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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Eric,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>There must be a balanced approach …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>I am against any form of price regulation .. Not because of greed
but because it does not work ..<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Even if an E1 was 200 USD … It is still not in the income
bracket …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Currently you get 4M straight without contention for 600USD list (so
300 per E1) … Now show me the uptake and then we see what happens at the
consumer end …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>If 90% becomes local content and we are using all the Submarine
Capacity that lands … Maybe we can have unlimited internet for KSH 100,-
a month?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Going back to my example of the plane …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>You are better off paying 50 USD for a ticket that will bring you
somewhere you can create value than 25 for a trip that is wasted ..<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Von:</span></b><span
lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> kictanet-bounces+kai.wulff=kdn.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke
[mailto:kictanet-bounces+kai.wulff=kdn.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <b>Im
Auftrag von </b>Eric M.K Osiakwan<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Monday, November 30, 2009 16:31<br>
<b>An:</b> kai.wulff@kdn.co.ke<br>
<b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br>
<b>Betreff:</b> Re: [kictanet] NCA Board member gives its price target as an E1
for US$100-500<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Kai,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>There is empirical evidence to support the mass update of
broadband if the market price is within the disposable income bracket. You and
I had access to the TEAMS feasibility study and the pent up demand was
incredible. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The business case that changes the market adoption is
"low margin, high volume" as opposed to the current "high
margin, low volume". now i tack that to your example below, the A380 can
take 800 seats and charge 25USD so more people can fly but because the "corporate
greed" is high, we decided to fit the A320 with 120 seats so we can charge
50USD, allowing only few people to fly - that is an artificial element within
the marketplace and sometime you need the big stick to bring it down. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Look SAT3 cost an e1 $30k to the Cameroonian market and the
same cable in Ghana cost en e1 $4.5k to the Ghanaian market. The A320 is flying
at 10% on the first flight in Cameroun because of the price to the market, not
because the market is not anticipatory. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>MainOne has not landed and yet they have gone public with an
e1 between $500 and $600, are they not also in business to make money?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Eric here <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On 30 Nov 2009, at 02:59, kai wulff wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Did you divide the cost of a cable by the “available”
capacity or by the anticipated uptake?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:blue'>Example:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>If an A320 costs 6000 USD per flight hour “wet” and has
120 seats, the cost per passenger seat is 50 USD</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>If an A380 costs 20 000 USD per flight hour “wet” and
has 800 seats, the cost per passenger seat is 25 USD</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>So do we say that a Tour Operator can only sell a seat for USD 25
plus a small (and again .. What is small) margin?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>What if you only fly at 10% load on your first flight …
Isn’t your cost per passenger now 250 USD …</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Von:</span></b><span
class=apple-converted-space><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a
href="mailto:kictanet-bounces+kai.wulff=kdn.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet-bounces+kai.wulff=kdn.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>[mailto:kictanet-bounces+kai.wulff=kdn.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke]<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>Im Auftrag von<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span></b>Eric M.K Osiakwan<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Sunday, November
29, 2009 22:27<br>
<b>An:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a
href="mailto:kai.wulff@kdn.co.ke">kai.wulff@kdn.co.ke</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions<br>
<b>Betreff:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Re: [kictanet]
NCA Board member gives its price target as an E1 for US$100-500</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Kai,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I would observe the sabath by writing my last email on this
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<p class=MsoNormal>I was at the said workshop and indeed have worked on the
subject extensively prior to the announcement by the regulator and in the new
story, "supply bandwidth" is the term, otherwise i wont make an apple
and oranges analysis. At least you should credit my non-distortionist approach
to this subject. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The situation we are dealing with is the artificial high
price of bandwidth to the continent which has held back the industry, those
prices MUST come into the realm of reality and then the forces of demand and
supply would make usage and local content the catalyst. Offcourse, education,
electrification etc are all in the value chain.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Eric here<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On 29 Nov 2009, at 19:00, kai wulff wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Please read carefully what I wrote.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>I have no problem with meaningful regulation .. This regulation
should focus on promoting usage ..</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Your example of the Central Bank does not fit here .. The rate set
by a Central bank would in our case be the cost for which an Operator (Bank)
