[kictanet] Flight KQ 507: Did the Media cross the line?

Alex Gakuru alexgakuru.lists at gmail.com
Wed May 9 21:54:18 EAT 2007


Thanks Michuki for 'ELT'. Telkom's 1 million new subscribers in a few
months.....

[Business Daily]

The wireless service offering by the soon-to-be privatised State telecom,
has rolled out nearly a million lines in the last few months and is
targeting mostly rural customers around the country.

http://bdafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=956&Itemid=3514

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Reckon they have fixed-line for sms for data enabled applications up their
sleeve?
"Syscom Emirates announces massive growth of fixed line SMS Phones"
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093151776

Wire Telcos are doing it all over:
http://www.chinatelecom-h.com/eng/business/fixedlinesms.htm
http://www.etisalat.ae/index.jsp?contentid=f1f309b00385b010VgnVCM1000000c24a8c0RCRD&currentid=669f59ecfb01a010VgnVCM1000003c05000a____&lang=en&type=service

"Unisys Extends BT Deal"
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=86583

"UK messaging market is set to be worth more than £26 billion by 2010."
http://www.btwholesale-engage.com/MakingMoreOfMessaging.aspx

Issues involved:
http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/fs22006_sms_and_the_migration.html

Quite disruptive new technologies.


On 5/9/07, Mike Theuri <mike.theuri at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The problem could very well have been that the area was not mapped in an
> accurate manner using GPS thus causing the error/inaccuracy due to a
> mismatch
> between the coordinates from GPS and actual maps. Many African cities and
> locales outside of major cities remain GPS unmapped to date. This is
> evident in
> the web blogs of tourists who drive north to south across the continent
> from
> Europe and often post GPS coordinates to help future travellers who may
> take a
> similar trip to find their way.  Nairobi has been mapped geographically
> through
> JICA but such maps do not appear to have been availed freely to the public
> domain. The immense benefits of such mapping include the ability to use
> navigational systems in vehicles or simple to use driving directions
> through
> services such as google maps. However only a subsequent investigation can
> determine what truly happened with the erroneous signal. The collection of
>
> slides below for example shows how GPS can be inaccurate and what
> corrective
> measures can be taken to ensure accuracy :
>
>
> http://www.codata.org/codata02/07med/hightower/hightower_files/frame.htm#slide0051.htm
>
> The benefits of geographical mapping can be immense in many different
> ways. For
> instance it can be used to determine high crime rate areas or determine
> where
> certain types of crimes occur. A good example of such a free service is
> www.crimeindc.org which integrates google maps with street addressing and
> police
> reports to highlight high crime areas in Washington, DC. Such a service
> would be
> of benefit to the police for instance where a certain area shows a pattern
> of a
> particular type of crime then the appropriate crime fighting squads who
> specialize in solving those types of crimes can be assigned to the area.
> It
> would also help police and/or rescuers reach victims of accidents or crime
> in a
> faster than usual manner where newer mobile phones activate GPS tracking
> to the
> respective carrier when the user dials an emergency telephone number. In
> Kenya
> this makes practical sense particularly in the case of increased crime and
> the
> fact that ownership of a sim card can go untracked, however it also raises
> privacy concerns particularly if such technologies are abused by
> governmental
> authorities or those entrusted with the integrity of ensuring that users
> of such
> technologies maintain an reasonable level of privacy.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_GPS
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kagwe James" <JKagwe at aforbes.co.ke>
> To: "Mike Theuri" <mike.theuri at gmail.com >
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 12:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Flight KQ 507: Did the Media cross the line?
>
>
> Just concerned and probably out of context as far as the discussions
> we've been having are concerned. Isn't there a technology, probably GPRS
> based that can be used to track aeroplanes all over the world?
>
> Just like the way car track traces cars using GPRS. Is it possible to
> have such to track and trace aeroplanes. The time it took to trace the
> KQ plane was quite worrying and given that aeroplanes traverse deserts,
> seas and forests, then a system like this would make a difference in the
> time that it takes to trace a plane and probably save peoples lives.
>
> Just a view, no politics please!!!!!!!
>
>
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