[kictanet] Fibre vs 4G

[S.Murigi Muraya]

Orange has been laying fibre in some parts of Nairobi. If like Celtel, 
Orange (France Telecom) is not generous enough to win market share now 
.... not good!

An interesting read: 
http://www.francetelecom.com/fr_FR/finance/investisseurs/reu-thematiques-conf/att00007112/2-20070626_FTTH.pdf

Safaricom 'data services' pricing has not been bad compared to other 
parts of the World which do not rely on expensive satellite 
connectivity. It in fact almost matched their pricing in some cases. Who 
are 'others' - those using (non Wimax) mobile internet technologies ... 
GSM was originally designed to carry voice not data. Engineers have been 
adding (expensive) layers to GSM to enable it to carry data such as EDGE 
and UMTS (3G). Telecom network engineers can explain if 4G / LTE will 
solve the 'expense' problem.