers, representing a decline of 19.7% during the quarter under review.
The number of letters sent locally declined by 2.0 percent to reach 17.3 million down from 17.7 million letters sent during the previous period. Compared to the same period of the previous year, a decline of 11.8 percent was recorded.
The number of international incoming letters grew by 20.9 percent during the period to reach 191,672 letters from 158,549 received during the previous period. Similarly international outgoing letters reached 1.9 million from 1.6 million during the previous period, representing 18.1 percent increase.
The full report is attached.
Christopher Wambua Manager/Communications Consumer and Public Affairs Division Communications Commission of Kenya P.O. Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800 KENYA
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@Wambua, Good report from CCK. Just a few questions and would appreciate some answers from CCK and ofcourse any other volunteered sources on this esteemed list. 1. Kenya reported 9.5m Internet subscribers as at Dec 2012 but only 1m are on broadband (with data rates above 256Kbs up/down). Shouldn't we be concerned that only 1m Kenyans can access (lets leave out "afford" for another day) multimedia content online? I thought 3G licenses were given out to about 3 operators? Is it that most Operators have not deployed 3G services and those who have, may be doing so only in selected urban areas? What is the regulator doing to motivate or bully operators to widely deploy broadband services? 2.Closely related to the above, I notice we have an impressive (by regional standards) total size of 906GB International link to the Internet. However, we are using only 36% of this capacity. Is the lack of a mature domestic broadband network suppressing demand on the international links? What exactly is our "domestic" bandwidth capacity and how much of it are we using? This should be an important statistic in future since it can show us if there is congestion at domestic level which in turn maybe suppressing usage/uptake at international level. Furthermore, it can begin to give interesting statistics like how much of our internet traffic is local vs international - something the Kenyan IXP tries to collect but may not have the full picture since not all operators/asp/isp are on board. 3. Finally, I notice the Revenue to Investments ratios in the data market dropped from 148B/29B in 2011 to 98B/26B in 2012. What are the implications? It appears investments (read expansion and increased quality of our networks) is slowing down - yet usage/uptake of broadband networks remains extremely low ( 1m users). Looks like Operators have local capacities but no one to use them? Is this a Price issue? Or maybe a content issue? - e.g. why should a farmer in Bungoma get online? Or perhaps - what Safaricom does not like to hear - a market failure arising from the dominant position that Safaricom has successfully worked itself into? I hope these are not too many questions to handle... walu. ________________________________ From: "Wambua, Christopher" <Wambua@cck.go.ke> To: jwalu@yahoo.com Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs <CPA@cck.go.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 5:28 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] FW: Growth in internet subscription outpaces voice.doc Ali, The report is available on our website at http://www.cck.go.ke/resc/downloads/Sector_statistics_for_Quarter_2_-_2012-2... Thanks for the compliment. Best regards Christopher Wambua Manager/Communications Consumer and Public Affairs Division Communications Commission of Kenya P.O. Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800 KENYA From:Ali Hussein [mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 3:53 PM To: Wambua, Christopher Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] FW: Growth in internet subscription outpaces voice.doc Wambua Great statistics! The country is moving forward. Please send us a link where we can access the full report. Regards Ali Hussein CEO, 3mice interactive media ltd Partner, Telemedia Africa Ltd Tel: +254713601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with. On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Wambua, Christopher <Wambua@cck.go.ke> wrote: Listers, P R E S S R E L E A S E E 18th April 2013 Growth rate of internet/data surpasses voice The number of internet users in Kenya increased to 16.2 million in the period between October 1 and December 31 last year, representing a growth of 11.6 %. According to the CCK Sector Quarterly Statistical Report (2nd Quarter of 2012/13 FY) released today, the number of Internet subscribers in the country rose from 8.5million in the 1st quarter of this financial year to 9.4 million by the end of December 2012, posting an increase of 11.5%. The number of Internet subscribers increased by 75.1% compared to same period in the previous year. Mobile data/internet continued to dominate the Internet market contributing 99% of the total internet/data subscriptions in the country. Internet penetration went up by 4.3% to reach 41.1% up from 36.8% recorded during the previous period. However, the number of broadband subscribers declined to 1,002,701 from 1,006,071 posted during the previous period mainly due to a reduction in the number of fixed terrestrial broadband subscribers. The report attributes the growth in the Internet/data market segment to international internet connectivity (used) bandwidth that has continued to spiral upwards. During the quarter under review the international internet used bandwidth rose to 328,641 Mbps from 278,329 Mbps posted during the previous period, representing an increase of 18.1 percent. Meanwhile, the total number of mobile subscribers in Kenya rose to 30.7 million, representing a marginal growth of 1.0 percent from the previous quarter. As observed during the previous period, the rate of growth has slowed down as the market appears saturated and tending towards maturity. Pre-paid subscribers continued to dominate the mobile sub-sector contributing 99% of the total number of subscribers. Mobile penetration on the other hand increased to 78% during the same period up from 77.2% recorded during the first quarter. All mobile operators recorded positive growth in service subscription beside Telkom (Orange) which lost a total of 609,321 customers, representing a decline of 19.7% during the quarter under review. The number of letters sent locally declined by 2.0 percent to reach 17.3 million down from 17.7 million letters sent during the previous period. Compared to the same period of the previous year, a decline of 11.8 percent was recorded. The number of international incoming letters grew by 20.9 percent during the period to reach 191,672 letters from 158,549 received during the previous period. Similarly international outgoing letters reached 1.9 million from 1.6 million during the previous period, representing 18.1 percent increase. The full report is attached. Christopher Wambua Manager/Communications Consumer and Public Affairs Division Communications Commission of Kenya P.O. Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800 KENYA _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40alyhussein.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. 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Walubengo, Thank you for raising these pertinent questions. I had the privilege of talking to four young Kenyan developers this afternoon. They had sought an appointment to discuss the increasing difficulty in accessing affordable internet. Most telcos have moved from their unlimited offers and confined these youth to unaffordable connectivity. Some have resulted to stealing internet through VPN and anonymzed IP addresses. They indeed demonstrated how it is done. They wanted the Government to seek means of providing affordable internet. They of course do not want to be on the wrong side of the law but they also understand that if this continues, it will undermine growth in the sector. I made a phone call to two CEOs and indeed they confirmed that there are challenges with broadband thefts. Although we have agreed to meet next week there points we have raised before that can effectively deal with such issues. First we must recognize that the growth in internet penetration in Kenya is as a result of availability of broadband in most parts of the country. Efforts to enable widespread access have failed simply because we are not taking enough risk. Several years after developing infrastructure sharing policy, we still see many players laying their own fibre optic networks. Some parts like Parklands have more than five different fibre cables laid. We have also failed to take advantage of emerging technologies such as LTE and White Space. You may recall we were the first in Africa to announce the deployment of LTE under a shared infrastructure framework but because of dillydallying and retrogressive tendencies we still want to wait for the maturity of the technology. In the mean time Tanzania and South Africa has gone forward. Our success thus far is born out of taking great risks but this is not happening as technical officers hide behind nonsensical jargon. It may sound as though I am getting frustrated but I intend to deal with these issues properly in order to revive our march to universal access to internet. We are so close to realizing universal access to knowledge (especially now when the President has committed to enabling children to access technology) yet so far if we revert to the old public service mentality. More than 75% of the population in this country is youth. This is a great resource especially when they leverage on technology to earn a living. We must therefore facilitate them through enabling policy interventions but not frustrate them to the extent of stealing broadband. Under a shared infrastructure framework we can attain 100% internet penetration in which case more revenue to MNOs and more well to do people instead stifling growth now. Ndemo.
@Wambua,
Good report from CCK. Just a few questions and would appreciate some answers from CCK and ofcourse any other volunteered sources on this esteemed list.
1. Kenya reported 9.5m Internet subscribers as at Dec 2012 but only 1m are on broadband (with data rates above 256Kbs up/down). Shouldn't we be concerned that only 1m Kenyans can access (lets leave out "afford" for another day) multimedia content online? I thought 3G licenses were given out to about 3 operators? Is it that most Operators have not deployed 3G services and those who have, may be doing so only in selected urban areas? What is the regulator doing to motivate or bully operators to widely deploy broadband services?
2.Closely related to the above, I notice we have an impressive (by regional standards) total size of 906GB International link to the Internet. However, we are using only 36% of this capacity. Is the lack of a mature domestic broadband network suppressing demand on the international links? What exactly is our "domestic" bandwidth capacity and how much of it are we using? This should be an important statistic in future since it can show us if there is congestion at domestic level which in turn maybe suppressing usage/uptake at international level. Furthermore, it can begin to give interesting statistics like how much of our internet traffic is local vs international - something the Kenyan IXP tries to collect but may not have the full picture since not all operators/asp/isp are on board.
3. Finally, I notice the Revenue to Investments ratios in the data market dropped from 148B/29B in 2011 to 98B/26B in 2012. What are the implications? It appears investments (read expansion and increased quality of our networks) is slowing down - yet usage/uptake of broadband networks remains extremely low ( 1m users). Looks like Operators have local capacities but no one to use them? Is this a Price issue? Or maybe a content issue? - e.g. why should a farmer in Bungoma get online? Or perhaps - what Safaricom does not like to hear - a market failure arising from the dominant position that Safaricom has successfully worked itself into?
I hope these are not too many questions to handle...
walu.
________________________________ From: "Wambua, Christopher" <Wambua@cck.go.ke> To: jwalu@yahoo.com Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs <CPA@cck.go.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 5:28 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] FW: Growth in internet subscription outpaces voice.doc
Ali, The report is available on our website at http://www.cck.go.ke/resc/downloads/Sector_statistics_for_Quarter_2_-_2012-2... Thanks for the compliment. Best regards Christopher Wambua Manager/Communications Consumer and Public Affairs Division Communications Commission of Kenya P.O. Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800 KENYA From:Ali Hussein [mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 3:53 PM To: Wambua, Christopher Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] FW: Growth in internet subscription outpaces voice.doc Wambua
Great statistics! The country is moving forward.
Please send us a link where we can access the full report.
