[kictanet] Kenya's Safaricom says to test 4G later in 2010

Thu Apr 1 11:20:42 EAT 2010

I dont think Safcom or any other Telco needs permission from Users(customers) to test new technologies (unless ofcourse these are medically harmful - of which the regulator would have cleared beforehand). 

Futhermore, I dont think CCK licenses peg the introduction of new technologies(4G) on the success or otherwise of the older technologies (2go r3g)... So lets not mix the two issues.  If consumers have issues with the old technologies, they should raise those issues (like Aki did)  INDEPENDENT of subsequent technologies...

Plse dont introduce barriers to new developments(@Jevans), after all if eventually 4g s*cks, the customers will simply vote with their feet...

walu.

--- On Thu, 4/1/10, Solomon Mburu Kamau <solo.mburu at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Solomon Mburu Kamau <solo.mburu at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kenya's Safaricom says to test 4G later in 2010
To: jwalu at yahoo.com
Cc: ke-internetusers at bdix.net, "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Thursday, April 1, 2010, 11:21 AM

On 01/04/2010, Dorcas Muthoni <dmuthoni at gmail.com> wrote:
> Very welcome...LTE or call it 4G will be very good for the last mile, we
> need it here! We are speaking about insanely fast speeds … potential as high
> as 150Mbps download and upload speeds as high as 50Mbps … about 100x more
> bandwidth (much faster) than most 3G networks. Safaricom should go ahead and
> test!
>

IMHO, while this is a great idea it should not just be pegged on the
speeds but also on the consumer benefit.
Just to ask, how many consumers outside Nairobi really understand the
essence behind 3G? Can Safaricom, say, for instance, the viability of
3G, at the moment from the consumers end? What about areas which are
not fully covered by 3G?

Sometimes, the consumer ends up getting confused with this 'new'
products leaving him with no choice but to subscribe without public
education, which is an essential tool for helping the end user make
informed choices at the end of the day.
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Michael Joseph
> <MJoseph at safaricom.co.ke>wrote:
>
>>  At extreme risk of responding via this list, I ask why should we not be
>> testing new technology which might benefit both the Kenyan public and the
>> industry? It did not say we are launching it commercially but merely
>> hoping
>> to do a technical trial.
>>
>>
>>
>> Certainly 3G is more than producing the results – that is why all of a
>> sudden the other operators want to climb on board when 2 years ago they
>> said
>> it was not commercially viable.
>>
>>
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>>
>> *CEO*
>>
>> *Safaricom Limited*
>>
>>
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>> lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *Jevans Nyabiage
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 31, 2010 4:20 PM
>> *To:* Michael Joseph
>> *Cc:* ke-internetusers at bdix.net; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
>> *Subject:* [kictanet] Kenya's Safaricom says to test 4G later in 2010
>>
>>
>>
>> Has Safaricom fully achieved the benefits of 3G to start testing 4G?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Kenyas%20Safaricom%20says%20to%20test%204G%20later%20in%202010/-/1006/890190/-/j9u85pz/-/index.html
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>>
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