can buy capacity (borrows money). The Central Banks don’t regulate the
retail end ..</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>I mentioned before, the main tools to drive down Broadband prices
would be usage and local content.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>More usage can be created by education, electrification and other
factors.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Von:</span></b><span
class=apple-converted-space><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a
href="mailto:kictanet-bounces+kai.wulff=kdn.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet-bounces+kai.wulff=kdn.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>[mailto:kictanet-bounces+kai.wulff=kdn.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke]<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>Im Auftrag von<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span></b>Eric M.K Osiakwan<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Sunday, November
29, 2009 21:34<br>
<b>An:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a
href="mailto:kai.wulff@kdn.co.ke">kai.wulff@kdn.co.ke</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions<br>
<b>Betreff:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Re: [kictanet]
NCA Board member gives its price target as an E1 for US$100-500</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Kai,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The Central Bank as the regulator of the financial sector in
every economy sets prime rates and other industry indicators based on their
calculation of the market forces as they interplay with demand and supply. i
dont see why you sense danger with the regulator of the coms industry setting
"prime rate" based on the commoditized calculation.....<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>You generate a lot of weight in your submission below on the
private sector factors as a basis to slap the need for regulatory intervention
in a market situation that has held the industry back for a very longtime.
Am a private sector spice like you but if there is any lesson for us to
learn from the current global financial crisis, it is that, we need regulatory
interventions in the market theatre as markets have mood and are by that
extension in perfect. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>My comment is, all the factors you have enumerated are great
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high prices down for the masses to have access, a market expansion mechanism. <o:p></o:p></p>
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of this, uptake is below the potential, usage of the cable is sub optimal and
prices don’t come down … Result: People will wait longer ..</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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(actually we should talk about 2M duplex and not old school) for a BPO ..
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any given time. So in an 8 hour shift you could have 122880 call minutes with
256 agents .. Assume 70% load, this makes 86016 minutes. Surely, you will have
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29, 2009 20:35<br>
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<b>Cc:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions<br>
<b>Betreff:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>[kictanet] NCA
Board member gives its price target as an E1 for US$100-500</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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“Fiber Optic Undersea (Submarine) cable”, in collaboration
with <a href="http://98.130.227.12/" target="_blank"><span
style='color:#2970A6;text-decoration:none'>West Africa Telecommunications
Regulators Assembly (WATRA)</span></a>, the <a href="http://www.gtz.de/en/"
target="_blank"><span style='color:#2970A6;text-decoration:none'>German
Technical Group (GTZ)</span></a> and also the <a
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regulation of access to new undersea cables and also come up with adoptable
guidelines for issuance of undersea cable licenses and landing rights
agreement. This would ensure the transparency in deployment and pricing of undersea
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Directors of <a href="http://www.nca.org.gh/" target="_blank"><span
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observed that the availability of international bandwidth, coupled with
NCA’s plans for licensing additional terrestrial fiber optic cables
systems, and also wireless broadband access (through things like WiMAX)
operators would finally set the deployment of broadband networks throughout the
country and further lay the foundation for rapid economic growth in the ICT
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<p style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:12.75pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
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Business Process Outsourcing (BPOs) and Government’s decentralization
program would enhance various e-government packages which would increase the
social-economic development of the citizenry in a manner never witnessed in
this country over the past several years.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555'>Quandzie said that the NCA is
committed to opening up the market base of the telecommunication industry by
offering an additional fiber optic cable operator (WACS), which would add more
capacity to the existing one, all within a 24 month period.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555'>According to Quandzie, the
current SAT 3 cable systems provides an estimated three gigabytes capacity of
international bandwidth to the country at approx systems to become operational,
adding that “They will be adding respectively, for a total of 1,920
gigabytes or 640 fold increase to the current capacity of international
bandwidth in the country”.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555'>Quandzie said that NCA
expectation of a supply bandwidth a price goal of $100-500 per E1 should be
possible within the very near future which would provide the necessary
framework for the attainment of such an outcome.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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right regulatory framework established, reliable and affordable broadband
networks, coupled with low cost of available international bandwidth can be
provided through undersea fiber optic cables.<br>
(Source: The Ghanaian Chronicle)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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