[kictanet] TEAMs to switch into Private Hands

[John Walubengo]

The current issue of The EastAfrican claims that the
government submarine fiber project is to be transferred to
the initial co-financiers : Safaricom, KDN, Jamii, amongst
others.

Will the eventual majority shareholders - essentially the
private sector - operate the cable  on Open Access
principles?  Specifically, the following questions arise.


1. Will the cable be open for direct connectivity (at the
source in MSA) to other future telco players?

2. Will the price of connecting to the international fiber
be driven by profit-motives or will it be based on the
'cost-of-operating-the-fiber' basis.

3. What modalities exist for future investors who may wish
to own part of the fiber maybe 2 or 5years after the cable
is operational- or will this thing be a closed-club to the
original financiers once the cable becomes operational?
(remember the consortium approach of EASSy?)

4. What are the steps involved in transparently
transferring this public resource into private sector?

just wondering...

walu.



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