[kictanet] [Fwd: Re: [Fibre-for-africa] What's Up EASSy?]

[alice]

Dear All

I use EASSy as a case study for a course I teach on and recently came up 
with the following summary of where the project currently stands. The 
"update" was put together to complement a stakeholder analysis that was 
done by APC late 2006/early 2007 and which can be downloaded here: 
http://www.apc.org/apps/img_upload/f22c64f43b568608639b68dbdd91d89a/Updated_EASSy_Stakeholders_Analysis_v1.0.pdf

I would appreciate any comments on this.


Abi



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     > > Subject: [Fibre-for-africa] What's Up EASSy?
     > >
     > > What's up EASSy?
     > >
     > > It's been a few quiet months at the EASSy stable, but word is
    now out
     > > on
     > > where this initiative has gotten to. And the word doesn't seem
    to good
     > > for
     > > EASSy enthusiasts. Once a front-runner in the so-called race to
    land
     > > fibre
     > > at the eastern coast of Africa, EASSy has conceded it is seriously
     > > trailing SEACOM (which appears comfortably perched in the driver's
     > > seat)
     > > and TEAMS (which is following in, albeit not too closely).
     > >
     > > According to a report in Kenya's Daily Nation, EASSy now
    expects to get
     > > operational around June 2010 (we add: 8 years after visionaries
     > > initially
     > > conceived it and got down to putting it together). Quoting
    Chris Wood,
     > > CEO
     > > of West Indian ocean cable Co. Ltd., the SPV for EASSy, the
    report says
     > > indicates EASSy will leverage on a "competitive long-term
    business plan
     > > to
     > > reduce the coast of bandwidth for coastal and land-locked
    countries".
     > > Besides, Wood claims his cable will have the biggest capacity
    of them
     > > all.
     > > Details:
     > > http://www.nation.co.ke/magazines/smartcompany/-/1226/549886/-
     > > /srb1j8z/-/index.html
     > >
     > > SEACOM, meanwhile, announced this week it would go commercial
    in July
     > > this
     > > year - although the cable would be ready in June.  Monthly
    charges for
     > > bulk purchases would be around US$100-US$200 per Mbps. They
    said demand
     > > is
     > > so high they will offer bandwidth at lower prices than their
    earlier
     > > biz
     > > plan forecast; talked about profitability reaching lots earlier
    than
     > > initially anticipated; and said carriers in the region would
    actually
     > > be
     > > better off accessing more than one cable. Nice.
     > >
     > > But some are wondering: Now that the cables are coming, what are we
     > > gonna
     > > do with that bandwidth? Possibilities are vast, plans probably much
     > > less.
     > > It appears in Kenya, there's both thinking and action. 1) This
    week, an
     > > education minister has spoken about interesting e-learning
    plans whose
     > > implementation  later this year he said would be enabled by the
     > > availability of the cable. 2) Kenya Data Networks, one of those
     > > gleefully
     > > signing onto the SEACOM offering, has said they will reduce
    their costs
     > > from next month. 3) At the end of last year the Kenya ICT Board
     > > unveiled a
     > > US$4.1m kitty for developers of local content....
     > >
     > > For some of the other countries, there doesn't appear to be as much
     > > cooking as in Kenya. Or may be someone just isn't telling us yet.
     > >
     > > Wakabi
     > >
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