SimbaNET Hooks into SEACOM

[Sanctus Mtsimbe]

Nawapenda sana wabongo wenzangu..Mkifika kwa Mama Ntilie utasikia nina 500 nataka "wakushiba"..ie ujaziwe..sasa ukitaja ujaziwe si lazima uongeze pesa...?Huku kutaka kingi kwa bei ndogo nako Mh...!!!

Kaka Mtsimbe tuweke breakdown yenu kama hao wenzako wa Kenya.

ila wadau naomba tusilinganishe bei za TZ na Huko "Unyamwezini"

Unfortunately siwezi kuzitundika bei hapa kwa sasa kwa sababu za kibiashara.

Mkuu Chuma wasiliana nasi Sales@simbanet.net

Tukishajua mahitaji yako, tutakueleza bei yake.

 

[Sanctus Mtsimbe]

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Dah Muheshimiwa kuna ubaya gani sisi wateja wenu tukijua price yenu mpya?. Basi naomba unipe ufafanuzi kidogo,mimi ni mteja wenu na nimechukua speed ya 128 kbps, je mta niongezea Bandwidth au mta ni punguzia bei?

JOSM; Ni-PM nitakujulisha.

 

[Sanctus Mtsimbe]

Mkuu kwani ukiweka bei kwa matumizi ya kawaida kama nyumbani hivi kuna ubaya gani?

Mkuu Fidel:

SimbaNET tunahudumia Makampuni, Mashirika, Serikali nk.

Kwa matumizi ya nyumbani tunawatumia PARTNERS. Be assured kuwa kupitia wao huduma zetu za Broadband na CDMA ziko low sana hata kwa $ 50 kwa mwezi, unlimited BW.

 

[Nono]

Mkuu Fidel:

SimbaNET tunahudumia Makampuni, Mashirika, Serikali nk.

Kwa matumizi ya nyumbani tunawatumia PARTNERS. Be assured kuwa kupitia wao huduma zetu za Broadband na CDMA ziko low sana hata kwa $ 50 kwa mwezi, unlimited BW.

Kwa kuwa sisi ni Watanzania na kipato chetu ni kwa shilingi, kwanini bei mnatoa kwa dola kama walivyokuwa wakifanya makampuni ya simu zamani. Hii inafanya bei kubadilika kila kukicha!

 

[Sanctus Mtsimbe]

Kwa kuwa sisi ni Watanzania na kipato chetu ni kwa shilingi, kwanini bei mnatoa kwa dola kama walivyokuwa wakifanya makampuni ya simu zamani. Hii inafanya bei kubadilika kila kukicha!

Nono;

Biashara ya Service Providers ni mauzo ya Bandwidth ambayo yanunuliwa pia kwa Forex kwa kipimo cha malipo ya kila mwezi.

hata hivyo ukisaini mkataba wa zaidi ya mwaka na ISP bei huwa zinakuwa Fixed hata kama ni TZS.

 

[Sanctus Mtsimbe]

http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/-/1006/507342/-/j3kmhkz/-/index.html

ICT firms in huge investment ahead of under-sea cable


Much of Kenya’s investment in the Information and Communications Technology front has been geared towards beefing up infrastructure and market consolidation in readiness for the fibre optic cable expected mid next year.

The anticipated arrival of The East African Marine System (TEAMS) next year sparked off a flurry of consolidation activities as the ICT sector laid ground work for much-anticipated mass market.

Similarly, it is envisaged that the second fiber optic cable Seacom will be ready to serve Southern and East African markets from June 2009; in time to meet the bandwidth needs of the Confederations Cup, the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa and the growing requirements of the economies in the countries it serves.

At the same time, analysts are predicting an upsurge of ICT products fuelled by the mass market rollout of residential internet in 2009.

The developments mean that by mid next year when the cost of internet is expected to have drastically reduced, ICT firms have no choice but to innovate to remain competitive.

“Innovations will be a must once the fiber lands as high latencies currently being experienced due to satellite will be a thing of the past,” said the managing director of MyISP Limited, Tony Karanja.

The ICT industry still did well in 2008 despite the post election violence fuelled by demand for internet services.

For example, publicly listed technology firm, Access Kenya posted a 62 per cent rise in profit before tax for the first half-year of 2008.

