DAILY NATION - *Telecoms angle for lucrative data market*<http://www.nation.co.ke/magazines/smartcompany/-/1226/562072/-/sq80agz/-/index.html>24 Apr 2009 *...* A multi-billion business realignment strategy is taking shape as two major telecommunication firms compete. www.nation.co.ke/magazines/smartcompany/-/1226/562072/-/sq80agz/-/index.html- ......Unseen to many, *Safaricom* and Telkom Kenya are poised to be some of the biggest bandwidth resellers in the region given their intent on acquiring huge stakes in all the foreseeable cable projects connecting the East African Coast to the world, starting later in June. On the East African Marine Cable System, both operators plan to acquire a 20 per cent stake each. *Obligations* Already, unconfirmed reports indicate they are both eager to snap up extra bandwidth should any of the TEAMS Limited consortium member fail to honour their obligations after the 90-day lapse according to the contract signed recently. Additionally, Telkom Kenya is part of a consortium of 11 telecom companies operating in East and Southern Africa that have, together, acquired a 29 per cent stake in the Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (Eassy) project. It is not lost on Mr Joseph that Eassy will land in Kenya a year later, after *Seacom* and Teams, but the *Safaricom* boss is already expressing interest in acquiring a stake on Eassy. “With the four cables that are expected, people say it is too much but I do not think so,” he said. “Reselling bandwidth locally and regionally is big business.” The two firm’s financial muscles and the long contracts needed to sign up definitely give them an edge in purchasing large chunks of cable. Of the two firms, only *Safaricom* is known to have secured bandwidth for an undisclosed period on the privately-funded, *Seacom* fibre optic. Kenya Data Networks, a bandwidth reseller and Infrastructure provider, is also a * Seacom* client ... On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Brian Lusiola <lusiola@gmail.com> wrote:
Where did you read that? Because I thought safaricom would first concentrate on *(already launched) * TEAMS since they own 20% of the Kenyan 85%
2009/6/16 Murigi Muraya <mmskunkworks@gmail.com>
Read somewhere that Safaricom is one of the companies hiring / leasing bandwidth on Seacom. This could mean good things on July 1, 2009.
Trust those of us who have been faithful Telkom (now Orange) Kenya customers (usually not interested in streaming YouTube videos) will not have to wait another 3 months for TEAMS to go live. Any word from Telkom Orange before Safaricom convices us to ...?
How much (shared) bandwidth can we expect for 4K (USD 50.00), 8K (USD 100.00) and 12K (USD 150.00) per month? Any word on contention ratios?
_______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general
-- Lusiola Brian Everyone has photographic memory, not everyone has film though.
_______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general