[kictanet] Update on National Optical Fiber Backbone Infrastructure (NOFBI)

[aki]

Congrats on this development and thank you for sharing the information. If
trunk costs will come down and after almost 2 years of undersea fiber
presence with reducing costs on STM capacities, are we finally going to see
a huge drops in per mbit pricing for end users settle around 100usd for
uncontended internet from the current 500-600usd? Indeed we are in
interesting times then if we are able to achieve this.

Rgds. :-)

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Fiona Asonga <tespok at tespok.co.ke> wrote:

> Hallo Listers,
>
> Other the last couple of days there has been growing interest in the status
> of the government build National Optical Fiber Backbone Infrastructure.
> Since last week PS Dr. Ndemo and his team at the MOIC have been engaging
> operators in discussions to find the best way to maximize value on the
> government built NOFBI infrastructure. In summary the outcome of the
> meetings has been that;
> 1. NOFBI is accessible to all interested licensed operators who shall
> provide the last mile solutions to their customers.
> 2. A management committee comprising of various operators and government
> has
> been put in place to finalize on suitable pricing and ensure as many people
> as possible have access to the backbone infrastructure and  ensure that it
> is eventually self-sustainable.
> 3. The management committee shall share quarterly reports on the progress
>
> It is the hope of all those involved that the use of this shared platform
> will be a contributing factor to the reduced costs of internet access.
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
>
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