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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