[kictanet] Day 1:-How to Develop ICT infrastructure

Wed Jun 22 19:39:40 EAT 2016

Hi Walu,

If we consider the fact that we have a lot of legacy infrastructure is
there a way the Policy can factor in transition from IPv4 to IPv6 now
that the rumours for IPv4 exhaustion are getting louder?

Regards

On 6/22/16, Walubengo J via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> Great Point Gitau,
> I like particularly the point on IPv6- very critical infrastructure that
> will require its own attention. Some say Government should treat it the same
> way they treated the now successful Digital TV migration project.
> +1 on that.
> walu.
>
>
>
>       From: John Gitau via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>  To: jwalu at yahoo.com
> Cc: John Gitau <jgitau at gmail.com>
>  Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 6:49 PM
>  Subject: Re: [kictanet] Day 1:-How to Develop ICT infrastructure
>
> -- The idea for community broadband initiatives - these should be revisited
> and to barracks point NOFBI should not lay idle. it should be used to offer
> free or very near free backhaul. when we discuss content we may even find
> that if enough content is generated locally, then its up to whoever needs it
> to figure out how to get it from that 'local community'.
> -- the above will drive a need for CDN and even local exchange points.
> -- infrastructure sharing is something that should be encouraged. other
> areas like wifi roaming etc are not very popular here but there is a limit
> to the number of ssids i can authorise on my phone.
> -- other areas in systems we need quick action are general systems design in
> areas like dns, load balancing parental controls etc that never get
> mentioned but are critical.
> -- IPv6 - hard to discuss infrastructure without how its addressed. this is
> so important for the near future we should probably form a taskforce
> immediately to come up with recommendations and an implementation plan.
> there are countries where governments are taking charge of their ip address
> management * ie as an LIR. I dont agree with them but its happening.
>
> JG
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 6:36 PM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> Hi Walu,
>
> While i appreciate Ali's thesis, Mwana inchis view on the NOFBI is
> disheartening. The few people i have asked seem to allude to the fact
> that they are still unable to access services upcountry (mashinani). I
> think this was one of the factors that slowed down IFMIS
> implementation in Northern Kenya (i stand to be corrected).
> Be that as it may we have the private sector popularising Fibre and
> related services through our good friend 'Bogua' who has since started
> other ventures that are not relevant to this discussion at this point.
> I think the government needs to market NOFBI properly and look at the
> public including government departments as customers otherwise the
> initiative will not fly. Can you imagine the county government of
> Kajiado has been building toilets for the community yet a good number
> of residents still prefer the serene environment. In fact in some
> parts of Bondo billboards had to be erected to discourage people from
> dishonouring the environment and peoples farms. In a small way i am
> trying to explain how complex serving mwanainchi can be.
>
> Unless it is sold or brought to Mwanainchi in simple terms we will not
> get our return on investment. I say this knowing that it is not
> governments business to look for money even though it needs the money
> so point number
> 1. Packaging, marketing or branding of NOFBI to Mwanainchi is important.
> 2. Let us fix this trunking issue once and for all, we need a solution
> that will stop this business of our roads being dug up by every
> operator. We can have trunking provided by County governments for use
> by all operators at uniform rates. Some County governments have
> discouraged the spread of the Internet with ridiculous requirements
> for laying fibre.
> 3. Including a provision for Internet Infrastructure in the Building
> Code to make it easier for Infrastructure Service Providers to provide
> connectivity to clients.
>
> ni hayo to kwa sasa, still thinking about the role of Posta.
>
> On 6/22/16, Walubengo J via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>> Thnx @Al (for breaking down your thesis :-)
>> And very true, we talk of infrastructure sharing, when one of the biggest
>> infrastructure project, the National Fiber Optical Cable remains quite
>> under
>> utilized.  It may be reaching all counties but how many counties use it
>> beyond accessing govt IFMIS services?
>> There seems to be little leveraging on this cable beyond mandatory
>> government services with private sector largely preferring to duplicate
>> their own fiber.  The question is what Policy intervention do we need to
>> increase usage?
>> Perhaps a redifination of the management structures? Or serious
>> incentives
>> for private Telkos - if they light/use NOFBI as the backbone (which they
>> wont unless they are sure of the stability of the operational /management
>> issues).
>> Which also brings in the Equity /Sharholding issues. TEAMS (submarine
