[kictanet] Fw: PRESS RELEASE ON SURRENDER OF FREQUENCIES

[McTim]

Hi Lucy,

I agree that CR and White Spaces might be useful until the
broidcasters release their spectrum.

Here is a story that I saw the other day which is somehow related:

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/03/12/usaid-helps-cck-develop-broadband-universal-service-plans/

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Cheers,

McTim
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On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Lucy Kimani <lkimani at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Washington,
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> I hope CCK is not so stuck on following the ITU that they forget that Technology evolves at the speed of light, and even as we discuss there are standards such as the IEEE 802.22 which will enable the sharing of spectrum between those who already have the frequencies and for commercial use to allow for penetration into those rural hard to reach areas.  This also means that Safaricom should also not focus solely on the 700 MHz but they could also go after White space which is the unused spectrum that sits between TV channels. The 300MHz to 400MHz of unused spectrum is considered prime spectrum for offering wireless broadband services because it can travel long distances and penetrate through walls.  Meaning CCK has lots of homework to do in regards to management of shared spectrum.
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> IEEE 802.22 is a standard for Wireless Regional Area Network (WRAN) using white spaces in the TV frequency spectrum.[1] The development of the IEEE 802.22 WRAN standard is aimed at using cognitive radio (CR) techniques to allow sharing of geographically unused spectrum allocated to the Television Broadcast Service, on a non-interfering basis, to bring broadband access to hard-to-reach, low population density areas, typical of rural environments, and is therefore timely and has the potential for a wide applicability worldwide. It is the first worldwide effort to define a standardized air interface based on CR techniques for the opportunistic use of TV bands on a non-interfering basis.
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> On 16 Mar 2012, at 15:43, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 14:29, Wambua, Christopher <Wambua at cck.go.ke> wrote:
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> 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
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> And I shamelessly want to share this as well: http://orion.my.co.ke/pipermail/eanog/2012-January/000059.html
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> So, perhaps Safaricom is tired of the PR & Noise behind the release of the frequencies!
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