[kictanet] LTE in Rwanda, TZ, UG

Tue Aug 26 09:44:46 EAT 2014

@Mwangi,

I am with you on this thinking. Infact I did a blog on it once @

http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/-/2274560/2335364/-/11xds36z/-/index.html

and was branded a communist amongst other things :-)

But the fact is most operators paid for 3G licenses to be amortized(recovered) over 15years. By the 6th  year, 4G kicks in before they have recouped their investments.  Simple arithmetics implies that the 4G investments will have to inherit the balance of 3G liabilities = high costs of service.

Dont get me wrong, high costs of service is good news for operators - infact they will not mind of 2% of the population(our current broadband users, CAK reports) paid their bills, while the rest 98% of the population watch by the sides and marvel at the wonders of 4G.

walu.

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On Mon, 8/25/14, Mark Mwangi via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [kictanet] LTE in Rwanda, TZ, UG
 To: jwalu at yahoo.com
 Date: Monday, August 25, 2014, 4:52 PM

 I am an
 advocate for tech all the way but would first ask why all
 the fuss with 4G? Have we maxed out the 3G bandwidth and
 have we put in place enough fiber to the building already in
 existence? 

 This rush for the newest and the greatest tech is not
 after solving problems but earning the likes of Huawei money
 with little value. 
 I
 understand that Safaricom faced similar questions when
 launching 3G and are currently the only one testing 4G and
 so I may eat my words soon enough. I still think we should
 be laying more fiber to homes and offices rather than fight
 for spectrum. 

 On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at
 3:40 PM, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
 wrote:

 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.

 --Kili - Cloud for
 Africa: kili.io

 Musings: twitter.com/varudMore Musings: varud.com

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 Adam: www.linkedin.com/in/adamcnelson

 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.

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 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

  --

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