Regards
Ali Hussein CEO, 3mice interactive media ltd Partner, Telemedia Africa Ltd Tel: +254713601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com
Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with. On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Wambua, Christopher <Wambua@cck.go.ke> wrote: Listers, P R E S S R E L E A S E E 18th April 2013 Growth rate of internet/data surpasses voice The number of internet users in Kenya increased to 16.2 million in the period between October 1 and December 31 last year, representing a growth of 11.6 %. According to the CCK Sector Quarterly Statistical Report (2nd Quarter of 2012/13 FY) released today, the number of Internet subscribers in the country rose from 8.5million in the 1st quarter of this financial year to 9.4 million by the end of December 2012, posting an increase of 11.5%. The number of Internet subscribers increased by 75.1% compared to same period in the previous year. Mobile data/internet continued to dominate the Internet market contributing 99% of the total internet/data subscriptions in the country. Internet penetration went up by 4.3% to reach 41.1% up from 36.8% recorded during the previous period. However, the number of broadband subscribers declined to 1,002,701 from 1,006,071 posted during the previous period mainly due to a reduction in the number of fixed terrestrial broadband subscribers. The report attributes the growth in the Internet/data market segment to international internet connectivity (used) bandwidth that has continued to spiral upwards. During the quarter under review the international internet used bandwidth rose to 328,641 Mbps from 278,329 Mbps posted during the previous period, representing an increase of 18.1 percent. Meanwhile, the total number of mobile subscribers in Kenya rose to 30.7 million, representing a marginal growth of 1.0 percent from the previous quarter. As observed during the previous period, the rate of growth has slowed down as the market appears saturated and tending towards maturity. Pre-paid subscribers continued to dominate the mobile sub-sector contributing 99% of the total number of subscribers. Mobile penetration on the other hand increased to 78% during the same period up from 77.2% recorded during the first quarter. All mobile operators recorded positive growth in service subscription beside Telkom (Orange) which lost a total of 609,321 customers, representing a decline of 19.7% during the quarter under review. The number of letters sent locally declined by 2.0 percent to reach 17.3 million down from 17.7 million letters sent during the previous period. Compared to the same period of the previous year, a decline of 11.8 percent was recorded. The number of international incoming letters grew by 20.9 percent during the period to reach 191,672 letters from 158,549 received during the previous period. Similarly international outgoing letters reached 1.9 million from 1.6 million during the previous period, representing 18.1 percent increase. The full report is attached. Christopher Wambua Manager/Communications Consumer and Public Affairs Division Communications Commission of Kenya P.O. Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800 KENYA
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Listers, Thank you Dr Ndemo for recognising that cheap internet is vital for the young to empower themselves. I however do not agree with the idea that using mobile spectrum is the best way of delivering broadband. Advancements in technology in the radio sector not withstanding, the investment involved in rolling out hundreds of base transceiver stations that will require frequent upgrades with changes in tech is staggering. I still do not have 3G coverage in Nyeri from Orange Kenya or Airtel. The governmnet led national effort is likely to go the NOFBI way. What use has Orange Kenya put it to to date? A fiber cable to the homes/offices as a matter of policy or law would ensure the ubiquitous coverage you advocate for. LTE will require me to buy an LTE handset whose standards are debatable and which may be obsolete in a year. Lets not even get started on the power consumption and the interference with other radio services etc. Fiber is Future proof. @walubengo The local internet market is more like our traditional marketplaces with a lot less order. The other day I tried to stream the KTN Live stream only to realize I am downloading the stream fro Europe. So the path is Mombasa road-fiber-seacom/teams/eassy-London IXP-Europe-Seacom/EASSY/TEAMS-Zuku-Mwangi's Laptop. Is this sensible? Are we inlove with grand master projects and cant figure out how to encourage local media houses to host their content locally? I understand that the target of internet streaming is the Diaspora but as the report states we barely consume a third of installed international capacity. Shouldn't this no. be higher? On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 9:17 PM, Bitange Ndemo <bitange@jambo.co.ke> wrote:
Walubengo, Thank you for raising these pertinent questions. I had the privilege of talking to four young Kenyan developers this afternoon. They had sought an appointment to discuss the increasing difficulty in accessing affordable internet. Most telcos have moved from their unlimited offers and confined these youth to unaffordable connectivity.
Some have resulted to stealing internet through VPN and anonymzed IP addresses. They indeed demonstrated how it is done. They wanted the Government to seek means of providing affordable internet. They of course do not want to be on the wrong side of the law but they also understand that if this continues, it will undermine growth in the sector. I made a phone call to two CEOs and indeed they confirmed that there are challenges with broadband thefts. Although we have agreed to meet next week there points we have raised before that can effectively deal with such issues.
First we must recognize that the growth in internet penetration in Kenya is as a result of availability of broadband in most parts of the country. Efforts to enable widespread access have failed simply because we are not taking enough risk. Several years after developing infrastructure sharing policy, we still see many players laying their own fibre optic networks. Some parts like Parklands have more than five different fibre cables laid. We have also failed to take advantage of emerging technologies such as LTE and White Space. You may recall we were the first in Africa to announce the deployment of LTE under a shared infrastructure framework but because of dillydallying and retrogressive tendencies we still want to wait for the maturity of the technology. In the mean time Tanzania and South Africa has gone forward.
Our success thus far is born out of taking great risks but this is not happening as technical officers hide behind nonsensical jargon. It may sound as though I am getting frustrated but I intend to deal with these issues properly in order to revive our march to universal access to internet. We are so close to realizing universal access to knowledge (especially now when the President has committed to enabling children to access technology) yet so far if we revert to the old public service mentality.
