[kictanet] IG Discussions- Day 2 of 10: Infrastructure Issues-Submarine Cables

[Bildad Kagai]

In my opinion,
1. [For profit - Seacom] sounds like a brilliant business model.
2. [Means-to-an-end - TEAMS]: I have done a bit of economics upto Uni  
level and finally...the only economic model they did not teach at UoN  
(established by an Act of Parliament).

Sounds like Teams has already waged a price war with no products in  
the market yet.
I can bet Brian for free that if Teams is cheaper (reasonably) than  
Seacom, then 'kalubu' on me...that day.

Walu - Kalubu is local content (fermented not digitized - but u can  
also say - shaken not stirred) that we partake responsibly during  
those kilelembe nights.


On Apr 28, 2009, at 3:57 PM, Brian Munyao Longwe wrote:

> Hi john,
>
> Well, I had opted not to comment on this, but since you asked....
>
> There are a number of different ways to go about major  
> infrastructure development:
> 1) For-Profit: Put together a business case with a clear Return-On- 
> Investment (ROI) benefit; go out and find the money, then build and  
> deploy - hopefully the market will respond well and the investors  
> get their return (e.g. SEACOM)
> 2) Means-to-an-end: Determine the total costs for the project, go to  
> the primary stakeholders; Oil companies in the case of oil  
> pipelines, gas companies in the case of gas companies, operators &  
> ISPs in the case of bandwidth; sell them the concept of delivering  
> the commodity to themselves at cost (or as near to cost as  
> possible); set up an "Operations & Maintenance" structure which  
> levies the same parties; build and deploy; once the bandwidth is  
> delivered it's a "free-for-all" in the marketplace - with COSTS at a  
> very low level, prices will evenetually follow due to competition  
> (e.g. TEAMs and EASSY)
>
> This is one of the main reasons why projects such as TEAMs and EASSY  
> have faced stiff opposition, criticism and outright attempted  
> sabotage - because they have the potential to cut the feet out from  
> under any similar commercial venture.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Brian
>
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 3:22 PM, John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com>  
> wrote:
>
> Thanx Sam, Victor, Brian, Faima, Mwende & Bill for your quick  
> contributions...am sure there are more insights out there. Plse  
> share using easily understandable wordings for the benefit of our  
> international Listers...
>
> >>Bill, - "Bubudiu mbovu" - when I was growing up, this used to mean  
> "misleading propaganda" was that your intepretation of the "TEAMS  
> project not aiming to make money out of the cable" comment from Brian?
>
> walu.
>
>
>
>
> --- On Tue, 4/28/09, Bildad Kagai <billkagai at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Bildad Kagai <billkagai at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] IG Discussions- Day 2 of 10:  
> Infrastructure Issues-Submarine Cables
> > To: jwalu at yahoo.com
> > Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions"  
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> > Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 1:28 PM
> > On Apr 28, 2009, at 11:14 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe wrote:
> >
> > > Don't forget that TEAMs is a
> > 'developmental' cable system i.e. it's investors
> > are not aiming to make any money out of the cable itself
> >
> > Bubudiu mbovu.
> >
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