Im yet to understand the logic in companies, so called respected companies hiring thugs to mutilate infrastructure as a counter to competition. Its barbaric to say the least. And especially in an industry where there is only a handful of operators. SHAME ON YOU ALL! I know most of you are probably subscribed to this list. . On 2/2/10, Bernard Mwagiru <bmwagiru@gmail.com> wrote:
Which makes the fiber less prone to cut,sabotage,etc since the fiber runs on the pylons.... ./bernard
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 5:38 PM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd < kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
Interesting story
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KPLC hires out third cable Written By:KNA , Posted: Tue, Feb 02, 2010
The Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) has leased out three of its 18 extra fibre optic network capacity on the Nairobi- Mombasa power transmission line to some telecommunication companies.
The multimillion shillings deal entered between Safaricom, Wananchi Group and Jamii Limited is aimed at enhancing KPLC's revenue earnings.
In this partnership Safaricom ended up with a 20 year lease of one pair of fibre amounting to Shs 288 million while Jamii Telecommunications Limited and Wananchi Group each got a five year renewable lease of one pair of the fibre at a cost of Shs 27 million per year.
Speaking during the signing of the deal at a Nairobi hotel, KPLC's Managing Director Joseph Njoroge said after the leasing of the three pairs of fiber to the three companies, there still exists 15 more for the same.
He disclosed that the company had invested in a Shs 1.9 billion system Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system which entailed installation of fibre optic cables on its major transmission lines.
"This system is used for effective and efficient management of operations of KPLC's power transmission and distribution grid," he said.
He explained that the company had decided to lease the 18 pairs considering that it only required six pairs of fibre in the network for its day to day operations in terms of data and speech communication.
KPLC was granted a network facility provider- Tier 2 license by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) last year.
The license gave the company authority to construct, install and operate electronic communication systems, which may be leased to licensed telecommunications operators.
The lease offers contained in the tender floated last year were in two categories; one for 15 years described as indefeasible Right of use (IRU) for which safaricom made a counter offer of 20 years, and which required a bidder to pay upfront; and the second one was a five year lease payable bi-annually and renewable after the five year period.
In respect of the IRU, the rent of the fibre on the Nairobi-Mombasa route was Shs 2432 (32 dollars) per pair per kilometer per month which translates to Shs 288 million (3,840,000 dollars) for a period of 20 years.
For the five year lease, the rent per pair per kilometer was set at Shs 4560 or Shs 27 million per year.
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