More than 75% of the population in this country is youth. This is a great resource especially when they leverage on technology to earn a living. We must therefore facilitate them through enabling policy interventions but not frustrate them to the extent of stealing broadband. Under a shared infrastructure framework we can attain 100% internet penetration in which case more revenue to MNOs and more well to do people instead stifling growth now.
Ndemo.
@Wambua,
Good report from CCK. Just a few questions and would appreciate some answers from CCK and ofcourse any other volunteered sources on this esteemed list.
1. Kenya reported 9.5m Internet subscribers as at Dec 2012 but only 1m are on broadband (with data rates above 256Kbs up/down). Shouldn't we be concerned that only 1m Kenyans can access (lets leave out "afford" for another day) multimedia content online? I thought 3G licenses were given out to about 3 operators? Is it that most Operators have not deployed 3G services and those who have, may be doing so only in selected urban areas? What is the regulator doing to motivate or bully operators to widely deploy broadband services?
2.Closely related to the above, I notice we have an impressive (by regional standards) total size of 906GB International link to the Internet. However, we are using only 36% of this capacity. Is the lack of a mature domestic broadband network suppressing demand on the international links? What exactly is our "domestic" bandwidth capacity and how much of it are we using? This should be an important statistic in future since it can show us if there is congestion at domestic level which in turn maybe suppressing usage/uptake at international level. Furthermore, it can begin to give interesting statistics like how much of our internet traffic is local vs international - something the Kenyan IXP tries to collect but may not have the full picture since not all operators/asp/isp are on board.
3. Finally, I notice the Revenue to Investments ratios in the data market dropped from 148B/29B in 2011 to 98B/26B in 2012. What are the implications? It appears investments (read expansion and increased quality of our networks) is slowing down - yet usage/uptake of broadband networks remains extremely low ( 1m users). Looks like Operators have local capacities but no one to use them? Is this a Price issue? Or maybe a content issue? - e.g. why should a farmer in Bungoma get online? Or perhaps - what Safaricom does not like to hear - a market failure arising from the dominant position that Safaricom has successfully worked itself into?
I hope these are not too many questions to handle...
walu.
________________________________ From: "Wambua, Christopher" <Wambua@cck.go.ke> To: jwalu@yahoo.com Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs <CPA@cck.go.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 5:28 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] FW: Growth in internet subscription outpaces voice.doc
Ali,
The report is available on our website at
http://www.cck.go.ke/resc/downloads/Sector_statistics_for_Quarter_2_-_2012-2...
Thanks for the compliment.
Best regards Christopher Wambua Manager/Communications Consumer and Public Affairs Division Communications Commission of Kenya P.O. Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800 KENYA
From:Ali Hussein [mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 3:53 PM To: Wambua, Christopher Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] FW: Growth in internet subscription outpaces voice.doc
Wambua
Great statistics! The country is moving forward.
Please send us a link where we can access the full report.
Regards
Ali Hussein CEO, 3mice interactive media ltd Partner, Telemedia Africa Ltd
Tel: +254713601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com
Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with.
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Wambua, Christopher <Wambua@cck.go.ke> wrote:
Listers,
P R E S S R E L E A S E E
18th April 2013
Growth rate of internet/data surpasses voice
The number of internet users in Kenya increased to 16.2 million in the period between October 1 and December 31 last year, representing a growth of 11.6 %.
According to the CCK Sector Quarterly Statistical Report (2nd Quarter of 2012/13 FY) released today, the number of Internet subscribers in the country rose from 8.5million in the 1st quarter of this financial year to 9.4 million by the end of December 2012, posting an increase of 11.5%. The number of Internet subscribers increased by 75.1% compared to same period in the previous year.
Mobile data/internet continued to dominate the Internet market contributing 99% of the total internet/data subscriptions in the country.
Internet penetration went up by 4.3% to reach 41.1% up from 36.8%
recorded
during the previous period. However, the number of broadband subscribers declined to 1,002,701 from 1,006,071 posted during the previous period mainly due to a reduction in the number of fixed terrestrial broadband subscribers.
The report attributes the growth in the Internet/data market segment to international internet connectivity (used) bandwidth that has continued to spiral upwards. During the quarter under review the international internet used bandwidth rose to 328,641 Mbps from 278,329 Mbps posted during the previous period, representing an increase of 18.1 percent.
Meanwhile, the total number of mobile subscribers in Kenya rose to 30.7 million, representing a marginal growth of 1.0 percent from the previous quarter. As observed during the previous period, the rate of growth has slowed down as the market appears saturated and tending towards maturity. Pre-paid subscribers continued to dominate the mobile sub-sector contributing 99% of the total number of subscribers.
Mobile penetration on the other hand increased to 78% during the same period up from 77.2% recorded during the first quarter. All mobile operators recorded positive growth in service subscription beside Telkom (Orange) which lost a total of 609,321 customers, representing a decline of 19.7% during the quarter under review.
The number of letters sent locally declined by 2.0 percent to reach 17.3 million down from 17.7 million letters sent during the previous period. Compared to the same period of the previous year, a decline of 11.8 percent was recorded.
