[Kictanet] Day 6 of 10: Best Business & Regulatory Modelforprovisioning OFC(EASsy, TEAMs, etc)

[Badru Ntege]

A commercially orientated platform is needed, probably with government 
soft loans which would then justify future regulatory control for the 
good of the mwanchi's. However government should not be directly 
involved. Open Access has always been around some call it universal 
service access and is practiced under different flavors. I think private 
entities should be encouraged to lay the fiber. All this will do is give 
more choice for access and the market will take over.

So Micheal i think you and a number of other like minded people should 
go ahead and build the pipe. What we should be doing is then lobying the 
powers that be to give you all the necessary breaks to make it happen. 
You have all been in business long enough to know how to make it work so 
i really get bothered when civil servants who have never run a business 
are tasked with laying the rules. Yes some rules to protect the users 
are needed but again if the Pipe were the only link then yes. We all 
seem to under estimate the powers the market place. In business you 
ignore this power at your peril


Michael Joseph wrote:
>
> I think it is necessary to discuss how this will all be funded. 
> Submarine cables systems are expensive to install and maintain, and I 
> have yet to see or hear of any firm proposals of how this will all be 
> funded. I have heard talk of SPV’s with Government putting up the 
> initial capital, IPO’s etc. but nothing in writing. As one of the 
> potential main users of an international submarine cable and probably 
> one that might be asked to participate in the funding, it would be 
> useful to start this dialog quite early.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael
>
> /CEO/
>
> /Safaricom Limited/
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> *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 *Bill Kagai
> *Sent:* Monday, January 29, 2007 10:02 PM
> *To:* Michael Joseph
> *Subject:* Re: [Kictanet] Day 6 of 10: Best Business & Regulatory 
> Modelforprovisioning OFC(EASsy, TEAMs, etc)
>
> I agree with both [Ndemo and Kai] Esq.. albeit in part.
>
> Open Access can be re-defined at a new (higher) level if both Govt 
> (TEAMS) and Private (FLAG) float shares to the public in these 
> ventures before the projects commence. We (Mwananchi) thus becomes 
> consumers in ownership earning dividend...and everybody goes home happy.
>
> Maybe our primary recommendation should be that a venture which 
> entails public consumables like this cable should first be floated to 
> the public so that we ALL gain.
>
> Bill
>
> On 1/29/07, *bitange at jambo.co.ke <mailto:bitange at jambo.co.ke>* 
> <bitange at jambo.co.ke <mailto:bitange at jambo.co.ke>> wrote:
>
>     Dear All,
>     It is appropriate to thank Walubengo for the excellent job he is
>     doing in
>     moderating this discussion. I am suprised that some of you are making
>     outrageous statements like "TEAMs is to go to a monopoly". This is not
>     true because I am sure that the TEAMs design has not been made public.
>     Secondly, it in the Government interest that these projects benefit
>     mwananchi.
>
>     The Government would continue to encourage competition to ensure
>     the costs
>     are at the lowest. The only reason one would feel hurt about
>     competitor
>     progress is when that person wants the monopoly status.
>
>     Regards
>
>
>     Ndemo
>
>
>
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