<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">The reason I said it was a blow besides Astro Teller, CEO of X, chairman of Loon’s board pledging a $10 million fund to support businesses focused on connectivity, education, entrepreneurship and internet in Kenya, is that, the time it took for Telkom to start using the infrastructure cannot be washed away from 2018 to be effected 2020.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">True, the underserved will feel it. A question that triggers other questions and concerns from Listers on this platform on community networks, ICT Authority's and Communication Authority's time frame to ensure we close this gap. </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt"></span></b></font></p><div style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;display:inline"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b> </b></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;display:inline"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b> </b></font></div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000" style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Kind Regards,</b></font><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b></b></font></p><p></p><p style="font-size:small"></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt">David Indeje </span></b></font></p></div><div dir="ltr"><img src="https://cytonn.sheerhr.com/signature/icon/ico-phone.png" alt="" border="0" style="color:rgb(74,74,74);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;max-height:15px;vertical-align:bottom;width:auto"><span style="color:rgb(74,74,74);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> +254 (0) 711 385 945 | +254 (0) 734 024 856 </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 22 Jan 2021 at 11:42, Mwendwa Kivuva <<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Not a blow to Telkom Kenya at all, but a blow for the underserved. Loon was a 4G/LTE coverage infrastructure provider using floating cell towers for hard to reach areas. Telkom would lease the infrastructure the same way you can lease masts from other infrastructure providers.<div><br></div><div>Since it is a floating tower for underserved areas, the business case becomes difficult to justify because there is no critical mass in those areas to cover the value chain. And that is why subsidies are important in ensuring the marginalized still enjoy some semblance of internet access like the more privileged citizens in more urban areas. <br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">______________________<br>Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya<br><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mwendwa-kivuva" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mwendwa-kivuva</a></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 22 Jan 2021 at 10:22, David Indeje via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Alphabet’s Internet Loon Project is Shutting Down, Blow to Telkom Kenya.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">**Loon launched a pilot project in Kenya in 2020 <br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">1. <a href="https://medium.com/loon-for-all/loon-draft-c3fcebc11f3f" target="_blank">https://medium.com/loon-for-all/loon-draft-c3fcebc11f3f</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"> </div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt"></span></b></font></p><div style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;display:inline"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b> </b></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;display:inline"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b> </b></font></div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000" style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Kind Regards,</b></font><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b></b></font></p><p></p><p style="font-size:small"></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt">David Indeje </span></b></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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