Hi James and Co,
I think we need to be fair to UCC on this one. True the first document provided background and little in the way of proposals, but Dr. Tusubira explained clearly why that was the case: They did not want to pre-empt. It was well understood from the first session that our proposals on the post-duopoly period were expected, prior to the follow-up meeting in January. In addition, I understand that there was a UCC meeting with ISPs and Telcos, which was quite good and featured a lot of "full and frank exchanges".
Prior to the second meeting, a new draft policy document was placed on the UCC website, and was the basis for discussions in the meeting. So there was time and I think consultation. At least enough time for us at the Institute of Computer Science at Makerere University to send in our written proposals. Which means there was time for others too.
You also have to keep in mind how hard UCC's job must be. There is a lot at stake for the incumbent telcos. (You only needed to see how heavily represented the big players were in the two public sessions to get an idea.) And this is Uganda... If UCC had woken up one morning and said "Ah, yes, why not legalise VoIP?!", you think Mr. Masambu would have kept his job for long? So the public consultations were a wise idea for them, as they offered some protection.
At the end of the day, the proposals put forward made a lot of sense. There is only one black hole that I see in this process: The UCC will "make recommendations" to the Minister. At which point we enter politics space, and who knows what comes out of that!
On Jan 31, 2005, at 19:46, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Irene is fully aware that with the sketchy information they put in the
report while hoarding the real stuff and keeping it under wraps in the
form of powerpoint presentations, few or no comments shall come their way.
For those who attended the consultative meeting, you remember well that
they presented alot more than the 4-6 pages that have a semblance of the
content we need in the report.
Wire
According to Irene at UCC, the full report has been available on the ucc
website for over a month and comments have been pitifully few!
Noah. On Sunday 30 January 2005 17:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Mark
Currently I think it is the way to go. I would have had more comments but unfortunately the UCC guys have not really furnished us with details about the new plan of action. I hope to say something more when I get that info!.
Wire
Mark Tinka wrote:year,"
| Taken from Balancing Act:
|
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|
| Meanwhile the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) is to license a
third
| national telephone operator (a TNO) to provide both mobile and fixed
| communication services. International telephone companies MTN Uganda
and the
| incumbent Uganda Telecommunications Limited (UTL) are currently
providing
| Mobile and fixed lines. "We are proposing to license a national
operator 12
| months after the expiry of the MTN and UTL duopoly in June thissince
said
| UCC'S technical manager, Mr Patrick Mwesigye. | | The new company will become operational after two years. He saidnational
51%
| of the shares of UTL are owned by the private sector, another| operator was needed to operate alongside the internationalcompanies.
Given
| the rather slow timetable UCC may find itself losing its pre-eminent
| position as one of the continent's more daring regulators as others
| slip past with new, wider competition frameworks.
|
| **********
|
| Is this really the way to go?
it's definitely the way to go Mark. why dont you think so?
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