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

Thu Jan 9 11:56:17 EAT 2014

Adam,

Walubengo posted it here the other day.
http://www.cck.go.ke/consumers/other_info/downloads/REPORT_ON_THE_QUALITY_OF_SERVICE_2012-2013.pdf

James

On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Adam Nelson <adam at varud.com> wrote:

> 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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