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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: John Walubengo <jwalu@yahoo.com><BR>To: rebeccawanjiku@yahoo.com<BR>Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><BR>Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 5:20:45 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Local Content vs Submarine Cable.<BR><BR>--- robert yawe <<A href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" ymailto="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</A>> wrote:<BR>>>>As I keep saying the solution is to concentrate on <BR>creating local content and keeping local traffic local,<BR>let the rest of the world beat a path to us and not the<BR>reverse. <BR>>>cut>><BR>Yawe,<BR><BR>I hear you. Infact 2years ago I was involved in some<BR>research that settled almost on your point of view <BR><BR><A href="http://www.diplomacy.edu/poolbin.asp?IDPool=127"
target=_blank>http://www.diplomacy.edu/poolbin.asp?IDPool=127</A><BR><BR>But with the slight variation that we need BOTH the local<BR>content and the submarine cable. Its sort of a chicken and<BR>egg problem. Rather than expect one to precede the other,<BR>why not initiate both?<BR><BR>walu.<BR><BR><BR>--- robert yawe <<A href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" ymailto="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</A>> wrote:<BR><BR>> Hi,<BR>> <BR>> Welcome to the beginning of the end, the cable is going<BR>> private and it will remain private exactly as happened in<BR>> West Africa.<BR>> <BR>> Can those of you who where changing your business plans<BR>> to reflect lower internet access instead increase the<BR>> cost of that component.<BR>> <BR>> As I keep saying the solution is to concentrate on<BR>> creating local content and keeping local traffic local,<BR>> let the rest of the world beat a path to
us and not the<BR>> reverse. <BR>> <BR>> The article in the Nation last week about outsourcing<BR>> confirmed my fears our outsourcing model is a reverse<BR>> pyramid as opposed to the rest of the world. Our<BR>> outsourcing companies have 30% local provision and 70%<BR>> off shore yet the countries we are competing against have<BR>> the reverse.<BR>> <BR>> Time reveals all.<BR>> <BR>> Robert Yawe<BR>> KAY System Technologies Ltd<BR>> Phoenix House, 6th Floor<BR>> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<BR>> Kenya<BR>> <BR>> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<BR>> <BR>> ----- Original Message ----<BR>> From: "<A href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" ymailto="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</A>" <<A href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" ymailto="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</A>><BR>> To: <A href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk"
ymailto="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</A><BR>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<BR>> <<A href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</A>><BR>> Sent: Monday, 17 March, 2008 11:00:02 AM<BR>> Subject: [kictanet] TEAMs to switch into Private Hands<BR>> <BR>> Dear Walubengo,<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Q: Will the eventual majority shareholders - essentially<BR>> the private<BR>> sector - operate the cable on Open Access principles? <BR>> Specifically, the<BR>> following questions arise.<BR>> <BR>> A: Competition alone will drive the cost low and if that<BR>> fails, Government<BR>> can intervene using the capacity it holds and if that<BR>> fails, the regulator<BR>> will have to intervene.<BR>> <BR>> Q: 1. Will the cable be open for direct connectivity (at<BR>> thesource in MSA)<BR>> to
other future telco players?<BR>> <BR>> A: Yes indeed. See Q3 responses below.<BR>> <BR>> Q: 2. Will the price of connecting to the international<BR>> fiber be driven by<BR>> profit-motives or will it be based on the<BR>> 'cost-of-operating-the-fiber'<BR>> basis.<BR>> <BR>> A: Price of connecting to the International fibre remaims<BR>> cost of<BR>> operating the fibre but retail price will have an element<BR>> of profit. What<BR>> we shall guard agaist is exploitative prices.<BR>> <BR>> Q: 3. What modalities exist for future investors who may<BR>> wish to own part<BR>> of the fiber maybe 2 or 5years after the cable is<BR>> operational- or will<BR>> this thing be a closed-club to the original financiers<BR>> once the cable<BR>> becomes operational?(remember the consortium approach of<BR>> EASSy?)<BR>> <BR>> A: The Government of Kenya would continue to dilute its<BR>>
shares in order to<BR>> ensure healthy competion exist. The model therefore is<BR>> not a closed shop.<BR>> <BR>> Q: 4. What are the steps involved in transparently<BR>> transferring this<BR>> public resource into private sector?<BR>> <BR>> A: You cannot force anyone to buy into Teams. There are<BR>> clear deadlines<BR>> by the financial arranger for making commitments. The<BR>> Standard Chatered<BR>> Bank were procured to make financial arrangements for the<BR>> cable. Although<BR>> sometimes Media misses the point here and there, it has<BR>> done a wonderful<BR>> job keeping us on our toes.<BR>> <BR>> Ndemo.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ---------------------------------------------- <BR>> This message has been scanned for viruses and<BR>> dangerous content by Jambo MailScanner, and is<BR>> believed to be clean.<BR>>
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