[kictanet] Online Discussion on OFC Provisioning - Closing Ceremony & Way Forward
meldon at symphony.co.ke
meldon at symphony.co.ke
Thu Feb 8 15:02:01 EAT 2007
Walu
Congratulations again for a great job! You were terrific.
And any feedback from your colleagues on the culture transformation front?
Regards
Mike
John Walubengo
<jwalu at yahoo.com>
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[kictanet] Online Discussion on OFC
Provisioning - Closing Ceremony
02/08/2007 10:02 & Way Forward
AM
Please respond to
Kenya ICT Action
Network -
KICTANet
<kictanet at kictane
t.or.ke>
I wish to formally close the above Online discussion and
thank all of you who spared the time and effort to scribble
down their thoughts on this important subject.
For those who prefer speech (talking) to text (writing), I
am happy to say that we shall be holding a face-2-face,
half-day discussion on the same topic at the Jacaranda
Hotel on Thr 22nd Feb 2007, from 8:00a.m - 1:00p.m (lunch &
tea inclusive i hope ;-).
During this session, we shall have a draft report on the
Online deliberations for validation and also have an
opportunity to enhance the report through the additional
face-2-face comments that shall arise.
KICTANet has been assured that the views collected shall be
taken by Government as a serious Stakeholder input that
will influence the final direction International Optical
Fiber Cable Provisioning in the country shall take. So
please, take out your diary (or PDA?) and spare Thrs
half-day 22nd Feb 2007 for this discussion.
J. Walubengo
for KICTANet.
--- John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Lets hear more, particularly on the qtn --->:What are the
> top three things, each Stakeholder (Operators,
> Regulators,
> Consumers and Govt) should do in order to provide a
> win-win
> situation for everybody in the new OFC dispensation?
>
> Here's my take and it is open to objections and additions
> (remember we can disagree but still remain reconciled ;-)
>
> Regulator must:
> a) prepare a new regulatory environment where they have a
> say over International connectivity i.e. move beyond
> providing International Gateway licenses and probably get
> into enforcing Inter-connection (Access) issues for
> International traffic.
> b) must provide a new market structure i.e. move beyond
> selling 'vertical' licenses and begin selling
> 'horizontal'
> licenses i.e align licensing according to new realities
> of
> (IP) convergence
> c) start thinking about reviewing existing licensing and
> the anticipated resistance this would cause from existing
> Operators
>
> Operators must:
> a) begin to strategies on which market/licence-space they
> would wish to play in (Infrastructure, Network or
> Applications?)
> b) begin to plan for innovative competition from
> non-traditional rivals the Application Providers (e.g.
> KTN
> or Nation TV competing with providers for Internet TV).
> c) ...
>
> Consumers must:
> a) Get organised more strongly in consumer assosciations
> b) Get to engage more coherently with Regulators and
> Operators
> c)....
>
> Govt must:
> a) Get appropriate Policies and legislation to address
> the
> new era
> b) ...
> c)...
>
> walu.
>
>
> --- Eric Osiakwan <eric at afrispa.org> wrote:
>
> > This sounds like a modern day sermon......
> >
> > If we cant realise this then we loose the opportunity
> to
> > leverage the last frontier in Societal
> > strength which is the multi-stakeholder power.
> >
> > Eric here
> >
> >
> > ---------- Original Message
> > ----------------------------------
> > From: <alice at apc.org>
> > Reply-To: Kenya ICT Action Network - KICTANet
> > <kictanet at kictanet.or.ke>
> > Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 09:09:30 +0300
> >
> > >Sounds like utopia but realisable. In this day and
> age,
> > no one sector can
> > >deliver the complexities of sustainable development
> > alone. Therefore,
> > >partnerships between government, businesses, civil
> > society and media (what
> > >is referred to as multi stakeholder partnerships) have
> > become a growing
> > >feature world wide. Additionally, the interactions of
> > ICTS with development
> > >and poverty reduction goals are so complex that a
> range
> > of resources and
> > >competencies need to be brought together to create
> > solutions to specific
> > >challenges. One of the reasons that the UN WSIS
> process
> > adopted multi
> > >stakeholder process and now others like the ITU are
> > following.
> > >Kenya ICt Action network is based on this philosophy
> and
> > one of the lessons
> > >we have learnt is that diversity is a reality and it
> is
> > important to
> > >understand different values, encourage dialogue and
> > integrate views into
> > >joint solutions. And I believe that with the amount of
> > discussions, e-mail
> > >reading, listening, etc we are all in a position to
> > understand and reconcile
> > >our various interests to shape/build consensus.
> > >
> > >
> > >alice
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Michael Joseph" <MJoseph at Safaricom.co.ke>
> > >To: <alice at apc.org>
> > >Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 7:25 AM
> > >Subject: Re: [kictanet] Day 10 of 10: Reconciling
> > Stakeholder Interests
> > >
> > >
> > >>I think you have done a good job in summing up the
> > objectives of the
> > >> various participants and stakeholders. I think all
> > the objectives can
> > >> and should be met if all parties understood each
> > other's key objectives
> > >> and operating environments (including an
> understanding
> > of the costs to
> > >> achieve them). I think we have progressed a great
> deal
> > in the last 4
> > >> years with operators, the regulator and the
> Government
> > beginning to
> > >> understand and appreciate each other roles.
> > >>
> > >> To improve matters, more honest dialog with each
> other
> > in an environment
> > >> where no one is superior to the other, where the
> "big
> > whips" are packed
> > >> away, and hopefully a new framework in terms of the
> > new ICT bill where
> > >> the roles and expectations of each stakeholder is
> > clearly spelt out.
> > >>
> > >> Sounds like Utopia but that that's my opinion.
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >>
> > >> Michael
> > >>
> > >> CEO
> > >> Safaricom Limited
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From:
> > kictanet-bounces+mjoseph=safaricom.co.ke at kictanet.or.ke
> > >>
> >
>
[mailto:kictanet-bounces+mjoseph=safaricom.co.ke at kictanet.or.ke]
> > On
> > >> Behalf Of John Walubengo
> > >> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 7:03 PM
> > >> To: Michael Joseph
> > >> Subject: [kictanet] Day 10 of 10: Reconciling
> > Stakeholder Interests
> > >>
> > >> <<<I must stay that the previous theme 'Projected
> > Impact of
> > >> OFC on Stakeholders' has been quite turbulent. We
> did
> > >> recieve about 20 postings on this theme(during 4
> > calender
> > >> days) and it has been a challenge trying to sieve
> > through
> > >> them in order to create a brief and reasonable
> account
> > of
> > >> the issues, proposals and predictions. In the
> interest
> > of
> > >> moving forward, I would wish to introduce the next
> > theme
> > >> and but will provide the summary of issues in the
> > final
> > >> report.>>>.
> > >>
> > >> In general, the Operators have an obligation to
> > maximize
> > >> profit for their shareholders by virtue of having
> > taken a
> > >> risk and committed funds into a particular line of
> > business
> > >> (OFC included). The Consumer on the other hand will
> > always
> > >> want services at the lowest cost possible (including
> > free
>
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