>> cable)
>> seems to work better since the Shareholding and Operational management
>> issues seem to be more spread around...
>> Lets have more views for day 1 which ends in jst another 6hrs :-)walu.
>>
>>       From: Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke>
>>  To: Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
>> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>>  Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 3:22 PM
>>  Subject: Re: [kictanet] Day 1:-How to Develop ICT infrastructure
>>
>> Walu
>> Excerpts from my 'thesis' to cover this topic:-
>> 1. The performance or utilization of the National Optic Fibre Backbone
>> (NOFBI) must be brought into review. According to the ICT Authority
>> website:-
>> The ICT Authority is implementing Phase 11 of the National Fibre Optic
>> cable. The construction begun in September 2014 and is expected to be
>> complete by June 2016. The second phase will build 1,600KM of fiber
>> linking
>> all the 47 county headquarters and an additional 500KM dedicated for
>> military use. This is in addition to the existing 4,300KM of NOFBI I
>> completed in 2009. NOFBI phase1passes 58 towns in 35 countiesTo date:
>>    - 1200Km out of the 1600KM civil works are completed.
>>    - 900Km of fibre has been laid in the backbone section.
>>    - The backbone section is now complete and fibre installed in all the
>> 47
>> counties (Kajiado County fibre in NOFBI I was damaged by road
>> construction)
>> and capacity to connect Kajiado County HQ will be sourced from other
>> operators whose fibre is along the power line to Namanga
>>    - Metropolitan fibre civil works has been completed in 35 of 47
>> counties.
>> NOFBI Phase 1 is already in use in the national government, Telkom,
>> Safaricom, Jamii Telecom and KENET utilizing more than 3,000KM of the
>> cable.
>> The operations and maintenance of NOFBI Phase 1 is being handled by
>> Telkom.Read
>> more:-http://www.icta.go.ke/national-optic-fibre-backbone-nofbi/This is
>> absolutely commendable. We must now move to the next stage of critical
>> evaluation of this Critical Infrastructure.  a) What are the
>> learnings? b)
>> What could we have done better? c) What are the bottlenecks to last mile
>> connectivity? d) Why haven't our connectivity costs reduced considering
>> that
>> most of the telcos are using this backbone which is a national
>> resource? We
>> are stepping on the shoulders of giants who envisioned this resource for
>> the
>> country. We must make absolutely sure that we squeeze every ounce of the
>> advantage it has given us.
>> e) Why are we not in the top 50 global internet penetration rankings?
>> Make
>> no mistake about it. Our competition is not Africa. It is global.
>> 2. The Universal Service Access Fund is a commendable initiative but too
>> often there hasn't been much information on the impact the critical
>> resource
>> is having. My suggestion would be to have an interactive real time map
>> showing its impact and why certain regions are chosen to receive its
>> largess
>> and not others. This should be linked with Infrastructure sharing and
>> last
>> mile strategies to provide connectivity from the NOFBI.
>> WayLeaves. There has to be robust engagement with counties to ensure that
>> ISPs and Telcos are not held to ransom by short term county revenue
>> hunting
>> at the expense of spreading ubiquitous broadband connectivity. This is so
>> critical that a clear strategy paper needs to be put together by all
>> stakeholders to guarantee its implementation.
>> What are the roadblocks that hinder us from achieving universal broadband
>> connectivity?
>> Ali HusseinPrincipalHussein & Associates+254 0713 601113 / 0770906375
>> Twitter: @AliHKassimSkype:
>> abu-jomoLinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
>>
>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking
>> what
>> no one else has thought".  ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
>> Sent from my iPad
>> On 22 Jun 2016, at 10:47 AM, Walubengo J via kictanet
>> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>
>> How to Develop ICT infrastructure (Day 1-Wed 22nd June 2016) *telecoms,
>> broadcast,  broadband internet, postal)*Investment incentives (FDI,Equity
>> Shares)*Open Access*Infrastructure Sharing (Masts, Ducts, Wayleave
>> etc)*Spectrum Management*Postal/National Addressing System*Data Centers,
>> IXPs, CDN
>> ---So further to the welcome message below, today, we kick off the
>> discussion with Infrastructure issues in mind. Basically think about what
>> needs to be done to ensure a robust telco/internet, broadcast, postal
>> environment from an infrastructure perspective.  The subtopics above
>> being
>> guidelines.
>> Contentious issues have been around foreign direct investments with
>> respect
>> to the policy requirement for local equity shareholding. Should this be
>> mandatory and at what % - keeping in mind that equity share holding
>> requires
>> local investors who may not always be keen in keeping money in ICTs
>> (preferring traditional destinations of Land/Real estate).
>> On Open Access, how far do we want this to go? In mombasa we have the
