[kictanet] If its any consolation - Five EU states miss end-2012 target for digital switchover

[Adam Nelson]

What's the latest with Kenya on this?  The Wikipedia article seems pretty
out of date:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_television_transition

Also, would something like "Super WiFi" using unlicensed whitespace in the
radio spectrum for the backhaul links be legal in Kenya?

http://www.weheartwifi.com/

https://twitter.com/varud
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamcnelson


On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:

> Five EU states miss end-2012 target for digital switchover
> By <http://www.iptv-news.com/2013/03/five-eu-states-miss-end-2012-target-for-digital-switchover/#>Jamie
> Beach <http://www.iptv-news.com/author/beachj-2/> March 11th, 2013
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> Last year is being hailed as a “significant watershed” for digital
> terrestrial television in the European Union, with 22 of its 27 member
> states achieving the recommended deadline of switching off analogue
> terrestrial television by the end of 2012, according to the European
> Audiovisual Observatory.
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> Over the course of last year, countries including Ireland, the UK, Italy,
> Lithuania, Portugal and the Slovak Republic hit the recommended deadline.
> Other European nations which are not formally part of the EU like Croatia,
> Switzerland, Norway and Iceland have also completed analogue switch-off.
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> Switch-off should also be completed in Greece, Poland and Bulgaria this
> year, while Hungary should do so in 2013 or 2014 (along with the “Former
> Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” and Bosnia and Herzegovina).
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> Albania, Romania, Russia, Montenegro and Turkey have planned to complete
> the process in 2015, enabling them to meet the June 2015 deadline of the
> International Telecommunications Union (ITU) GE-06 agreement.
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> Read on
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> http://www.iptv-news.com/2013/03/five-eu-states-miss-end-2012-target-for-digital-switchover/
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> Regards
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> Ali Hussein
> CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd
> Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd
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