Re: [kictanet] Standoff looms as Safaricom, Airtel oppose new levy
Friends, The Universal Service Fund (USF) is a tried, tested and successful idea where it has been implemented well. The intention is noble: to help take (in our case) telecom services to disadvantaged areas where companies may not make as much money as others. The fund is supposed to help fund infrastructure in such areas or offer it as compensation/incentive for those that venture to such areas. In Canada, for instance, one enjoys similar quality of service and access to telecom services in Nunavut (a vast, sparsely populated territory near the North Pole) as in major urban and business centres as Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, ... and the like. In my opinion, it has taken longer than usual to operationalize the fund in Kenya! The recently appointed team should accelerate the process and hence drive the benefits intended to mwananchi in areas that qualify to benefit from the fund. Shukrani. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manage your ICT risks! We are the experts you need! The trusted partners you deserve! Call: +1-888-587-1150 (Canada) +254-20-267-0743 (Kenya) or info@aganoconsulting.com Licensed by Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The best revenge is massive success" - Frank Sinatra----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including attachments, may be privileged and may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the addressee(s). Any other distribution, copying, use, or disclosure is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete the message, including any attachments, without making a copy. Thank you.
The fact that things have successfully been done elsewhere doesn't mean there aren't newer or better ways to do them. This is how startups like Uber emerged, doing what has been done for ages in a new way. On 8 Aug 2014 09:58, "Matunda Nyanchama via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Friends,
The Universal Service Fund (USF) is a tried, tested and successful idea where it has been implemented well. The intention is noble: to help take (in our case) telecom services to disadvantaged areas where companies may not make as much money as others. The fund is supposed to help fund infrastructure in such areas or offer it as compensation/incentive for those that venture to such areas.
In Canada, for instance, one enjoys similar quality of service and access to telecom services in Nunavut (a vast, sparsely populated territory near the North Pole) as in major urban and business centres as Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, ... and the like.
In my opinion, it has taken longer than usual to operationalize the fund in Kenya! The recently appointed team should accelerate the process and hence drive the benefits intended to mwananchi in areas that qualify to benefit from the fund.
Shukrani.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; <http://twitter.com/#%21/nmatunda>Skype: okiambe
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Mr Kioko you have point; innovation is about continuous improvement. Just show explain that improvement should be in the Kenyan case; how do you or anyone propose to take telecom services to Mandera so that they can enjoy what others enjoy in urban centres like Nairobi. Absent of such alternative(s), the USF is the best option we have at the moment. Have a good weekend. ________________________________ From: Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>; Matunda Nyanchama <mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com> Sent: Friday, August 8, 2014 10:58 AM Subject: Re: [kictanet] Standoff looms as Safaricom, Airtel oppose new levy The fact that things have successfully been done elsewhere doesn't mean there aren't newer or better ways to do them. This is how startups like Uber emerged, doing what has been done for ages in a new way. On 8 Aug 2014 09:58, "Matunda Nyanchama via kictanet" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Friends,
The Universal Service Fund (USF) is a tried, tested and successful idea where it has been implemented well. The intention is noble: to help take (in our case) telecom services to disadvantaged areas where companies may not make as much money as others. The fund is supposed to help fund infrastructure in such areas or offer it as compensation/incentive for those that venture to such areas.
In Canada, for instance, one enjoys similar quality of service and access to telecom services in Nunavut (a vast, sparsely populated territory near the North Pole) as in major urban and business centres as Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, ... and the like.
In my opinion, it has taken longer than usual to operationalize the fund in Kenya! The recently appointed team should accelerate the process and hence drive the benefits intended to mwananchi in areas that qualify to benefit from the fund.
Shukrani.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manage your ICT risks! We are the experts you need! The trusted partners you deserve! Call: +1-888-587-1150 (Canada) +254-20-267-0743 (Kenya) or info@aganoconsulting.com Licensed by Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The best revenge is massive success" - Frank Sinatra----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including attachments, may be privileged and may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the addressee(s). Any other distribution, copying, use, or disclosure is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete the message, including any attachments, without making a copy. Thank you.
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We also need representation of Internet users on the USF. After all, the USF is all about users. ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh "There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson On 8 August 2014 12:43, Matunda Nyanchama via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Mr Kioko you have point; innovation is about continuous improvement.
Just show explain that improvement should be in the Kenyan case; how do you or anyone propose to take telecom services to Mandera so that they can enjoy what others enjoy in urban centres like Nairobi.
Absent of such alternative(s), the USF is the best option we have at the moment.
Have a good weekend.
------------------------------ *From:* Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> *To:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>; Matunda Nyanchama <mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com> *Sent:* Friday, August 8, 2014 10:58 AM *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Standoff looms as Safaricom, Airtel oppose new levy
The fact that things have successfully been done elsewhere doesn't mean there aren't newer or better ways to do them. This is how startups like Uber emerged, doing what has been done for ages in a new way. On 8 Aug 2014 09:58, "Matunda Nyanchama via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Friends,
The Universal Service Fund (USF) is a tried, tested and successful idea where it has been implemented well. The intention is noble: to help take (in our case) telecom services to disadvantaged areas where companies may not make as much money as others. The fund is supposed to help fund infrastructure in such areas or offer it as compensation/incentive for those that venture to such areas.
In Canada, for instance, one enjoys similar quality of service and access to telecom services in Nunavut (a vast, sparsely populated territory near the North Pole) as in major urban and business centres as Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, ... and the like.
In my opinion, it has taken longer than usual to operationalize the fund in Kenya! The recently appointed team should accelerate the process and hence drive the benefits intended to mwananchi in areas that qualify to benefit from the fund.
Shukrani.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; <http://twitter.com/#%21/nmatunda>Skype: okiambe
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manage your ICT risks! We are the experts you need! The trusted partners you deserve! Call: +1-888-587-1150 (Canada) +254-20-267-0743 (Kenya) or info@aganoconsulting.com Licensed by Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK)
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Dennis Kioko -
Matunda Nyanchama -
Mwendwa Kivuva