>> submarine landing points implementing open access where SEACOM, TEAMS,
>> LION,
>> EASSy etc are open to any interested player and this has worked well. Do
>> we
>> want to see this principle practiced domestically in terms of
>> infrastructure
>> sharing (Masts, Fiber Ducts, and even Spectrum?)
>> Finally what role do we see Postal Kenya taking within the ICT ecosystem,
>> particularly with regard to the lack of the National Addressing system -
>> which analysts feel is holding back the ecommerce potential.
>> Lets hear your views today since tomorrow we move onto INFO-structure
>> issues.
>> walu.
>>
>>       From: Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>
>>  To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>>  Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 10:25 AM
>>  Subject: ICT Policy Discussions:-Overview, Thematic Topics (Day 1 to Day
>> 10)
>>
>> Greetings Listers,
>> As promised on monday, we kick off the discussions today and would like
>> to
>> share the general flow and how we shall move.
>> Basically we have two platforms we shall use and listers are free to use
>> one
>> or both of them. The two plaftforms are KICTAnet platform and the Jadili
>> Platform  (http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/kenya-ict-policy#heading-1)
>> courtesy of Strathmore University, Law School.
>> The Jadili platform is hosting the Draft Policy in editable format and
>> Listers are encouraged to login and post their specific proposal onto the
>> platform.
>> The  KICTAnet listserver plaftform is where we shall run guided
>> discussions
>> as per the plan below.  Contributions on both platforms shall be
>> consolidated and validated at a later face-2-face function.  The overview
>> of
>> the discussion will be as shown below.
>> How to Develop ICT infrastructure (Day1-Wed 22nd June 2016) *telecoms,
>> broadcast, broadband internet, postal)*Investment incentives
>> (FDI,EquityShares)*Open Access*Infrastructure Sharing (Masts,
>> Ducts,Wayleave
>> etc)*Spectrum Management*Postal/National Addressing System*Data Centers,
>> IXPs, CDN  How to Develop ICT Info-Structure (Day2-Thrs 23rd June
>> 2016)*Local Content, *Broadcast Content, Diversity,
>> CulturalIdentity*Access
>> to Information/OpenData *Local Application Development  How to Develop
>> Skilled Human Capital(Day 3-Fri 24th June 2016)*ICT integration in
>> primary,
>> secondary,tertiary levels,*Specialized Skills
>> (Software/Engineering)*Research & Development Capacity*eLiteracy for
>> citizens/public   *How to enhance Universal Service &Access  (Day 4-Mon
>> 27th
>> June 2016) *Universal Access (Infrastructure)*Universal Service
>> (PWD) *Affordable Internet broadband Services*Affordable User Devices
>>  How
>> to Develop local ICT Industry (Day5- Tue 28th June 2016)*eCommerce,
>> National
>> Addressing System*Local eBusiness, * BPOs*Investment incentives (Equity
>> Shares)*ICTs in SME, (Small Medium SizeEnterprises)*ICT regional export
>> incentives*Local Device Manufacturing  How to Accelerate eGovt Services
>> (Day
>> 6-Wed 29th June 2016)*eHealth, eAgriculture, eTransport,eGovt,
>> eLearning*ICT
>> regional (county) incentives)*ICTs in Society, Culture  How to enhance
>> Cybersecurity (Day 7) -Thrs 30th June 2016)*Online Citizen Safety, *Child
>> Protection*Privacy issues*Security business
>> transactions(Info-Security)*Security & Reliability of CriticalICT
>> infrastructure  Emerging Issues (Day 8 -Fri 1st July2016)Internet of
>> Things,
>> M2MNet Neutrality & OTTBig Data Virtual Money/BlockChains  Institutional,
>> Legal & RegulatoryFramework (Day 9-Mon 4th July 2016)Role of Regulator,
>> USAC, CERTs, NCS,ICTA, PCK, CSO, Professional Bodies etcNeeded
>> Legislation,
>> Data Protection,eTransaction, Intermediary Liability etc  DAY 10, Tue 5th
>> July -Wrap UP Closure
>> I look forward to your active engagement.
>> J. Walubengofor KICTAnet.
>>       From: Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>
>>  To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>>  Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 3:25 PM
>>  Subject: Fw: DRAFT ICT POLICY 2016 LINK-KICTAnet Stakeholder Input
>>
>> Dear Listers,
>>
>> The Ministry of ICT (PS V. Kyalo) has asked KICTAnet to ran a two week
>> moderated discussion on the Draft ICT Policy 2016, that will replace the
>> current 2006 ICT Policy.
>>
>> Please download and go through in preparation of the online discussions
>> scheduled to kick-off this wednesday 22nd June 2016.
>> You views will be consolidated and later on you will be invited to
>> validated
>> the same at a face-to-face session to be confirmed at a venue and date to
>> be
>> confirmed later.
>> Kazi kwenyu. Do not say you were not consulted :-)
>> Best rgds.
>> walu.
>>
>>
>>   ----
>> Dear All,
>> The Draft ICT Policy 2016 has been posted in the MoICT website for
>> stakeholders comments.  Please use the link below to access the document.
>>
>> http://www.information.go.ke/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Draft-National-ICT-Policy-20June2016.pdf Kind
>> regards,
>> Jane W. Migwi
>> Administrative Secretary
>> National Communications SecretariatP.O. Box 10756-00100, NBITel:
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