[kictanet] Fw: PRESS RELEASE ON SURRENDER OF FREQUENCIES

[Odhiambo Washington]

On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 14:29, Wambua, Christopher <Wambua at cck.go.ke> wrote:

>  See the article that the Ag. CCK Director General was responding  to for
> those in the dark:
> http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Surrender+frequencies+Safaricom+tells+TV+broadcasters+/-/1006/1366550/-/10mo765/-/index.html
>

I personally think that Safaricom have decided that it's not worth waiting
for the regulator to make the moves. Why? From where I sit, I see lack of
clarity on when this migration to Digital TV will be completed, given that
it remains shrouded in certain 'mystries'. IIRC, we are not even sure
whether it's gonna be DVB-T2 or the ISDB-T, or was this concluded already.
I remember sometime last year, the govt said they will inform citizens on
what type of Set-Top boxes will be used. It was more like the govt wasn't
quite certain which direction it would take in the migration to Digital TV
Broadcasting. If that indecisiveness really exists on the part of the
govt/regulator, then it goes without saying that it's not quite known
_exactly_ when the frequencies will be availed.

http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Competition+set+to+lower+Internet+costs/-/1006/1301666/-/item/0/-/7usuvz/-/index.html
is a pointer to some things having been discussed, but possibly stalled,
leading to the agitation from Safaricom.

And I shamelessly want to share this as well:
http://orion.my.co.ke/pipermail/eanog/2012-January/000059.html


So, perhaps Safaricom is tired of the PR & Noise behind the release of the
frequencies!


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Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
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