[kictanet] Matiang’i rules out Safaricom reprieve from licence terms

[Adam Nelson]

Where is the report?

All I see is a press release with no report:

http://cck.go.ke/news/2013/Mobile_operators_fail.html

And a broken link for the 'Publications & Statistics' section:

http://cck.go.ke/resc/


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On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 11:26 AM, James Mbugua <jgmbugua at gmail.com> wrote:

> Adam,
>
> It might help if you read the CCK report itself on their website.
>
> James
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Adam Nelson <adam at varud.com> wrote:
>
>> I guess the US regulators would step in about voice quality if it was bad
>> in certain areas that the market wouldn't want to serve.  The theory would
>> be that the spectrum is a public asset licensed to the vendor in order to
>> further the public good - and that part of the license terms are to satisfy
>> the public good.
>>
>> This is why the US landline regulators force telephone companies to
>> service very rural areas at the same price as more economically efficient
>> urban areas.
>>
>> If CCK was saying that all of the operators needed to put masts in
>> Turkana as part of a public good, that would be one thing.  But just saying
>> that voice quality is low in general and not backing it up with how that
>> compares to international standards (they surely exist and the article
>> discusses that Safaricom passed such international tests) seems like a
>> pretty weak argument to me.
>>
>> Of course, the writing in the Business Daily article is so muddled that
>> it's hard to tell what's actually going on.
>>
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>>
>> On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 11:14 AM, James Mbugua <jgmbugua at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Adam,
>>>
>>> Is it standard in other countries or is the QoS a Kenyan/CCK feature?
>>> Then it might be a shakedown.
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>>
>>>  On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Adam Nelson <adam at varud.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  This seems like a shakedown to me.
>>>>
>>>> Everybody I know gets Safaricom if they can afford it (otherwise
>>>> Airtel).  The market can handle quality problems and the CCK can help by
>>>> educating the local markets (i.e. local radio spots discussing carrier
>>>> quality in each market).
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  ICT secretary Fred Matiang’i has vowed to tie the renewal of
>>>>> Safaricom’s licence to the voice quality checks that show the mobile phone
>>>>> operator is non-compliant.
>>>>> Dr Matiang’i said the government and the Communications Commission of
>>>>> Kenya (CCK) will not negotiate on the voice quality standards.
>>>>> ....
>>>>> “I don’t understand why an operator would like to negotiate a licence
>>>>> condition. There are only two options here, either comply or step out of
>>>>> the business,” Dr Matiang’i told the Business Daily on the sidelines of the
>>>>> launch of the electronic filling of returns by insurers to the Insurance
>>>>> Regulatory Authority.
>>>>>
>>>>> Check more @
>>>>> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Safaricom-licence-terms/-/539550/2139198/-/uvyr23/-/index.html
>>>>>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> my comment? - Safaricom "ina weneyewe"  translation for the
>>>>> international viewers "Safaricom has its owners" :-)
>>>>>
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