The company recorded Sh104 million in the period compared to Sh64 million it reported over the same period last year. The firm’s revenue rose by 76 per cent, up from Sh387 million in 2007 to Sh682 million.

As the battle for Internet services shifts to home users, the company is hopeful that the new front will bolster their balance sheet in the remaining half of the year.

The firm launched a residential product Access@ Home aimed at home users to cash in on the growing market that is also expected to shift to the mass market next year. The company is also expected to make an acquisition in the course of 2009.

Wananchi Group, formerly Wananchi Online, became the second ISP after AccessKenya to gamble with consolidation through silent acquisitions. The group is now a combination of at least five ICT companies -- Wananchi Online, Mitsumi Net, SimbaNet (both in Kenya and Tanzania) and Trunking Systems. The fifth was Lion Cable Television Network Ltd.

 

[Sanctus Mtsimbe]

http://www.nation.co.ke/magazines/s...04/-/view/printVersion/-/11sx296/-/index.html

ISPs gear up for the big domain

The much-anticipated arrival of the East African Marine System (TEAMS) next year has sparked off a flurry of consolidation as the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector gears up for the mass market.

No one wants to be left out as industry players predict a huge price reduction in bandwidth costs, which will expand the market locally.

From traditional internet service providers (ISPs), telecommunication firms, handset-makers and, the latest entrants, content providers, this is driving a realignment in the market.

Everyone is sprucing up strategy in readiness for the fibre optic cable which has been long in coming, having started way back May 2005. It is at that time that the Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) issued a number of internet backbone and gateway operator licenses.

Among the first to be licensed in that category were the current fixed line operators Kenya Data Networks (KDN), UUNet, and Jamii Telecom. Later on, the two mobile operators Safaricom and Celtel Kenya joined the fray.

Of the main infrastructure players, has KDN become the first to construct a termination point at the Kenyan coast where the TEAMs cable is expected to land late next year.

“The landing of the undersea cable, through our network, shall be able to provide telecommunications advances affordably now enjoyed by most countries in the developed world,’’ said KDN Managing Director Kai Wulff during the unveiling of the Sh7 billion worth of construction.

He, too, predicted a significant price reduction for bandwidth.

Wananchi Group, formerly Wananchi Online, becomes the second ISP after AccessKenya to gamble with consolidation through silent acquisitions. The group is now a combination of at least five ICT companies – Wananchi Online, Mitsumi Net, SimbaNet (both in Kenya and Tanzania) and Trunking Systems.

The fifth was Lion Cable Television Network Ltd acquired by Wananchi Online last week through a Gazette Notice signed by acting Finance minister John Michuki.

The group’s fund manager, Africa Technology Media and Telecom Fund, is worth $100 million with its target countries being East Africa, Malawi, Burundi and Tanzania.

Its focus is media, telecommunication and technology. It is little surprise then that the company is already testing an innovative product it intends to roll out soon called ‘Triple Play’. It consists of broadband (a cable model), Television (a digital decorder) and voice (a fixed line).

“We are betting on the future once the bandwidth lands in the country,” says Wananchi Group chief operating officer, Suhayl Esmailjee.

At the moment, Wananchi will use its $12 million Worlwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) to access the internet using wireless technology pending the TEAMs cable. Over the years, exorbitant operational costs of ISPs have forced them to consolidate to the current 72, as at last year, from a high of 90. However, it is believed that fewer than half are operational and the top 10 account for about 60 per cent of the market. This also meant that there was no product for the mass market.

A CCK study in 2006 revealed that internet penetration remained low and way behind other communication services like mobile despite liberalisation efforts.

Yet internet is crucial to the development of the ICT sector and to national socio-economic development. “There is general lack of information on the internet service penetration, its impact and factors that influence its development and diffusion,” it stated.

Interestingly, former CCK Director–General Eng. Micheal Waweru admitted that internet operators faced huge financial constraints due to the high cost of bandwidth internationally.

According to an equity research report by Renaissance Capital released in May 2008, the country’s largest ISPs include Access Kenya, Interconnect, Kenyaweb, NairobiNet, Swift Global and Wananchi Online.

“Serious convergence is taking place and the internet is the protocol to carry out the convergence and the next evolution from ISPs is from the content service,” said Mr Esmailjee.

