Re: [Skunkworks] [Security Forum] [isoc_ke] #KeIGF Online Discussions Day 6: Openess
Ali, Its true, free services could harm competition and distort markets. Are there zero rated services in Kenya? If I'm not wrong, Wikipedia is free on Safaricom and Orange and Facebook is free on Airtel. Cdohnio, actually, ISPs are paid by three parties in the information exchange handshake. The receiver, the sender, and the host/content-provider of the information. So I don't see why the content provider should pay twice, first to have pipes connected at their servers, and for users to access the said content. Still on openness, how open is our business environment for existing players to get licenses and for new players to enter the market? I've heard some ISPs complain that they are denied licenses by the regulator, or the licences are too expensive. A case in point being the 4G lisence.
Mwendwa and all The case of zero rating is interesting. It is beneficial to users that access to certain content is provided at no cost however what will be the impact on local content development? Read: http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profiles/blogs/zero-rated-internet-bo... Kind regards Mwende On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 8:38 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Ali,
Its true, free services could harm competition and distort markets. Are there zero rated services in Kenya? If I'm not wrong, Wikipedia is free on Safaricom and Orange and Facebook is free on Airtel.
Cdohnio, actually, ISPs are paid by three parties in the information exchange handshake. The receiver, the sender, and the host/content-provider of the information. So I don't see why the content provider should pay twice, first to have pipes connected at their servers, and for users to access the said content.
Still on openness, how open is our business environment for existing players to get licenses and for new players to enter the market? I've heard some ISPs complain that they are denied licenses by the regulator, or the licences are too expensive. A case in point being the 4G lisence.
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