The number of international incoming letters grew by 20.9 percent during the period to reach 191,672 letters from 158,549 received during the previous period. Similarly international outgoing letters reached 1.9 million from 1.6 million during the previous period, representing 18.1 percent increase.
The full report is attached.
Christopher Wambua Manager/Communications Consumer and Public Affairs Division Communications Commission of Kenya P.O. Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800 KENYA
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Mark and all You make valid points. I have a few of my own:- 1. I think that the government up to this point is way ahead of the private sector in the broadband space. My question (that I have severally asked) is why can't the players embrace the infrastructure sharing principle? This is a no-brainier in terms of pulling resources together and ultimately reduce the time to Break-even and eventually result in lower prices and hence more customers. Maybe TESPOK could tell us the pro & cons of doing this. Maybe we are being too simplistic and there are other issues that need to be resolved. 2. Fibre or 3G or LTE. I think a combination of wireless and Fibre would be advisable as there will still be places in our country that may not make sense (if we only focus on the profit motive) for fibre or the cost may be too prohibitive. The venture of O3b Networks which is a good lesson/venture to bring broadband internet via low orbiting satellites is worth looking at. The network will combine the ubiquitous reach of satellite with the speed of fiber to deliver satellite internet services and mobile backhaul services to emerging markets. The name "O3b" stands for "[The] Other 3 Billion", referring to the population of the world where broadband internet is not available without help. Is this something that the Government can look at through the Universal Access Fund? 3. I'm becoming increasingly convinced that the government through the Universal Access Fund should be playing a more central role improving access to broadband in our country. Like Electricity, broadband cannot (and should not) be confined to the vagaries of profit alone. A mix of both is critical. Value Added Services can then be used to drive profitability. Now that the universal Access Fund Board is in place we expect them to move with the speed required to ensure that broadband at affordable costs is available to all in the counties. It is nonsensical that in 2013 Nyeri, Kilifi, Lamu etc still do not have access to affordable broadband. Lets not even start talking about Lodwar, Wajir etc. 4. To ensure that we have a proliferation of mini ihubs, Nailabs and other labs in the counties we must revert to the robust and well proven Multi-stakeholder model to ensure universal access of broadband. How otherwise will the laptop/tablet for children work? Do we expect them to be buying bundles every other day from the service providers? The swahili have a saying - Udongo upatilize ukali maji (to mould clay you must do it while its wet). It is said that we are migrants to the Internet and that our children are natives of the Internet. Is this really true of every child in the country? A thumb suck estimate is that less than 10% of our children across the country have access to the Internet. Is this what we want to confine our country to? In 2013? That our children going forward will be migrants to the net instead of natives? I put it to us that sometimes we wallow in so much discourse in our ivory towers that we actually forget what it is like for the rest of the country.. Ali Hussein CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd +254 713 601113 "The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb Sent from my iPad On Apr 19, 2013, at 11:05 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
Listers,
Thank you Dr Ndemo for recognising that cheap internet is vital for the young to empower themselves.
I however do not agree with the idea that using mobile spectrum is the best way of delivering broadband. Advancements in technology in the radio sector not withstanding, the investment involved in rolling out hundreds of base transceiver stations that will require frequent upgrades with changes in tech is staggering. I still do not have 3G coverage in Nyeri from Orange Kenya or Airtel. The governmnet led national effort is likely to go the NOFBI way. What use has Orange Kenya put it to to date?
A fiber cable to the homes/offices as a matter of policy or law would ensure the ubiquitous coverage you advocate for. LTE will require me to buy an LTE handset whose standards are debatable and which may be obsolete in a year. Lets not even get started on the power consumption and the interference with other radio services etc. Fiber is Future proof.
@walubengo The local internet market is more like our traditional marketplaces with a lot less order. The other day I tried to stream the KTN Live stream only to realize I am downloading the stream fro Europe. So the path is Mombasa road-fiber-seacom/teams/eassy-London IXP-Europe-Seacom/EASSY/TEAMS-Zuku-Mwangi's Laptop. Is this sensible?
Are we inlove with grand master projects and cant figure out how to encourage local media houses to host their content locally? I understand that the target of internet streaming is the Diaspora but as the report states we barely consume a third of installed international capacity. Shouldn't this no. be higher?
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 9:17 PM, Bitange Ndemo <bitange@jambo.co.ke> wrote:
Walubengo, Thank you for raising these pertinent questions. I had the privilege of talking to four young Kenyan developers this afternoon. They had sought an appointment to discuss the increasing difficulty in accessing affordable internet. Most telcos have moved from their unlimited offers and confined these youth to unaffordable connectivity.
Some have resulted to stealing internet through VPN and anonymzed IP addresses. They indeed demonstrated how it is done. They wanted the Government to seek means of providing affordable internet. They of course do not want to be on the wrong side of the law but they also understand that if this continues, it will undermine growth in the sector. I made a phone call to two CEOs and indeed they confirmed that there are challenges with broadband thefts. Although we have agreed to meet next week there points we have raised before that can effectively deal with such issues.
