[Kictanet] Day 3 of 10: What are the existing Business Models for OFC provision?

Thu Jan 25 10:44:55 EAT 2007

O.K....

Even though Badru has jumped ahead into Day 5 theme (i.e
Best Model) I wish to confirm if we are agreed that there
seems to be only the three models for Providing OFC,
namely, 
a) Purely Private Sector (Practiced in Developed Economies)
b) Consortium Model (Practiced in SAT3 example)
c) Open Access Model (Proposed by Academia/Civil Societies)

could there be a 4th model out there? Maybe there is a
middle ground model where all stakeholders are happy. Plse
voice your opinion today before tomorrow - where we shall
start a new Theme on 'appropriate Regulatory models for
managing OFC'.

walu.
Themes Reminder
1) Why OFC (1day)
2) Existing Business Models for OFC (2days)
3) Existing/Appropriate Regulatory Models for OFC (2days)
4) Best Model (Business+Regulatory) for E. Africans (2days)
5) Projected Impact on Stakeholders (2days) 
6) Reconciling Stakeholder interests/Conclusions (2days)

--- John Walubengo <jwalubengo at kcct.ac.ke> wrote:

> Some interesting insights from Badru and Njorohio...
> 
> walu.
> 
> > Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:16:22 +0300
> From: Badru Ntege <ntegeb at one2net.co.ug>
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> CC: African Information Society Initiative - Discussion
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> 	<aisi-l at lyris.bellanet.org>, 
> 	DigAfrica at yahoogroups.com, John Walubengo
> <jwalubengo at kcct.ac.ke>,
> 	KIPlist <kiplist-cl at lyris.idrc.ca>,
> 	Africa ICT Policy Forum <africtic at dgroups.org>
> Subject: Re: [Fibre-for-africa] Join KICTAnet's online
> discuission: What is
> 	the best model for providing the Fiber Optic Submarine
> Cable to	East
> 	Africans?
> 
> I think we all know "who shot EASSY". it was politics and
> egos which 
> have never been good bed fellows. The guilty parties that
> pulled the 
> trigger are kenya and South Africa though the jury is
> still out on this. 
> Then along the way came some other characters who used
> the impasse to 
> get some free publicity (we all know who they are ). when
> time to pay up 
> came they all disappeared and guess who is suffering.
> 
> If government's and Nepad want to be in please consult
> the community, 
> lay the law and rules of engagement and stay away. then
> next should be 
> those who have the pockets to come in and build the
> fiber.
> 
> I mean at the end of the day business rules will kick in
> and eventually 
> the price will come down. If government wants to
> intervene to bring 
> costs down then give the businesses an incentive to offer
> good pricing, 
> maybe tax waivers etc.
> 
> Lets forget the nice world in the clouds where everyone
> has access and 
> buys at the same price etc. Some things need to be given
> time to develop 
> naturaly.
> 
> Many things and services in all our walks of life are
> built by private 
> entities some are closed clubs and others are open. that
> is a business 
> decision.
> 
> Forget open access and all that baloony, all those
> consultants who were 
> singing all this nice to the ears stuff are back sitting
> behind there 
> 10mB links costing them a few dollars while we are
> sitting on our 16k 
> 32k links moaning EASSY.
> 
> Bottom line allow the operators to build the cable
> Set operating criteria and acceptable pricing levels
> Government concentrates on facilitating internal networks
> to Rural 
> communities
> Encourage the production of local content
> Put in measures that will create demand and thus market
> forces to bring 
> the prices down.
> 
> my 2 cents
> 
> 
> gathuri njorohio wrote:
> > Hi All
> > The EASSY cable implementation seems to be stalling due
> to 
> > disagreement on financing and the way to operate and
> manage it.
> > The Eastern african countries will continue being
> overcharged for 
> > their international traffic when they pass through
> satellite due to 
> > lack of this cheap way of carrying traffic through the
> submarine cable.
> > We are aware of the regional economic bodies that are
> mandated to 
> > promote trade between the countries and I suggest that
> they should 
> > also invest in ICT .COMESA and SADC are the bodies
> catering for trade 
> > in south and eastern Africa.Why can't they take the
> opportunity to 
> > invest in this cable so that it can benefit the
> countries they are 
> > serving.
> > A company can be formed answerable to these two bodies
> for the 
> > installation , maintenance and operation of this cable.
> > The western africa and central africa can do the same
> for the western 
> > cable link.
> > The existing cables can continue to give redundancy for
> the new cables.
> > The e commission of the NEPAD could facilitate these
> intiatives as a 
> > neutral body for the development of Africa.
> > Eng. Njorohio
> > */alice at apc.org/* wrote:
> >
> >     (Apologies for Cross positing)
> >
> >
> >
> >     Attn: Telco Operators, Regulators, Academia, Media,
> Civil Society,
> >     Consumers
> >
> >     The Last Frontier: The East African Coast remains
> the last region
> >     in the
> >     world that is yet to connect to the cheaper and
> more reliable Global
> >     Submarine Optical Fiber Network. EASSy, TEAMS and
> others promise
> >     to change
> >     that by providing this crucial link.
> >
> >     EASSy, TEAMS, etc,: What is the best model for
> providing the Fiber
> >     Optic
> >     Submarine Cable to East Africans?
> >
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