[kictanet] Safaricom partners with KPLC to expand its-good for the industry

[Walubengo J]

Great news indeed - the clarification by Michael on the "open-access" nature of the KPLC dark-fibers. 

@Mblayo, this indeed reduces the need for me (or other Operators?) to be as "alarmed" as I was previously.

walu.
--- On Wed, 2/3/10, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:

From: McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Safaricom partners with KPLC to expand its datafootprint
To: jwalu at yahoo.com
Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 12:22 AM

Hi,

On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Michael Joseph <MJoseph at safaricom.co.ke> wrote:






















KPLC invited all licensed operators to bid
for the rights to access the surplus pairs in the cable. A reserve price was
set for both leased and IRU models. A number of operators responded and so far
only 3 have signed contracts – Safaricom, Wananchi and Jamii Telecom.

 

There is no exclusivity as can be seen. 
This is great news, thanks very much for the clarification.


I wish the author of the piece had mentioned this, as well as the reserve prices, which would be useful to know. 

This is a more thorough treatment of the story:

http://www.kbc.co.ke/story.asp?ID=62171


I do
not know which operators did not bid but I do know that other operators are
still in talks with KPLC. Safaricom have only taken 1 pair out of the 12
available.
or 18 if you believe the above link. ;-/

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel



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