He shrugs off Safaricom and Celtel’s roll-out of mobile internet as a compliment rather than competition. “Initially, it is a head-on competition but come next year it will be a compliment to our service. We are the big screen at home and the GSM operators are the small screen on the move,” he said.

According to the Renaissance report, the Kenyan government will own a 40 per cent stake of the TEAMS cable while Etisalat will own a further 15 per cent. Other operators having a shareholding in the system include Safaricom, Wananchi Telecom, Kenya Data Network (KDN), Econet, Celtel, Flashcom, Jamii Telecoms, Access Kenya, and Gilat Satcom.

“In addition, two other international gateways are planned: the Sea Cable System (SEACOM) from South Africa to India and France via Mombasa and the East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy) – which are both slated to be operational in 2010,” it says.

 

[Sanctus Mtsimbe]

http://allafrica.com/stories/200907160680.html

KPLC's Fibre Network Deal Stirs TV Market

Multi-media firm, the Wananchi Group, is using the national electricity transmission network to build a fibre optic platform expected to open a new front in the bruising battle for control of Kenya's lucrative media market.

The platform - a product of an agreement between the media firm and Kenya Power and Lighting Company -- puts Wananchi on a converged media highway that enables it to compete in television content, internet provision, data and voice transmission markets.

We are deploying the "design unseen" network in key urban areas that enables us to install our fibre network on KPLC's electricity poles," said Suhayl Esmailjeee, the chief operating officer at Wananchi Group.

A national fibre optic network running on KPLC's power transmission system offers Wananchi the potential to play in TV broadcasting and telecoms markets and a chance to compete in the internet service providers (ISPs).

Replicating KPLCs power transmission network gives Wananchi access to the more than one million electricity customers and substantially reduces the cost of cable TV transmission that is currently only possible with the expensive infrastructure support involving the digging of trenches to lay terrestrial cables.

It gives Wananchi a head-start in the race for control of premium TV market currently under the grip of MultiChoice Africa under the DStv brand but analysts warned that Wananchi could also use the massive bandwidth it offers to transmit self-generated local content making it a direct competitor in the Kenyan television scene.

Because the fibre optic cable can also be used to transmit data means Wananchi Group's internet service provision arm can use it to take high speed internet to the one million homes and offices that consume electricity supplied by Kenya Power.

For Kenya Power, the fibre networks opens a new revenue stream that will help reverse profitability trends that have been dropping with increasing reliance on expensive thermal power from independent producers to meet rising consumer demand.

Wananchi's fibre network will run parallel with KPLC's own fibre optic network that the power firm is building for the planned entry into the data, audio and visual transmission market.

KPLC entered the telecoms market early this year and plans to launch the service in the first half of next year.

Mr Esmailjeee said Wananchi will use the quadruple play transmission system to relay voice, data, video and television images under a converged technology platform. Wananchi's move is also expected to speed up the ongoing shift in the way consumers access telecommunication services.

A number of service providers have moved from radio wave-based technology - that uses satellites and base stations - to fibre optic links that offer larger capacity and are cheaper to operate in the long term.

More than 20,000km of fibre optic cables have been laid in Kenya - a large fraction of it in cities such as Nairobi and Mombasa in readiness for a looming wave of technology convergence that will see a single fibre optic line deliver almost all communication services to homes and offices.

Force changeThe convergence, expected to begin in earnest in two months, will force change from the current mix of technology solutions that uses radio waves, satellite connectivity or physical telephone lines to transmit data and voice.

Front-runners in the race to connect Kenya through the fibre optic networks are Kenya Data Networks, AccessKenya, Telkom Kenya, the government through its TEAMs project and Jamii Telecom, who have laid thousands of kilometers of fibre optic cables.

The terrestrial cable networks are expected to offer a cheaper data and voice transmission platform and connect villages and homes to the international network of high speed connectivity to be offered by undersea cables like the East African Marine System (TEAMs) and Seacom.

"The undersea cables will reduce latencies and cut communication costs by 75 per cent, allowing seamless communication to the rest of the world," said Mr Kai Wulff, the managing director of KDN.

Operating a fibre optic network has become a major competitive advantage for telecoms firms in recent months as the consumer market demand for high speed internet grows and technology pushes the convergence agenda.

"We literally have three cables lying on top of each other in some areas. We encourage sharing, but the players see cables as a competitive advantage," said Bitange Ndemo, the Information PS.

