[kictanet] Fibre Optic

Wed Nov 28 09:28:52 EAT 2007

Dear Yawe,
I am sorry for assuming that you were aware of the National Optic Fibre
Broadband network that is being built by Sagem, Huaweii and ZTE.  The
project will be finished by August next year.  The Digital Village project
will benefit from this network that is to link all District HQs.  The
netwotk shall be run by the operators and hopefully take control of it if
they see a business case in it.  Otherwise this was basically the
Government wide area network.  We are now hoping that operators would come
up with the last mile solutions.

Phase two of our plans is to partner with the private sector to build data
centers and disaster recovery centers.  This will ensure cheaper local
hosting capability.  The biggest challenge is going to be local content. 
On the Government side, by June next year we should have tons of content
online.  We need to pass the Freedom of Information Bill for the public to
benefit from most of GoK data.

We shall still need the international Fibre optic for research to both
ends, that is, the rest of the world and our own research.  We cannot
develop on a cocoon.

I hope I have responded to your questions.  If you are not satisfied,
please let me know.

Asante sana.

Bitange Ndemo.

> Dr Ndemo,
>
> You have not answered our concern yet on why we need the marine cable to
> bring us high speed Internet yet as a country we do not have a cost
> effective national high speed network?
>
> The diaspora makes up less than 5% of the population and many of them add
> no value to us, yet you are more concerned about how we can communicate
> with them instead of how to make it possible for my children to talk and
> see their grandmother in Mbita point without requiring to make the trip.
>
> As a democracy I believe our interest should be to serve the greater
> population than a few out there.
>
> I have been looking at the cost of AGM's for listed companies and it is a
> major drain on this organisations, if you and your team could concentrate
> on a fiber link to all provincial head quarters we can have the next
> Kengen AGM held virtually with participants in centers closest to them, to
> me this would be a greater utilisation of connectivity than being able to
> talk cheaply to my sister in the US who none the less is too busy working
> 3 jobs to have time to talk to me regularly irrespective of cost.
>
> So Dr. Ndemo gives us a more compelling reason for the fibre optic cable.
>
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> KEnya
> Tel: +254722511225
>
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> From: "bitange at jambo.co.ke" <bitange at jambo.co.ke>
> To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Sent: Monday, 26 November, 2007 9:13:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fibre Optic
>
> Dear Yawe, Gakuru,
> I promised to respond to the question as to whether we indeed need
>  Fibre
> Optic Cables.  Yes indeed we need them for the time being (Intel shall
>  be
> commecializing [in 10 years time]a chip with the capability to send
>  data
> at high speeds without any cables)(see NY Times summary article below).
>
> In as much as I do not like cables  for connectivity I think they are a
> necessary infrastructure at the moment.  The benefits are immense as I
> look forward to greater linkages with our increasingly important
>  relatives
> in the diaspora.
>
> With efficient connectivity, there we create opportunities such as
> localised news that is accessible to anyone everywhere; we shall enable
> innovation and more importantly create jobs for our youth.  The
>  difference
> here is that some may see entrepreneurial opportunities that come with
> this infrastructure and unfortunately some will simply watch as events
> unfold.  Fortunately, you only need a few (Steve jobs, Bill Gates etc)
>  to
> innovate and exploit the opportunity once access to technology is
>  availed.
>
> Our role is to facilitate our people to reach their fullest potential.
> This is what leadership is all about.
>
>
> Bitange Ndemo.
>
>
>
> A Chip That Can Transfer Data Using Laser Light
> New York Times:
>
> The advance will make it possible to use laser light rather than wires
>  to
> send data between chips, removing the most significant bottleneck in
> computer design.
>
> A Tiny Laser on a Silicon Chip As a result, chip makers may be able to
>  put
> the high-speed data communications industry on the same curve of
>  increased
> processing speed and diminishing costs â€” the phenomenon known as
>  Mooreâ€™s
> law â€” that has driven the computer industry for the last four
>  decades.
>
> The development is a result of research at Intel, the worldâ€™s largest
>  chip
> maker, and the University of California, Santa Barbara. Commercializing
> the new technology may not happen before the end of the decade, but the
> prospect of being able to place hundreds or thousands of data-carrying
> light beams on standard industry chips is certain to shake up both the
> communications and computer industries.
>
>
>
>
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