[kictanet] LTE & the frequencies debate

[John Gitau]

Over at the EANOG
<http://www.thirdworldnetworkers.com/2011/11/east-african-network-operators-group.html>
(http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/eanog), we had an
uninformed debate on LTE and its frequency allocation. I believe most of
the issues that came up can be better answered on this list.

1: How will the LTE spectrum be allocated? The media had alot to say some
time back. What's valid, whats not?
http://allafrica.com/stories/201109060017.html
http://www.intomobile.com/2010/11/23/kenya-lte/ (just a few examples I
picked out)

2: Is the millitary still using/holding onto the 2.6GHz?
3: Apart from mobile operators, who else is or should be interested in LTE
and why?
4: Would someone with this information be open to a seating with us at the
IHUB at our next meeting for an open Q&A.
5: How far into the process of freeing up the necessary frequencies are we?

I'm sure more questions will come up but for now I believe we are more
curious about no:1 because it raises questions like: if a consortium will
be formed, how will maintenance and general network management be done?

Gitau
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