[kictanet] 4G status

[Adam Nelson]

@James, thanks for the info.

@Mark, LTE is not just about higher bandwidth, it's also about lower
latency and lower per-MB costs in the future.

@ICT Researcher, your point is well taken and it's the type of thing that I
think about whenever I write to this list.  It's the same reason that
you'll notice no Europeans or Americans ever respond to notes complaining
about the state of ICT in Kenya (even though the list has many of them) -
they're afraid they'll be accused of racism.  I personally think that there
is no fundamental reason that the Kenyan ICT sector can't compete with
those of other countries so I try to just say it like I see it.  The lack
of 4G being on the roadmap is bad for the country's ICT future, the lack of
ability to hire foreign workers is bad for the entire corporate sector,
etc...  and if people don't complain, nothing will change.  And if you
reduce the number of people allowed to complain to only those who were born
here - then even less will happen.


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On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 12:26 PM, James Mbugua <jgmbugua at gmail.com> wrote:

> Adam,
>
> Because of the limited spectrum, CCK had sought a joint approach, a
> consortium of sorts similar to TEAMS to rollout LTE. But some of the
> players are apprehensive about this and want to go it alone. Ericsson had
> also offered to build it with no payment upfront but I don't know what came
> of that.
>
> I tend to suspect that the fiber rollout by Safaricom is meant to
> anticipate its rollout of an LTE network backhauled by this cable it is
> rolling out across the country. But that's just my guess.
>
> James
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 12:09 PM, ICT Researcher <ict.researcher at yahoo.com
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> Adam,
>>
>> Sorry if come out so blunt...
>>
>> But I find the tone of some communications striking as "Master to slave"
>> directives..
>>
>> Not embrasing at all. I just had to say
>> it and won't respond to any fire I may cause here:-)
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 11:45 AM MSK Adam Nelson wrote:
>>
>> >What's the status with 4G these days in Kenya?  Is it totally stalled?
>> >
>> >I just found out that Uganda offers 4G from at least one carrier with 2
>> or
>> >more on the way shortly.
>> >
>> >Since I can't seem to convince many people on this list to be
>> >Internationalists, maybe I can at least appeal to raw national
>> competition
>> >to spur movement by the Kenyan authorities/telecoms to catch up to
>> Uganda?
>> >
>> >Cheers,
>> >Adam
>> >--
>> >Kili - Cloud for Africa: kili.io
>> >Musings: twitter.com/varud <https://twitter.com/varud>
>> >More Musings: varud.com
>> >About Adam: www.linkedin.com/in/adamcnelson
>>
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