On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Jonas | Lamu Software <jonas@lamusoftware.com> wrote:
But isn't it quite an exaggeration to say that the gvmt is in an "advanced
stage of rolling it out" if nothing is in place?




The CIO story says:

"You will see adverts in the papers in the next two weeks asking for partners in the project, " said Ndemo.

It looks like it's at an advanced stage of *planning*, and not rolling out.

From the (badly written) articles, it looks like the governemnt plans to build (together with partners) an "Open Access Network" [1]. This is a last-mile network, where the infrastructure will be operated by a single entity (like TEAMS), and then multiple service providers will compete on the network, to provide services to end consumers.

[1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Access_Network>

Joseph.