<div dir="auto">It's a fact that Safaricom applied in 2015 for the broadcast license and CA has delayed to provide the same.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"> <a href="https://www.nation.co.ke/business/CA-to-delay-broadcasting-permits/996-4765030-rh9rbvz/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.nation.co.ke/business/CA-to-delay-broadcasting-permits/996-4765030-rh9rbvz/index.html</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, 6 Nov 2018, 08:51 Collins Areba via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">



<div>
<div name="messageBodySection" style="font-size:14px;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,sans-serif">What is a Digital broadcast license? 
<div><br></div>
<div>I believe Safaricom has an ASP license, and digital broadcast of TV should be covered in that. I blame the Journalist on this one….</div>
</div>
<div name="messageSignatureSection" style="font-size:14px;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,sans-serif"><br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Collins Areba,<br>
Kilifi, Kenya.<br>
Tel: +<b>254 707 750 788</b> / <b>0731 750 788</b><br>
Twitter: @arebacollins.<br>
Skype: arebacollins</div>
<div name="messageReplySection" style="font-size:14px;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,sans-serif">On 6 Nov 2018, 12:08 AM +0300, Ali Hussein via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>>, wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" style="margin:5px 5px;padding-left:10px;border-left:thin solid #1abc9c">
<div dir="ltr">
<div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">L</span><font face="georgia, serif">isters</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">What gives? 3 years to get a license? What is going on?</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">Safaricom says it will seek answers from the telecoms regulator over the three-year delay in issuance of its digital broadcast licence, chief executive Bob Collymore has said.<br></font></div>
<div class="gmail_default">
<div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:1.5rem 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">The telco is seeking to venture into commercial free-to-air television services as part of triple-play offering plan–TV, internet and fixed line telephone services – to homes.</font></p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:1.5rem 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><a href="https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/companies/Safaricom-renews-push-for-digital-broadcast-licence/4003102-4837176-15nhi1nz/index.html" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">Read on </font></a></p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:1.5rem 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><font face="georgia, serif">I thought Kenya adopted a </font><a href="https://www.bowmanslaw.com/insights/technology-media-and-telecommunications/telecom-regulation-kenya-introduces-a-unified-licensing-framework/" style="font-family:georgia,serif" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">Unified License Regime</a> <font face="georgia, serif">way back when... What happened to this? </font></p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:1.5rem 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><font face="georgia, serif">Can the regulator please inform Kenyans what exactly is holding up Safaricom's license? I'm not holding brief for Safaricom but I think this is a public interest issue. </font></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div>
<div>
<div dir="ltr" class="m_8559189191878795654m_-8722888868091409756gmail_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>
<div dir="ltr">
<div dir="ltr">
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Ali Hussein</font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Principal</font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><b>AHK & Associates</b></font></p>
<font size="2"></font>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"> </font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>T<font size="2">el: +254 713 60<font size="2">1113</font></font><br></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>Twitter: @AliHKassim</span><span></span></span></font></p>
<font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"></span></font>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>Skype: abu-jomo</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"></span></a></span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></span></font></p>
<p style="font-size:small;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:georgia;color:black">13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing,</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"></span></p>
<p style="font-size:small;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:georgia;color:black">Chiromo Road, Westlands,</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"></span></p>
<p style="font-size:small;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:georgia;color:black">Nairobi, Kenya.</span></p>
<font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span><br>
<font size="1">Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with.</font></span></span></font><span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";font-size:11pt"></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span> <span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif""></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<img src="https://t.sidekickopen07.com/s1t/o/5/f18dQhb0S7ks8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9gXrN7sKj6v4LNdFMd_KMKRbM7xW4Wzv6P2zlZNzW26tGP91k1H6H0?si=6190904865718272&pi=e8a84daf-62cd-4f2e-c4a9-dc63576b4597&ti=null" style="display:none!important" height="1" width="1"></div>
_______________________________________________<br>
kictanet mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br>
<a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br>
Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/kictanet" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/kictanet</a><br>
Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/</a><br>
Domain Registration sponsored by <a href="http://www.eacdirectory.co.ke" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">www.eacdirectory.co.ke</a><br>
<br>
Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/arebacollins%40gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/arebacollins%40gmail.com</a><br>
<br>
The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.<br>
<br>
KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.<br></blockquote>
</div>
</div>

_______________________________________________<br>
kictanet mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br>
<a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br>
Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/kictanet" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/kictanet</a><br>
Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/</a><br>
Domain Registration sponsored by <a href="http://www.eacdirectory.co.ke" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">www.eacdirectory.co.ke</a><br>
<br>
Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/w%40hapakenya.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/w%40hapakenya.com</a><br>
<br>
The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.<br>
<br>
KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.<br>
</blockquote></div>