First we must recognize that the growth in internet penetration in Kenya is as a result of availability of broadband in most parts of the country. Efforts to enable widespread access have failed simply because we are not taking enough risk. Several years after developing infrastructure sharing policy, we still see many players laying their own fibre optic networks. Some parts like Parklands have more than five different fibre cables laid. We have also failed to take advantage of emerging technologies such as LTE and White Space. You may recall we were the first in Africa to announce the deployment of LTE under a shared infrastructure framework but because of dillydallying and retrogressive tendencies we still want to wait for the maturity of the technology. In the mean time Tanzania and South Africa has gone forward.
Our success thus far is born out of taking great risks but this is not happening as technical officers hide behind nonsensical jargon. It may sound as though I am getting frustrated but I intend to deal with these issues properly in order to revive our march to universal access to internet. We are so close to realizing universal access to knowledge (especially now when the President has committed to enabling children to access technology) yet so far if we revert to the old public service mentality.
More than 75% of the population in this country is youth. This is a great resource especially when they leverage on technology to earn a living. We must therefore facilitate them through enabling policy interventions but not frustrate them to the extent of stealing broadband. Under a shared infrastructure framework we can attain 100% internet penetration in which case more revenue to MNOs and more well to do people instead stifling growth now.
Ndemo.
@Wambua,
Good report from CCK. Just a few questions and would appreciate some answers from CCK and ofcourse any other volunteered sources on this esteemed list.
1. Kenya reported 9.5m Internet subscribers as at Dec 2012 but only 1m are on broadband (with data rates above 256Kbs up/down). Shouldn't we be concerned that only 1m Kenyans can access (lets leave out "afford" for another day) multimedia content online? I thought 3G licenses were given out to about 3 operators? Is it that most Operators have not deployed 3G services and those who have, may be doing so only in selected urban areas? What is the regulator doing to motivate or bully operators to widely deploy broadband services?
2.Closely related to the above, I notice we have an impressive (by regional standards) total size of 906GB International link to the Internet. However, we are using only 36% of this capacity. Is the lack of a mature domestic broadband network suppressing demand on the international links? What exactly is our "domestic" bandwidth capacity and how much of it are we using? This should be an important statistic in future since it can show us if there is congestion at domestic level which in turn maybe suppressing usage/uptake at international level. Furthermore, it can begin to give interesting statistics like how much of our internet traffic is local vs international - something the Kenyan IXP tries to collect but may not have the full picture since not all operators/asp/isp are on board.
3. Finally, I notice the Revenue to Investments ratios in the data market dropped from 148B/29B in 2011 to 98B/26B in 2012. What are the implications? It appears investments (read expansion and increased quality of our networks) is slowing down - yet usage/uptake of broadband networks remains extremely low ( 1m users). Looks like Operators have local capacities but no one to use them? Is this a Price issue? Or maybe a content issue? - e.g. why should a farmer in Bungoma get online? Or perhaps - what Safaricom does not like to hear - a market failure arising from the dominant position that Safaricom has successfully worked itself into?
I hope these are not too many questions to handle...
walu.
________________________________ From: "Wambua, Christopher" <Wambua@cck.go.ke> To: jwalu@yahoo.com Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs <CPA@cck.go.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 5:28 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] FW: Growth in internet subscription outpaces voice.doc
Ali,
The report is available on our website at http://www.cck.go.ke/resc/downloads/Sector_statistics_for_Quarter_2_-_2012-2...
Thanks for the compliment.
Best regards Christopher Wambua Manager/Communications Consumer and Public Affairs Division Communications Commission of Kenya P.O. Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800 KENYA
From:Ali Hussein [mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 3:53 PM To: Wambua, Christopher Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] FW: Growth in internet subscription outpaces voice.doc
Wambua
Great statistics! The country is moving forward.
Please send us a link where we can access the full report.
Regards
Ali Hussein CEO, 3mice interactive media ltd Partner, Telemedia Africa Ltd
Tel: +254713601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com
Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with.
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Wambua, Christopher <Wambua@cck.go.ke> wrote:
Listers,
P R E S S R E L E A S E E
18th April 2013
Growth rate of internet/data surpasses voice
The number of internet users in Kenya increased to 16.2 million in the period between October 1 and December 31 last year, representing a growth of 11.6 %.
According to the CCK Sector Quarterly Statistical Report (2nd Quarter of 2012/13 FY) released today, the number of Internet subscribers in the country rose from 8.5million in the 1st quarter of this financial year to 9.4 million by the end of December 2012, posting an increase of 11.5%. The number of Internet subscribers increased by 75.1% compared to same period in the previous year.
Mobile data/internet continued to dominate the Internet market contributing 99% of the total internet/data subscriptions in the country.
Internet penetration went up by 4.3% to reach 41.1% up from 36.8% recorded during the previous period. However, the number of broadband subscribers declined to 1,002,701 from 1,006,071 posted during the previous period mainly due to a reduction in the number of fixed terrestrial broadband subscribers.
The report attributes the growth in the Internet/data market segment to international internet connectivity (used) bandwidth that has continued to spiral upwards. During the quarter under review the international internet used bandwidth rose to 328,641 Mbps from 278,329 Mbps posted during the previous period, representing an increase of 18.1 percent.
Meanwhile, the total number of mobile subscribers in Kenya rose to 30.7 million, representing a marginal growth of 1.0 percent from the previous quarter. As observed during the previous period, the rate of growth has slowed down as the market appears saturated and tending towards maturity. Pre-paid subscribers continued to dominate the mobile sub-sector contributing 99% of the total number of subscribers.