Wananchi is a relatively late comer to the fibre optic connectivity race and is now holding the first to market advantage in the television segment of the telecoms industry.

It is banking on a $100 million cash injection it recently received from American Media Telecoms Fund (AMTF) to realize its goal of offering fibre connectivity to more than 400,000 homes in the next two years.

The network that Wananchi is building will carry a bouquet of more than 200 television channels, high speed internet and voice services into homes and offices.

"We have a complete network in Nairobi and our next goal is to ride on KPLC's power-lines network for a national reach," said Mr Esmailjee.

To deliver the services, Wananchi will rely on a Hybrid Fiber Coaxial network -- a telecommunication technology that uses fibre optic and coaxial cables to deliver broadband content (such as video, data, and voice). The fibre will be literally twisted around specialized cables that run alongside power lines.

Unlike other players in the fibre optic market who are aiming for the largest share of the growing internet market, Mr Esmailjee said Wananchi's primary focus will be on the TV market with data and voice services acting only as value added products.

"There is so much noise about data right now but for us TV is the growth market. We sign up between 50 and 400 new TV subscribers every month," he said.

Wananchi offers cable TV services under its Zuku brand, which was hit by negative publicity after its high profile launch last year yielded strong market interest that consumers said was not matched with prompt delivery. Wananchi said it had lacked the money it needed to drive its plans.

Wananchi has been a main benefactor of the Africa Telecoms Media and Technology Fund (ATMTF) that bought strategic stakes in two Internet Service Providers -- Wananchi Online and Simbanet as well as cable TV operator, Mitsuminet in May last year.

The company recently completed the purchase of a five per cent stake in state owned undersea fibre optic cable TEAMs. KPLC expects the latest partnership agreement with Wananchi to help drive its revenue growth by allowing it entry into new business areas.

It marks Kenya Power's transformation into an infrastructure provider that will offer a network for the transmission of electricity, internet, television and voice services to homes.

KPLC got the licence it needed to diversify into data transmission in April this year after it met the regulator's conditions.

The company plans to use its new mandate to create a 1,500km fibre optic backbone helped by the existing electricity transmission network. The Sh2.6 billion System Control and Data Acquisition (Scada) project is being financed by the European Investment Bank with the Swedish firm ABB as the contractor.

 

[LazyDog]

Operating a fibre optic network has become a major competitive advantage for telecoms firms in recent months as the consumer market demand for high speed internet grows and technology pushes the convergence agenda.

"We literally have three cables lying on top of each other in some areas. We encourage sharing, but the players see cables as a competitive advantage," said Bitange Ndemo, the Information PS.

Greediness!
Gharama ikipanda (unnecessary) kwa end-users shauri yao.

 

[Kaa la Moto]

Sactus,
Bila shaka hii yote unazungumzia Dar pekee. Ningependa kuuliza je kwa wale walio mikoani mna mipango gani? Maana najua bado hii kitu haijajengwa kwenda mikoani!
huko mna mipango gani?

 

[ThinkPad]

Eti, mikoani vipi Simbanet mtatufikishiaje hiyo internent ya mkonga ambayo speed imeongezeka zaidi ya mara 2

 

[Sanctus Mtsimbe]

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Greediness!
Gharama ikipanda (unnecessary) kwa end-users shauri yao.

LazyDog;

Katika ushindani wa Kibiashara hili si jambo geni. Angalia hata Tanzania, ingawa TCRA ina-encourage Mobile Telephone Operators kushare Towers lakini hadi leo hakuna aliye tayari kufanya hivyo. Sijaelewa bado sababu hasa za kimsingi ni zipi.

Nadhani hii ni changamoto ambayo inabidi ifanyiwe kazi na wadau wote wakiongozwa na TCRA.

 

[Sanctus Mtsimbe]

Sactus,
Bila shaka hii yote unazungumzia Dar pekee. Ningependa kuuliza je kwa wale walio mikoani mna mipango gani? Maana najua bado hii kitu haijajengwa kwenda mikoani!
huko mna mipango gani?

Mchukia Fisadi;

Bado kuna changamoto ya kufikisha mawasiliano ya mkonga mikoani. hata hivyo nadhani ni ya muda tu.

