I second Mercer on this. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 9:43 PM, Marcel Werner <<a href="mailto:marcelcwerner@gmail.com">marcelcwerner@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font face="Arial"><span>Attention <span>Colleagues</span>,</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial"><span>Are you aware that the Communications
Commission of Kenya has issued an important consultative document on the proposed Unified
License framework? Comments are welcomed by CCK, due by deadline of 29 February 2008 at close of
business.</span></font></div>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><span>The
market segments categorised in the CCK paper Applications Service Providers (ASPs) and Content Service
Providers (CSP) (include all Value Added Service (VAS) Providers and Web-based
Public Commercial Information Service Providers can provide economic opportunities
to Micro and Small Enterprises (SME) as well as Small and Medium Sized companies
(MSE). </span></font><span><font face="Arial"><span>Note that all these services proposedly attract a KES100,000
registration fee + KES100,000 or 0.5% of turn-over charge. That will keep many
players out of the market.</span></font></span><font size="3"><span> How many higher education graduates are working to create a niche for themselves in the market? They should be encouraged and supported!<br>
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<font size="3"><span>The new regulatory framework should not place any obstacles to new investors
and market entrants, especially not to SME's. Therefore, the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">proposed</span> license fees for these two categories should
be replaced by a general license. Normally, such </span><font face="Times New Roman">licensees does not pay license fees but register with the regulatory body and
subsequently receive a certificate endorsing their operations in the
sector.<span></span></font></font></p></span></span></font></div>
</font><br><font color="#888888">MARCEL WERNER<br>Kenya ICT Federation<br><br>
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