<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Interesting point and I'm intrigued on how this will be executed. I I think Ndemo and team kicked this off with the undersea cable project and the NOFBI project. </div><div><br></div><div>There are already assets, networks that can go into this PPP. Possibly collapse the moribund Universal Access Fund/Board into it?<br><br><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">+254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></a></span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></p><font><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Blog: <a href="http://www.alyhussein.com/" target="_blank">www.alyhussein.com</a></span><br></font></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div>"I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein</div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Mar 22, 2014, at 11:26 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva <<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Mar 21, 2014 9:28 PM, "Ali Hussein" <<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote><span><snip></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>1. A PPP company will be set up to build, own and operate a nationwide</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>mobile broadband telecom network and infrastructure.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><span>probably this PPP is the right home for Essar's Yu network, instead of</span><br><span>building a new broadband infrastructure from scratch</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>2. It will not be permitted to offer services directly to customers but</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>will offer whole capacity to existing and new service providers</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><span></span><br><span>The way I understand this, the new PPP will be a backbone of sorts, or</span><br><span>will it operate the way Zuku rides on Telkom's Kenstream on their</span><br><span>Wimax? With Safaricom wanting to take up Yu's infrastructure, it's</span><br><span>obvious they are lacking in capacity and such an initiative will</span><br><span>benefit the individual Internet user.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Regards</span><br><span>-- </span><br><span>______________________</span><br><span>Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya</span><br><span><a href="http://twitter.com/lordmwesh">twitter.com/lordmwesh</a></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>isoc mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:isoc@orion.my.co.ke">isoc@orion.my.co.ke</a></span><br><span><a href="http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc">http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>