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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>See the article that the Ag. CCK Director General was responding
to for those in the dark: <a
href="http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Surrender+frequencies+Safaricom+tells+TV+broadcasters+/-/1006/1366550/-/10mo765/-/index.html">http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Surrender+frequencies+Safaricom+tells+TV+broadcasters+/-/1006/1366550/-/10mo765/-/index.html</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Michael Ouma
[mailto:benomnta@yahoo.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 16, 2012 1:44 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kictanet<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Wambua, Christopher<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Fw: PRESS RELEASE ON SURRENDER OF FREQUENCIES<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Hi Chris
Wambua:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Which
operator made the demands and what exactly did the MNO want?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Please
provide some background on the whole issue for the benefit of those who may not
be abreast with the issue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Thanks. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";
color:black'>Michael Ouma<br>
Journalist<br>
Kenya</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Tel: +254-725-537823 | +254-789-363-833</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";
color:black'>Twitter: @MichaelOuma | Blog: aptantech.com | Facebook:
www.facebook.com/omondi.ouma</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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"Here I am. This far the good Lord has brought me. Amen..."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>
Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com><br>
<b>To:</b> benomnta@yahoo.com <br>
<b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 16, 2012 11:20 AM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [kictanet] Fw: PRESS RELEASE ON SURRENDER OF FREQUENCIES</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>fyi from CCK. <br>
walu.<br>
nb: Sounds like the frequency wars are heating up again.<br>
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--- On <b>Fri, 3/16/12, Wambua, Christopher <i><Wambua@cck.go.ke></i></b>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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From: Wambua, Christopher <Wambua@cck.go.ke><br>
Subject: PRESS RELEASE ON SURRENDER OF FREQUENCIES<br>
To: "Walubengo J" <jwalu@yahoo.com><br>
Date: Friday, March 16, 2012, 11:08 AM<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Walu,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Please circulate this to
listers.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Wambua</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> Wambua, Christopher <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 16, 2012 11:05 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> PRESS RELEASE ON SURRENDER OF FREQUENCIES<br>
<b>Importance:</b> High</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:#0070C0'><b><span style='font-size:
26.0pt;color:white'> PRESS RELEASE</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>16<sup>th</sup> March 2012<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Listers,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>CCK’s response to agitation for surrender of
broadcasting frequencies </b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'>The attention
of the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has been drawn to media
reports attributed to one of the mobile operators in the country calling for
the surrender of assigned broadcasting frequencies on the 700MHz band to
mobile operators and other service providers for use in the deployment of 4G
services (i.e. superfast mobile broadband/Internet services). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'>The CCK wishes
to respond to the agitation as follows:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b>1.</b><span
style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><b>The spectrum
in question </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>The spectrum/frequencies in
question here (i.e. 700MHz band) will only become available for re-assignment
for use in deployment of non-broadcasting services after the successful
migration from analogue to digital TV broadcasting. According to an
international agreement reached at the International Telecommunication Union
(ITU) in 2006, member countries party to the agreement (including states in
Africa, Europe, Russia and the Middle East) set 17<sup>th</sup> June 2015 as
the global deadline for the switch-off of analogue TV broadcasting. The ITU
is a specialized UN agency in the field of ICTs to which Kenya is affiliated.
As a member of the ITU, Kenya is bound by the provisions of this
agreement. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b>2.</b><span
style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><b>Transition
to digital TV broadcasting </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>To prepare the country for
smooth and timely transition to digital TV broadcasting, the Government of
Kenya constituted the Digital Television Committee (DTC) to oversee the
migration process. The DTC recommended an early transition deadline of 2012
to enable the country to have the flexibility and time to address any
difficulties that may arise before the multi-laterally agreed deadline of
2015. The demand for broadcasters to surrender frequencies in the 700 MHz
band immediately to mobile operators, therefore, cannot be justified at this
point. In any case, even the 2012 national deadline for migration to
the digital TV broadcasting is not cast in stone. As has happened in other
countries, the deadline could be postponed if there are challenges in
achieving it. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b>3.</b><span
style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><b>Impracticable
and ill-timed proposition</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Surrender of frequencies in the
700MHz band currently in use for broadcasting services would be ill-timed and
impracticable. This is because the transition to digital broadcasting is
being implemented in the same frequency band that is used for analogue TV
broadcasting. The digital signal is at the moment only available in Nairobi,
which means that the rest of the country is still dependent on analogue TV
transmissions. Thus the existing analogue TV broadcasters cannot switch off
their services without disconnecting a sizeable proportion of consumers. This
explains why the country is on a simulcast period where both digital and analogue
TV signals are on air. The switch-off of the analogue TV signals will only be
done when the Government is satisfied that digital signal coverage is
available nationwide. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b>4.</b><span
style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><b>Statutory
mandate over frequency spectrum management</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>The responsibility of managing
frequency spectrum in Kenya is vested in CCK by law (that is by the <i>Kenya
Information and Communications Act, CAP 411A</i>). In addition, CCK is the
designated Government representative to the ITU, where international
treaties/agreements and international regulations on frequency spectrum
management and other ICT issues are made. Therefore only the CCK has the
statutory mandate to assign spectrum (to broadcasters, mobile operators and
other assignees) and to recall frequencies, where necessary, in line with the
provisions of international agreements and regulations as well as national
law. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b>5.</b><span
style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><b>Orderly
planning of freed up spectrum</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Owing to the vast investments
in the existing analogue infrastructure for TV broadcasting, the migration to
digital TV broadcasting shall be done in an orderly way and freed up spectrum
shall be surrendered to CCK for re-planning and re-assignment. The
re-planning exercise shall involve deciding on the modalities of
re-assignment, including use of market-based allocation methodologies such as
spectrum auction. Re-assignment shall take due consideration of the various
competing radio-communication services that require access to this vital
spectrum. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>In view of the foregoing, it is
premature to agitate for re-allocation of spectrum that is not even available
in the first place. In any case, the World Radiocommunications Conference
2012 held in Geneva, Switzerland, early this year resolved that the
implementation date for assignment of spectrum in the frequency band 694-790MHz
to mobile services would be 2015, subject to results of studies conducted
between now and then on the feasibility of implementing mobile services in
part or in the entire 694-790MHz frequency range. Spectrum on this band is
currently allocated to broadcasting services. Thus, it is the said studies
that will effectively determine the amount of digital dividends (or freed up
spectrum) that will emerge from the 694-790MHz frequency range for use in
deployment of non-broadcasting services (including superfast mobile
broadband/internet and other services). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>As a public body, CCK remains
open to receive representations and comments on any regulatory issue touching
on the ICT sector. Such representations should, however, be done within the
framework of the law, without causing public confusion and exerting
unwarranted pressure on the duly licensed players in the broadcasting
industry. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Issued by<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b>Francis W. Wangusi</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><u>Ag. Director-General </u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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