Mobile penetration on the other hand increased to 78% during the same period up from 77.2% recorded during the first quarter. All mobile operators recorded positive growth in service subscription beside Telkom (Orange) which lost a total of 609,321 customers, representing a decline of 19.7% during the quarter under review.
The number of letters sent locally declined by 2.0 percent to reach 17.3 million down from 17.7 million letters sent during the previous period. Compared to the same period of the previous year, a decline of 11.8 percent was recorded.
The number of international incoming letters grew by 20.9 percent during the period to reach 191,672 letters from 158,549 received during the previous period. Similarly international outgoing letters reached 1.9 million from 1.6 million during the previous period, representing 18.1 percent increase.
The full report is attached.
Christopher Wambua Manager/Communications Consumer and Public Affairs Division Communications Commission of Kenya P.O. Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800 KENYA
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This will help explain the President's intentions on Computers. http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_build_a_school_in_the_cloud.html Ndemo.
@Bitange, You wont believe it, I cannot watch the video from home, and yet am on some supposedly good 3G link here in Nairobi/Westlands. Too much jitter/latency. Guess I have to wait till tomorrow and watch from my office link or try again later after 10pm :-( Just experiencing reality of the CCK report - that only 1m Kenyans (perhaps those on fiber links) have true broadband. walu. ________________________________ From: Bitange Ndemo <bitange@jambo.co.ke> To: jwalu@yahoo.com Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs <cpa@cck.go.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2013 9:02 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] The future of learning and the President's proposal on Computers This will help explain the President's intentions on Computers. http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_build_a_school_in_the_cloud.html Ndemo. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
Just watched the video link in Dar es Salaam via Sasatel link - smooth. Pretty good talk also. Japheth. ________________________________ From: Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> To: kipkirui2002tz@yahoo.com Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs <cpa@cck.go.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 5:46 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] The future of learning and the President's proposal on Computers @Bitange, You wont believe it, I cannot watch the video from home, and yet am on some supposedly good 3G link here in Nairobi/Westlands. Too much jitter/latency. Guess I have to wait till tomorrow and watch from my office link or try again later after 10pm :-( Just experiencing reality of the CCK report - that only 1m Kenyans (perhaps those on fiber links) have true broadband. walu. ________________________________ From: Bitange Ndemo <bitange@jambo.co.ke> To: jwalu@yahoo.com Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs <cpa@cck.go.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2013 9:02 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] The future of learning and the President's proposal on Computers This will help explain the President's intentions on Computers. http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_build_a_school_in_the_cloud.html Ndemo. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kipkirui2002tz%40yahoo... The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
That's the irony of mobile/3G networks. Quality of link varies depending on the traffic levels at a given time and location. I was upcountry in Western Kenya, some 500km away from Nairobi and I could watch video on the very same 3G link - most of the times. I suppose I was relatively the rich don/mobile-data subscriber on that particular base station in this rural setting and was enjoying hoarding the link :-) But here in Nairobi, most folks are largely rich dons and are online hence the congestion and the challenge for Operators on how to manage this type of situation. Continuous expansion to accommodate more traffic means you wont have time to make profit from your previous investments/expansion. The easiest thing to do is to apply "congestion pricing" where you settle on a price that tries to keep away additional subscribers who would otherwise spoil the surfing experience of those subscribers your already have. You could also encourage after-hours surfing (after 10pm) where those determined to be online can wait the time and get online when the rest are snoring. walu. ________________________________ From: Japheth kemboi <kipkirui2002tz@yahoo.com> To: Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs <cpa@cck.go.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 6:04 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] The future of learning and the President's proposal on Computers Just watched the video link in Dar es Salaam via Sasatel link - smooth. Pretty good talk also. Japheth. ________________________________ From: Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> To: kipkirui2002tz@yahoo.com Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs <cpa@cck.go.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 5:46 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] The future of learning and the President's proposal on Computers @Bitange, You wont believe it, I cannot watch the video from home, and yet am on some supposedly good 3G link here in Nairobi/Westlands. Too much jitter/latency. Guess I have to wait till tomorrow and watch from my office link or try again later after 10pm :-( Just experiencing reality of the CCK report - that only 1m Kenyans (perhaps those on fiber links) have true broadband. walu. ________________________________ From: Bitange Ndemo <bitange@jambo.co.ke> To: jwalu@yahoo.com Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs <cpa@cck.go.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2013 9:02 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] The future of learning and the President's proposal on Computers This will help explain the President's intentions on Computers. http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_build_a_school_in_the_cloud.html Ndemo. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kipkirui2002tz%40yahoo... The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
In some countries, operators have resorted to offering WiFi to their data subscribers to reduce the load on 3G networks. Here, however the situation is made worse by the fact that most of us do not have fixed connectivity in our homes, and we therefore use mobile networks in their place. Some operators say they are desisting from doing fiber to the Eastlands(FTTE) due to the high number of cuts due to road construction, or the many other reasons that people dig up trenches. So what is needed here, the government to spearhead infrastructure PPP? On 21 April 2013 18:26, Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> wrote:
That's the irony of mobile/3G networks. Quality of link varies depending on the traffic levels at a given time and location. I was upcountry in Western Kenya, some 500km away from Nairobi and I could watch video on the very same 3G link - most of the times. I suppose I was relatively the rich don/mobile-data subscriber on that particular base station in this rural setting and was enjoying hoarding the link :-)
But here in Nairobi, most folks are largely rich dons and are online hence the congestion and the challenge for Operators on how to manage this type of situation. Continuous expansion to accommodate more traffic means you wont have time to make profit from your previous investments/expansion. The easiest thing to do is to apply "congestion pricing" where you settle on a price that tries to keep away additional subscribers who would otherwise spoil the surfing experience of those subscribers your already have. You could also encourage after-hours surfing (after 10pm) where those determined to be online can wait the time and get online when the rest are snoring.
