<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="text-align:justify"><font color="#000000" face="open sans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:17px">Sure Ali, and as you rightly state, even with the launch of the 5G network by 2020, the focus for Telcos is fast shifting to the tier III markets. Leading that pursuit is Jio Infocom, i would encourage policy makers and strategists to follow keenly the pursuits made by the Jio as its poised to revolutionarize the discussions around net neutrality. Through its unique freemium phone and data model, it </span></font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-size:17px;text-align:justify">added over 25 million subscribers in the shortest time from last September, and it is now trying to quickly reach the target of 100 million users.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-size:17px;text-align:justify"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-size:17px;text-align:justify">For instance, the company is looking to launch feature phones with voice over LTE (VoLTE) capability to tap the rural and tier-III markets for its data services and mobile business. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-size:17px;text-align:justify">pricing for these devices could be as low as Kshs 1500 and will come bundled with unlimited voice and video calling, alongside digital content. </span><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-size:17px;text-align:justify"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-size:17px;text-align:justify">Targeting the first time data users, t</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-size:17px;text-align:justify">he VoLTE feature phones will have a keypad, front-facing and rear cameras and will run on a lighter version of Android operating system. These handsets will come with Jio’s content applications such as Jio Chat, Live TV and video on demand. Jio will push its digital wallet service, Jio Money Wallet, through these feature phones.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-size:17px;text-align:justify"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-size:17px;text-align:justify"><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 8:10 AM, Ali Hussein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Tim</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Thanks for that clarification. And this is definitely a welcome development.</div><img src="http://t.sidekickopen16.com/e1t/o/5/f18dQhb0S7ks8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9gXrN7sKj6v4LNdFMd_KMKRbM7xW4Wzv6P2zlZNzW26tGP91k1H6H0?si=6190904865718272&pi=ceede22f-7f28-4c7a-80eb-1292b9cb6411" style="display:none!important" height="1" width="1"><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_-3756264717329729958gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Ali
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<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 7:38 AM, Timothy- Coach- Oriedo via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="auto">No its not.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Unlike <a href="http://internet.org" target="_blank">internet.org</a>, which restricts access to specific sites and constrained format, Express Wifi is focused on providing last mile internet connectivity to SMEs.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Its Facebooks answer to infrastracture deployment. It partnered with Elon Musk's Space X to launch satelites into space soecifically for that purpose.</div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br>Regards<br><br>Timothy Oriedo<br><br><a href="http://about.me/Timoriedo" target="_blank">about.me/Timoriedo</a><br><br> </div></div></div></div><div class="m_-3756264717329729958HOEnZb"><div class="m_-3756264717329729958h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 3 Mar 2017 6:30 am, "Admin CampusCiti" <<a href="mailto:info@campusciti.com" target="_blank">info@campusciti.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="m_-3756264717329729958m_5750864402656993562quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Hi Tim</div><div id="m_-3756264717329729958m_5750864402656993562m_-8074308361479921092AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_-3756264717329729958m_5750864402656993562m_-8074308361479921092AppleMailSignature">Is this the same as <a href="http://Internet.org" target="_blank">Internet.org</a>?</div><div id="m_-3756264717329729958m_5750864402656993562m_-8074308361479921092AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_-3756264717329729958m_5750864402656993562m_-8074308361479921092AppleMailSignature">I think Airtel has been running this program with Facebook for sometime? </div><div id="m_-3756264717329729958m_5750864402656993562m_-8074308361479921092AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_-3756264717329729958m_5750864402656993562m_-8074308361479921092AppleMailSignature">This issue of Net Neutrality and how Multinationals like Facebook and Airtel engage in Africa is definitely a contentious issue. The arguments for and against are numerous. I myself have come to one conclusion:-</div><div id="m_-3756264717329729958m_5750864402656993562m_-8074308361479921092AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_-3756264717329729958m_5750864402656993562m_-8074308361479921092AppleMailSignature">That the Net Neutrality question is very emotive and each region must work towards the optimal tools on how to navigate it. This list has talked about Net Neutrality for many years. I think it's time this country and Africa really engage with government (The CA in the Kenya) on what the official position is.</div><div id="m_-3756264717329729958m_5750864402656993562m_-8074308361479921092AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_-3756264717329729958m_5750864402656993562m_-8074308361479921092AppleMailSignature">Reaching out to Rachel. What is the CA's position on this? <br><br><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">+254 0713 601113 / 0770906375</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><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.c<wbr>om/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><br></span></div><div>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><span><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div class="m_-3756264717329729958m_5750864402656993562elided-text"><div><br>On 3 Mar 2017, at 5:39 AM, Timothy- Coach- Oriedo via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Morning Listers.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Any of you who have encountered this service in the said locations? What has been the experience?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><a href="http://www.techweez.com/2017/03/01/express-wifi-facebook-kenya/" target="_blank">http://www.techweez.com/2017/0<wbr>3/01/express-wifi-facebook-ken<wbr>ya/</a><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"> <br><br> <br><br>Timothy Oriedo<br><br><a href="http://about.me/Timoriedo" target="_blank">about.me/Timoriedo</a><br><br> </div></div>
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