[kictanet] CA¹s Sh85m plan to link remote areas with mobile voice

[Alwala, Rachel]

Hi Hussein/Kivuva,

These are not strange terms in industry.  We subscribe to global statistics principles which are considered best practice.  The World Telecommunications/ICT indicators Guidelines issued by the ITU clearly define what we would refer to as the percentage of population covered by a particular service and on the other the land mass covered by the same service.  Generally in network expansion, even in commercial considerations, population coverage takes precedence.  This is the same consideration in use in the USF.

Additionally,  beyond this , there are always initiatives to ensure extended coverage especially in what is referred to as shadow areas.  For instance  Kilifi and Lamu counties are covered with a 2G and 3G signals . But due to vast geographical area,  the 3G network which utilises the 2.1 Ghz band is limited in coverage. This situation can be improved through rollout the 3G network using re-farmed 900 Mhz (U900) band instead of using the 2100 Mhz which was originally allocated for that purpose. It helps reduce the network shadow areas using minimum investments on the side of the operators.  These are ongoing initiatives that bear fruit not in a day Ali but over time.  I hope you appreciate the efforts of CA and industry players at large.  Lets us celebrate milestones and the positive gains made.  Rome was not built in a day.

Regards,

Rachel

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Date: Monday, February 26, 2018 at 7:14 PM
To: Rachel <alwala at ca.go.ke<mailto:alwala at ca.go.ke>>
Cc: Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com<mailto:Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] CA¹s Sh85m plan to link remote areas with mobile voice

Honestly, as Kenyans we are super tired of being strung along with non-existent statistics. We simply need to get our act together.

I'm also keen to understand the difference between land based and population based statistics/connectivity.. Let's dispense with semantics please..


Can this forum have a clap feature like in Medium?  :-)

You have got that correct Ali. CA is being Machiavellianon its reporting. So that it can meet it's target, it reports that it has 94.4% coverage on 2G and 78% coverage on 3G. There, it has reached it's Performace Contracting targets. When now the user who know nothing about numbers asks about connectivity, they spring up new jargons like land mass vs population.

As an end user, I would actually say I want connectivity on my phone, or computer. Land mass, water mass, population, wharathos?
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