[kictanet] [ke-internetusers] JKIA-Lack of wireless internet
waudo siganga
emailsignet at mailcan.com
Fri Jan 29 18:36:44 EAT 2010
Robert, Wesley - you guys have great ideas. Robert if you catch
me at the office I will introduce you to Wachira at KAA.
And indeed as Edwin says there is free wifi in some parts of
JKIA, i.e. the lounges and the lounges are not open to the larger
percentage of people using the airport.
Kind Regards,
Waudo
On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:08 +0300, "Edwin Onchari"
<eonchari at kenyabposociety.or.ke> wrote:
I have had access at the KQ international flight lounge before, I
believe this is the case even today!
Edwin
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Wesley/Waudo:
If our local press was to be believed we have had WiFi at JKIA
since 2004 provided by Ericonet (who are they?) -- "Kenya becomes
the second country Africa to have hotspots at its international
airports." "Speaking during the launch July 6 [2004], KAA
managing director George Muhoho said, "This the first step to
making our airports world- class.""
I recall reading this article, I can't find the original on the
East African's website (are they embarrassed about their old
reports so they take them down?) but thankfully the Mars group
has a copy [1]here.
Waudo ask your friend what happened to this contract that they
loudly touted 6 years ago. What happened? Did they deliver?
Were they paid? We as a country are always procuring, when do we
get vendors to deliver?
-Mw
Here's a copy of the article:
THE JOMO Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) has become the
first airport in Eastern Africa to go wireless after Ericonet
Ltd, a Wireless ISP company, commissioned the first public
hotspot in the country.
This means that travelers can now access the Internet anytime at
designated areas called "hotspots," within the airport using
personal laptop computers or other Wi-Fi enabled handheld
devices, such as mobile phones.
Kenya becomes the second country Africa to have hotspots at its
international airports. Three South African international
airports; Johannes burg, Cape Town and Durban are wireless.
A hotspot is a place where wireless base station that allows
anyone with a Wi-Fi equipped computer or handheld device access
the Internet has been up. Wi-Fi, short for wireless fidelity
allows laptops and other mobile devices to connect to Internet
wirelessly and at broadband speeds.
Ericonet has also just unwired the Dar es Salaam International
Airport and the Golden Tulip Tanzania, in addition to ]KIA and
several other wireless networks in the region. The Dar es Salaam
International Airport, however, yet to be commissioned, says
Ericonect director Morris.
Ericonet, a Wireless Internet Service Provider in East Africa, is
partnering with the Kenya Airports Authority to roll out hotspots
in airports in Kenya.
Speaking during the launch July 6, KAA managing director George
Muhoho said, "This the first step to making our airports world-
class."
The JKIA hotspots are integrated with the rapidly growing Global
Broadband Internet Access (GBIA) network, which has integrated
several Wireless ISPs and is already providing access in over 4,
000 locations including major airports around the world. Global
Broadband Internet Access GBIA) is an international network of
independent Wireless ISPs.
The hotspots situated KIA will target both the international and
local business travellers who would like spend the so called
"dead waiting for connecting flights to access their office
network, file reports and access e-mail.
Global travellers will now able to roam seamlessly between
GBIA-integrated airports in Kenya and all Over world without
changing any settings on their laptop, using their existing user
name and password and applying the payment method of their
choice.
PicoPoint, a Dutch company based in Amsterdam, will ply Ericonet
with a centrally managed back-office and roaming solution,
providing essential authentication, authorization, accounting,
billing and settlement services that will enable Ericonet to
offer a carrier-grade Wi-Pi network at the Kenyan airports.
Together PicoPoint, Ericonet will offer clients the freedom to
move work freely without the inconvenience of cables and operate
within wireless networks is expected that in the years, most
companies attempt to execute wireless application strategies,
bringing number of wireless data users to 36 million by the end
this year.
The Wireless Local Network will be the way get there since it is
the fastest, most economical way for enabling business
wirelessly.
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 8:54 AM, waudo siganga
<[2]emailsignet at mailcan.com> wrote:
Antony Wachira, head of ICT at KAA tells me that they are at
procurement stage. The service will be concessioned and will be
available at JKIA and Moi Airport at a fee to users.
Waudo
On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:59 +0300, "Joseph Mucheru"
<[3]mucheru at google.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 7:10 PM, waudo siganga
<[4]emailsignet at mailcan.com> wrote:
Robert, Wesley - I am attending a conference in Mombasa with the
head of ICT at KAA - so I will mention this to him tomorrow and
hear what he says. I agree its a problem. There should be
pervasive airside and landside wireless, preferably free like in
Singapore and Dubai airports.
And Rwanda!
Waudo
On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:10 +0000, "robert yawe"
<[5]robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Wesley,
They are called ISPs, you can take the donkey to the river but
you cannot make it drink.
Regards
Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya
Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
--- On Tue, 26/1/10, wesley kirinya <[6]kiriinya2000 at yahoo.com>
wrote:
From: wesley kirinya <[7]kiriinya2000 at yahoo.com>
Subject: [ke-internetusers] JKIA-Lack of wireless internet
To: "ke-users" <[8]ke-internetusers at bdix.net>
Date: Tuesday, 26 January, 2010, 15:46
*Sigh* I lack words on how to start this. I don't have to explain
it. Can something be done ASAP so that JKIA can have free, fast
WiFi Internet accessible everywhere (even from the toilets). Now,
how can Kenya boast of broadband when the gateway to Africa
(JKIA) has nothing to show of it. Imagine the very many
passengers who use KQ (and other airlines) from all around Africa
who pass by our airport: Company Directors, CEOs, CTOs, CFOs, ...
Basically people who Kenya is trying to reach in order to attract
investments in various sectors including IT. These are the same
people going to invest in the rest of Africa. It's beyond my
thinking why JKIA has never tapped into this even before the
fibres came.
It's been a couple of months since I was there. Perhaps someone
who was there more recently can give us an update on the current
situation. I sure hope it has changed.
8~(
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