[kictanet] LTE in Rwanda, TZ, UG

Odhiambo Washington odhiambo at gmail.com
Mon Aug 25 15:40:12 EAT 2014


Hi Adam,

Kenyans are known for their 11th-hour (in)decisions/actions. You better
start thinking & behaving like one:)
CAK is doing the right thing, but bedevilled by political forces in the bg.


On 25 August 2014 15:36, Adam Nelson via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> It seems that CAK is trying to do the right thing but I can't tell if they
> have weak lawyers or if the court is just confused or if the rights-holders
> of the analog spectrum really are being violated.
>
> But while we wait, other countries in the region are moving forward.  The
> big problem is that LTE deployment (and digital-only terrestrial TV) takes
> time and the longer we wait for the start, the further away we are from
> getting meaningful value out of the transition moving ahead.
>
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> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 8/25/14, Adam Nelson via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> wrote:
>> I figured somebody on this list would have the  latest update.
>> ~~~~
>> True that Adam.
>>
>> Only problem is that the Gava /Regulator folks have gone awfully quiet in
>> recent times..even our ever-ready Wambua of the CCK fame has not said
>> anything since they became CAK :-)
>>
>> Or perhaps since since we have sued them left, right and center, they are
>> unable to comment on matters before the Bench (it can always be used
>> against you).
>>
>> walu.
>> --------------------------------------------
>> On Mon, 8/25/14, Adam Nelson via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  Subject: [kictanet] LTE in Rwanda, TZ, UG
>>  To: jwalu at yahoo.com
>>  Date: Monday, August 25, 2014, 10:59 AM
>>
>>  Looks like Rwanda is
>>  about to launch LTE:
>>  http://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/index.php?i=15825&a=79508
>>
>>  Any updates on Kenya?  Aside from Burundi, Kenya
>>  looks set to be the last to launch the service in the East
>>  African Community.
>>  The last I heard, the Supreme Court blocked the
>>  disabling of the analog signals which need to be shut down
>>  in order to free up spectrum.  In addition, KDF has alot of
>>  spectrum that they've been holding onto as well.
>>
>>  I figured somebody on this list would have the
>>  latest update.
>>  -Adam
>>  --
>>  Kili - Cloud for Africa: kili.io
>>  Musings: twitter.com/varud
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>>  Musings: varud.comAbout Adam: www.linkedin.com/in/adamcnelson
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