walu. ------------------------------ *From:* Japheth kemboi <kipkirui2002tz@yahoo.com> *To:* Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> *Cc:* Consumer and Public Affairs <cpa@cck.go.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> *Sent:* Sunday, April 21, 2013 6:04 PM
*Subject:* Re: [kictanet] The future of learning and the President's proposal on Computers
Just watched the video link in Dar es Salaam via Sasatel link - smooth. Pretty good talk also.
Japheth.
------------------------------ *From:* Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> *To:* kipkirui2002tz@yahoo.com *Cc:* Consumer and Public Affairs <cpa@cck.go.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> *Sent:* Sunday, April 21, 2013 5:46 PM *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] The future of learning and the President's proposal on Computers
@Bitange,
You wont believe it, I cannot watch the video from home, and yet am on some supposedly good 3G link here in Nairobi/Westlands. Too much jitter/latency. Guess I have to wait till tomorrow and watch from my office link or try again later after 10pm :-(
Just experiencing reality of the CCK report - that only 1m Kenyans (perhaps those on fiber links) have true broadband.
walu.
------------------------------ *From:* Bitange Ndemo <bitange@jambo.co.ke> *To:* jwalu@yahoo.com *Cc:* Consumer and Public Affairs <cpa@cck.go.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> *Sent:* Saturday, April 20, 2013 9:02 PM *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] The future of learning and the President's proposal on Computers
This will help explain the President's intentions on Computers.
http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_build_a_school_in_the_cloud.html
Ndemo.
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I was hoping for more discussion and insights on what the PS raised. Laptops in schools, not internet speeds. On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
In some countries, operators have resorted to offering WiFi to their data subscribers to reduce the load on 3G networks. Here, however the situation is made worse by the fact that most of us do not have fixed connectivity in our homes, and we therefore use mobile networks in their place.
Some operators say they are desisting from doing fiber to the Eastlands(FTTE) due to the high number of cuts due to road construction, or the many other reasons that people dig up trenches.
So what is needed here, the government to spearhead infrastructure PPP?
On 21 April 2013 18:26, Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> wrote:
That's the irony of mobile/3G networks. Quality of link varies depending on the traffic levels at a given time and location. I was upcountry in Western Kenya, some 500km away from Nairobi and I could watch video on the very same 3G link - most of the times. I suppose I was relatively the rich don/mobile-data subscriber on that particular base station in this rural setting and was enjoying hoarding the link :-)
But here in Nairobi, most folks are largely rich dons and are online hence the congestion and the challenge for Operators on how to manage this type of situation. Continuous expansion to accommodate more traffic means you wont have time to make profit from your previous investments/expansion. The easiest thing to do is to apply "congestion pricing" where you settle on a price that tries to keep away additional subscribers who would otherwise spoil the surfing experience of those subscribers your already have. You could also encourage after-hours surfing (after 10pm) where those determined to be online can wait the time and get online when the rest are snoring.
walu. ------------------------------ *From:* Japheth kemboi <kipkirui2002tz@yahoo.com> *To:* Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> *Cc:* Consumer and Public Affairs <cpa@cck.go.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> *Sent:* Sunday, April 21, 2013 6:04 PM
*Subject:* Re: [kictanet] The future of learning and the President's proposal on Computers
Just watched the video link in Dar es Salaam via Sasatel link - smooth. Pretty good talk also.
Japheth.
------------------------------ *From:* Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> *To:* kipkirui2002tz@yahoo.com *Cc:* Consumer and Public Affairs <cpa@cck.go.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> *Sent:* Sunday, April 21, 2013 5:46 PM *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] The future of learning and the President's proposal on Computers
@Bitange,
You wont believe it, I cannot watch the video from home, and yet am on some supposedly good 3G link here in Nairobi/Westlands. Too much jitter/latency. Guess I have to wait till tomorrow and watch from my office link or try again later after 10pm :-(
Just experiencing reality of the CCK report - that only 1m Kenyans (perhaps those on fiber links) have true broadband.
walu.
------------------------------ *From:* Bitange Ndemo <bitange@jambo.co.ke> *To:* jwalu@yahoo.com *Cc:* Consumer and Public Affairs <cpa@cck.go.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> *Sent:* Saturday, April 20, 2013 9:02 PM *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] The future of learning and the President's proposal on Computers
This will help explain the President's intentions on Computers.
http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_build_a_school_in_the_cloud.html
Ndemo.
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participants (8)
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Ali Hussein -
Bitange Ndemo -
Dennis Kioko -
James Mbugua -
Japheth kemboi -
Mark Mwangi -
Walubengo J -
Wambua, Christopher