Taarifa zisizo rasmi kutoka reliable source zinasema kuwa sasa hivi Dodoma kupitia Fiber ya TANESCO wameshaunganishwa huku TTCL ikimanage mawasiliano hayo. TANESCO kufuatana na mipango ya Kitaifa wana Mkonga ambao tayari unaunganisha mikoa karibia kumi. Taarifa zisizo rasmi pia zinasema Mkonga wa Taifa sasa hivi unajengwa na Wachina kuelekea Singida nia ikiwa ni kuunganisha Burundi, Rwanda na Uganda ambao wana-prefer kuunganishwa kupitia Tanzania kuliko Nchi nyingine.

Bado kuna utata wa kiutendaji ni lini Mkonga wa Taifa utapatikana kwa matumizi ya Service Providers. Ingawa TTCL ndiyo wametajwa kuwa watamanage Mkonga lakini bado mipango ya kiutendaji haiko wazi.

 

[Sanctus Mtsimbe]

Eti, mikoani vipi Simbanet mtatufikishiaje hiyo internent ya mkonga ambayo speed imeongezeka zaidi ya mara 2

ThinkPad;

SimbaNET inategemea mipango ya kitaifa kufikisha mawasiliano ya Mkonga mikoani. Hakuna kampuni binafsi ambayo imepata permit ya kujenga Mkonga kwenda mikoani.

Ninayo matumaini kuwa kabla ya mwishoni mwa 2009 mipango ya kiutendaji ya kutumia Mkonga itakuwa tayari na wateja wa mikoani wafaidika nao.

 

[Sanctus Mtsimbe]

Karibuni sana.

Sales@simbanet.net
2112000

 

[mnyamwezi]

Simbanet mbona link yenu iko slow ile mbaya pale KCB bank mlimani city, pia inakatikakatika. kama dsm hivyo je mikoani????

 

[Sanctus Mtsimbe]

Simbanet mbona link yenu iko slow ile mbaya pale KCB bank mlimani city, pia inakatikakatika. kama dsm hivyo je mikoani????

Mnyamwezi hatuwapi huduma ya Internet KCB. Ni service tofauti kabisa na ya Internet.

Speed ya huduma yoyote inategemea Capacity ya BW. Si kila link iliyo slow inasababishwa na Service Provider. Check na wahusika watakupa sababu. Kama wewe ni key person, wapigie Customer Support yetu 2112000 watakusaidia au kukueleza sababu ni nini.

FYI: SimbaNET has connected more than 50% of all commercial banks in Tanzania.

 

[mnyamwezi]

sanctus mtsimbe
je kcb ni wateja wenu??? hata kama mnawapa 64kbps au 128kbps bw lakini iko slow na inakatikatika.
kwa taarifa kcb mlimani wanasema kampuni yako.
pia najua sio internet mnayowapatia kcb.

 

[Sanctus Mtsimbe]

sanctus mtsimbe
je kcb ni wateja wenu??? hata kama mnawapa 64kbps au 128kbps bw lakini iko slow na inakatikatika.
kwa taarifa kcb mlimani wanasema kampuni yako.
pia najua sio internet mnayowapatia kcb.

Mkuu Mnyamwezi bado kiutaratibu jibu langu liko hapo juu.

zaidi ya hayo Speed ya Link inategemea yafuatayo:

- Amount of Data
- How many Users are Connected
- The Bandwidtth Capacity
- Internal Network
- Speed of your Computers

Kuwa mtoa huduma tu haina maana kuwa wateja wako watakuwa na speed kubwa depending on above.

Sijasema KCB si wateja wetu.

Tunawajibika kumsaidia mteja kwa kufuata utaratibu niliokuelezea.

 

[Mutensa]

Sanctus,
asante sana kwa majibu fasaha.
Hivi hawa NMB ni wateja wenu..... pale TRA mwenge kuna kero sana utasikia hatuna mawasiliano na matawi mengine ...
Mimi nawashauri ninyi (service providers) muwashauri hawa wateja wenu na muwasaidie kufanya "systems dimensioning" ikiwezekana ili waweze kujua uwiano uliopo kati ya number of users, bandwidth, na time management PLUS customer retension. Najua kuna wakurugenzi kibao kwenye makampuni/mabenki ya kibongo ambao walisoma enzi za mwalimu (with regard to ICT).... Sio vibaya kuwa wamesoma zama hizo, lakini wanahitaji ushauri....