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

[Ali Hussein]

Adam

The Digital TV issue is in court/arbitration. Your guess is as good as mine.

The whitespace issue is currently in test mode with Government, Microsoft
and another party (can't remember which company).

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*Partner, Telemedia Africa Ltd
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On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 5:01 PM, Adam Nelson <adam at varud.com> wrote:

> What's the latest with Kenya on this?  The Wikipedia article seems pretty
> out of date:
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_television_transition
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> Also, would something like "Super WiFi" using unlicensed whitespace in the
> radio spectrum for the backhaul links be legal in Kenya?
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> http://www.weheartwifi.com/
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> https://twitter.com/varud
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamcnelson
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> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
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>> 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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>> +254 773/713 601113
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>> "The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb
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