Hi,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Michael Joseph <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto: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 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 link="blue" vlink="blue" 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>