[kictanet] Kenya IGF 2010 Mailing List Discussions Day 3 of 8 Theme : Infrastructure Issues - Impact of the Unified Licensing Model IGF Mailing List Discussions

[Barrack Otieno]

Listers,

As we contemplate over the gains made with the unified licensing model, i
came across this resource that might add some input into this discussion
http://www.ictworks.org/news/2010/06/30/government-ict-seriousness-rankings-kenya-most-serious-about-ict

On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>wrote:

> Listers,
>
> We will carry on with discussions on Infrastructure issues, feel free to
> comment on other threads as we move on. Today we review the impact of the
> Unified Licensing Model. ICT industry stakeholders gave the Communications
> Commission of Kenya the green light to implement a unified technology
> licensing framework. We may all agree that to a good extent the regulator
> has done well in so far as the promises it made are concerned, however there
> has been a lot of hue and cry in the industry lately as players flex their
> muscles using the provisions of the model to gain the most in terms of
> market share, however according to David Rogerson a technology expert
> Unified Licensing is no Panacea, in a article posted on
> http://www.ovum.com/go/content/c,62120,68257, he points out the fact that
> Unified Licensing model will not magically transform the moribund fixed
> networks in Africa or elsewhere, as to whether we agree or not…the floor is
> open
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> Reference Sources :
> http://www.mulonga.net/forum/index.php?topic=442.0;wap2
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