<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Great news indeed - the clarification by Michael on the "open-access" nature of the KPLC dark-fibers. <br><br>@Mblayo, this indeed reduces the need for me (or other Operators?) to be as "alarmed" as I was previously.<br><br>walu.<br>--- On <b>Wed, 2/3/10, McTim <i><dogwallah@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Safaricom partners with KPLC to expand its datafootprint<br>To: jwalu@yahoo.com<br>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br>Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 12:22 AM<br><br><div id="yiv1144936208">Hi,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Michael Joseph <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:MJoseph@safaricom.co.ke" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=MJoseph@safaricom.co.ke">MJoseph@safaricom.co.ke</a>></span> 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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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">KPLC invited all licensed operators to bid
for the rights to access the surplus pairs in the cable. A reserve price was
set for both leased and IRU models. A number of operators responded and so far
only 3 have signed contracts – Safaricom, Wananchi and Jamii Telecom.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">There is no exclusivity as can be seen. </span></font></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br>This is great news, thanks very much for the clarification.<br>
<br>I wish the author of the piece had mentioned this, as well as the reserve prices, which would be useful to know. <br><br>This is a more thorough treatment of the story:<br><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.kbc.co.ke/story.asp?ID=62171">http://www.kbc.co.ke/story.asp?ID=62171</a><br>
<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I do
not know which operators did not bid but I do know that other operators are
still in talks with KPLC. Safaricom have only taken 1 pair out of the 12
available.</span></font></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br>or 18 if you believe the above link. ;-/<br><br></div></div>-- <br>Cheers,<br><br>McTim<br>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel<br>
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