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

Wed Feb 3 09:32:35 EAT 2010

Seems like Safcom is quite good in R&D, they are cracking the hard nuts, had
a chance to meet two young engineers yesterday and the guys were really
good, i was impressed to say the least we can only expect greater things,
PPP ndio Njia.
regards

On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

>   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<http://mc/[email protected]>
> > 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
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> indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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