Thanks Michuki for 'ELT'. Telkom's 1 million new subscribers in a few months..... <br> <br>[Business Daily]<br><br>The wireless service
offering by the soon-to-be privatised State telecom, has rolled out
nearly a million lines in the last few months and is targeting mostly
rural customers around the country.<br><br><a href="http://bdafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=956&Itemid=3514" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://bdafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=956&Itemid=3514
</a><br>-----<br>Reckon they have fixed-line for sms for data enabled applications up their sleeve? <br>"Syscom Emirates announces massive growth of fixed line SMS Phones" <a href="http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093151776" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093151776</a><br><br>Wire Telcos are doing it all over:<br><a href="http://www.chinatelecom-h.com/eng/business/fixedlinesms.htm">http://www.chinatelecom-h.com/eng/business/fixedlinesms.htm
</a> <br><a href="http://www.etisalat.ae/index.jsp?contentid=f1f309b00385b010VgnVCM1000000c24a8c0RCRD¤tid=669f59ecfb01a010VgnVCM1000003c05000a____&lang=en&type=service" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.etisalat.ae/index.jsp?contentid=f1f309b00385b010VgnVCM1000000c24a8c0RCRD¤tid=669f59ecfb01a010VgnVCM1000003c05000a____&lang=en&type=service</a><br><font><font class="headline"><br>"Unisys Extends BT Deal
</font></font>" <a href="http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=86583">http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=86583</a><br><br>"UK messaging market is set to be worth more than £26 billion by 2010."
<br><a href="http://www.btwholesale-engage.com/MakingMoreOfMessaging.aspx">http://www.btwholesale-engage.com/MakingMoreOfMessaging.aspx</a> <br><br>Issues involved:<br><a href="http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/fs22006_sms_and_the_migration.html">
http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/fs22006_sms_and_the_migration.html</a><br> <br>Quite disruptive new technologies. <br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/9/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mike Theuri</b> <<a href="mailto:mike.theuri@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
mike.theuri@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
The problem could very well have been that the area was not mapped in an<br>accurate manner using GPS thus causing the error/inaccuracy due to a mismatch<br>between the coordinates from GPS and actual maps. Many African cities and
<br>locales outside of major cities remain GPS unmapped to date. This is evident in<br>the web blogs of tourists who drive north to south across the continent from<br>Europe and often post GPS coordinates to help future travellers who may take a
<br>similar trip to find their way. Nairobi has been mapped geographically through<br>JICA but such maps do not appear to have been availed freely to the public<br>domain. The immense benefits of such mapping include the ability to use
<br>navigational systems in vehicles or simple to use driving directions through<br>services such as google maps. However only a subsequent investigation can<br>determine what truly happened with the erroneous signal. The collection of
<br>slides below for example shows how GPS can be inaccurate and what corrective<br>measures can be taken to ensure accuracy :<br><br><a href="http://www.codata.org/codata02/07med/hightower/hightower_files/frame.htm#slide0051.htm" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.codata.org/codata02/07med/hightower/hightower_files/frame.htm#slide0051.htm</a><br><br>The benefits of geographical mapping can be immense in many different ways. For<br>instance it can be used to determine high crime rate areas or determine where
<br>certain types of crimes occur. A good example of such a free service is<br><a href="http://www.crimeindc.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">www.crimeindc.org</a> which integrates google maps with street addressing and police
<br>reports to highlight high crime areas in Washington, DC. Such a service would be
<br>of benefit to the police for instance where a certain area shows a pattern of a<br>particular type of crime then the appropriate crime fighting squads who<br>specialize in solving those types of crimes can be assigned to the area. It
<br>would also help police and/or rescuers reach victims of accidents or crime in a<br>faster than usual manner where newer mobile phones activate GPS tracking to the<br>respective carrier when the user dials an emergency telephone number. In Kenya
<br>this makes practical sense particularly in the case of increased crime and the<br>fact that ownership of a sim card can go untracked, however it also raises<br>privacy concerns particularly if such technologies are abused by governmental
<br>authorities or those entrusted with the integrity of ensuring that users of such<br>technologies maintain an reasonable level of privacy.<br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_GPS" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_GPS
</a><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Kagwe James" <<a href="mailto:JKagwe@aforbes.co.ke" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">JKagwe@aforbes.co.ke</a>><br>To: "Mike Theuri" <
<a href="mailto:mike.theuri@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mike.theuri@gmail.com
</a>><br>Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 12:39 AM<br>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Flight KQ 507: Did the Media cross the line?<br><br><br>Just concerned and probably out of context as far as the discussions<br>we've been having are concerned. Isn't there a technology, probably GPRS
<br>based that can be used to track aeroplanes all over the world?<br><br>Just like the way car track traces cars using GPRS. Is it possible to<br>have such to track and trace aeroplanes. The time it took to trace the<br>
KQ plane was quite worrying and given that aeroplanes traverse deserts,<br>seas and forests, then a system like this would make a difference in the<br>time that it takes to trace a plane and probably save peoples lives.<br>
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