<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt">Maybe Bw. Mtoro should sue ITU at the Hague calling upon the world to stop http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2006/11.html and force the US to reverse its now completed digital television migration, e.g. http://www.examiner.com/article/comcast-takes-digital-upgrade-to-all-channels-washington-state. His outfit should definately receive global attention! Whatever that would be....<br> <br><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "bitange@jambo.co.ke" <bitange@jambo.co.ke><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> ict.researcher@yahoo.com <br><b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Kictanet Mail list <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, December 21, 2012 2:08 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] Digital migration and mass ignorance<br> </font> </div> <br>
Stephen,<br>I wanted to stay out of this till the ruling in court but I cannot keep<br>quiet when you tell the whole world lies on mobile penetration in Kenya.<br>Virtually every adult Kenyan has access to mobile in 2G. The fastest<br>growing market is broadband because of the growing needs by the poor to<br>get their produce to market or get the best pricing. This is what the<br>many applications that are being developed in Kenya will do. Rural<br>schools need the broadband most since education too is going e. While<br>mobile coverage in Kenya is at 90% (mostly 2G coverage), land mass<br>coverage stands at 40% with 80% mobile penetration. Mpesa is not for the<br>rich like Mutoro but the poor and is accessible to 90% of the poor.<br><br><br>The need to migrate to 4G is critical in planning our broadband needs in<br>the next one year. For us to meet the projected demand we must get to the<br>last mile. This means that
getting to the poor since mot of the rich have<br>fibre connevtivity to their homes.<br><br><br>I take great exception with your statements. My Key Performance Index<br>(KPI)is how many people in Kenya rich and poor have access to internet. <br>This is significantly different from your KPI of counting how many cases<br>you have taken to court over the perceived infringement of consumer<br>rights. While you can criticise me as a public servant, I am not able to<br>even know your funding sources and the motives for funding. I do not<br>question but this is what Kenyans are talking in low tones.<br><br>What we can do for now is to rephrase John F. Kennedy's quote to read "ask<br>not what the poor may be wanting; ask what you have done to remove<br>poverty". Going to court purpoting to represent the poor is a bouguasie<br>cover up. Let us stand up for the poor and help eliminate poverty by<br>teaching them to navigate the high seas
of technology and fish for their<br>sustainable living.<br><br>I am in India for some family medical case but I must report that Delhi<br>whose per capita income is lower than Nairobi, has fully migrated to<br>Digital. The poor are now enjoying watching TV in the languages they<br>understand (this is a requirement in our constitution). Three hundred new<br>channels have come up including one helping consumers understand what is<br>in the market and how it compares with other competitors. Perhaps you<br>need to upgrade your approach to consumerism. Only technology will help<br>be more effective.<br><br>Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year my brother.<br><br>Ndemo.<br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>