[kictanet] 5G Discourse Re-surfaces in Kenya. Are We Ready?

[Adam Lane]

I believe the article is quite clear that the primary use case for 5G is for home wi-fi where there is no fiber to the home available, and thus the home user will get a 5G enabled CPE from Safaricom.

This is very much true, and in no way a negative. Just look at the success of 5G in South Africa which has also focused on this area. 5G does not have many benefits for consumer handsets, as 4G is more than sufficient for most users. With only 700k households having a home fiber connection there is certainly a lot of need for using 5G to provide home wi-fi connections….

There are two very different use cases for IoT networks. Those that send very little data (e.g. sensors) and for which NB-IoT as well as various LoRa/LP-WAN networks can handle that quite well. The other are those that send a lot of data (e.g. video) in which case 5G would be useful (though again, 4G can also handle it well enough in most cases unless there is a very high number of such devices in a small network, like potentially in a factory).

regards
Adam

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Dear Listers,
Unfortunately, we may be missing the point.
5G will be primarily used by connected devices that will make smart cities possible (because of improved speeds).

Just looking at consumers’ handsets may be missing the point.

Safaricom should also be aware that possible competitors in Africa are building IoT networks based on radio frequencies (RF) that will bypass the GSM networks (They have been a disaster requiring topping up of voice for the sim cards to remain active)

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Subject: [kictanet] 5G Discourse Re-surfaces in Kenya. Are We Ready?

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Dear Listers,

Safaricom has come out and said it will take some time before rolling out the  5G service to its customers. The reason was infrastructure and the cost of devices.  The entire story can be found here <https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/corporate/technology/costly-phones-slow-safaricom-5g-rollout-3816624> .

It reminded me of our policy brief done by Mr John Walubengo and Mr Barrack Otieno who are members here "Policy Brief No.7, November 2020 --- 5G Policy Brief. Which way for Kenya?

The objective of the study was to establish Kenya’s preparedness to deploy fifth-generation wireless networks (5G).

A key finding was: "The study has established that the country is still not ready to effectively deploy and benefit from 5G technologies – particularly from a strategic, policy, and regulatory perspective."

Read below the brief: https://bit.ly/2XVMdit


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David Indeje
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