Tanzania to go Wireless

[Mtanzania]

Kakindomaster,
Swali zuri isipokuwa kwanza turudi nyuma ktk mambo madogo sana. Ikiwa Tanzania ya leo hasa huko vijijini hata redio hawana uwezo wa kuinunua na wachache waliyonayo huiweka kijiweni (Ujamaa) kusikiliza mpira ama vichekesho, leo hii tukianza kufikiria mtandao kwa wananchi wote sidhani kama tumesha fikia huko.
Jua kali mjomba jua kali, hata feni la ndani (kama lipo) huwashwa kwa mgao ndi maana tunasisitiza zaidi maisha bora kwa wananchi wetu kuwawezesha hata kupata mlo mmoja wa uhakika kwa siku.
Labda kizazi kijacho nasikia siku hizi darasa la Kiingereza linalipa yaani tution yake ghali kuliko hesabu na sayansi!..
Mwendo mdundo, Kibongo bongo tutafika!

Mkandara,
Lengo la ICT ni kusaidia kuondoa hiyo digital divide. Lengo sio tena kwa kila mtu kuwa na radio yake, bali kuwa na vituo vingi vya mawasiliano wilayani ambako watu wanaweza kukutanika pamoja kama kuna jambo muhimu na kusikiliza au kuelemishana na zaidi kutumia ICT kuendeleza shughuli zao za kilimo na biashara.

Tatizo kwa TZ ni ubabaishaji ulioko kule wizarani, jamaa wengi
wana mawazo ya leo na kesho, they are not thinking big.

Pesa nyingi za ICT zimetumika isivyo kwa miradi njiwa badala ya kukaa na stakeholders kuangalia tufanyeje ili kutumia huu mwanya kwa ajili kuendeleza nchi yetu. ICT inaweza kuwa kama barabara, itakakofika maendeleo yatafuata, lakini kinachotakiwa ni mikakati ya maana yenye lengo la nchi na uzalendo na sio hii ya sasa ya kuwaridhisha wafadhili.

Mobile phones companies wamefanikiwa kile ambacho hakuna aliyetegemea, challenge ya ICT ni kubwa zaidi maana ina gharama zaidi, inahitaji serikali kusaidiana na wafanyabiashara kuhakikisha inafanikiwa kupitia PPP(Public private Partnership).

 

[Kasheshe]

Tatizo kwa TZ ni ubabaishaji ulioko kule wizarani, jamaa wengi
wana mawazo ya leo na kesho, they are not thinking big.

Miongoni mwa Idara ambazo ni Bogus kwenye nchi hii, ni ile iliyoko Wizara ya MiundoMbinu ambayo inashughulikia mambo ya ICT...
Ndio mchawi wetu No. 1 sorry mimi sipendi kulalamika sana lakini kwa idara ile, hasira zimenifika pabaya...

 

[Koba]

mfano ukiwa US ukitaka kupiga simu Tanzania is more expensive than Kenya,Uganda na nchi nyingi tuu za EA,you know why? ukijua utakasirika sana ....go figure!

 

[Mtanzania]

Miongoni mwa Idara ambazo ni Bogus kwenye nchi hii, ni ile iliyoko Wizara ya MiundoMbinu ambayo inashughulikia mambo ya ICT...
Ndio mchawi wetu No. 1 sorry mimi sipendi kulalamika sana lakini kwa idara ile, hasira zimenifika pabaya...

Kilitime,

Una maana pale kwa Eng. Kowelo? Nakubaliana na wewe kwa asilimia 100. Hiyo idara inakwamisha kukua kwa ICT Tanzania.

Kuna vijana wengi wachapa kazi pale lakini huyo kiongozi wao naona hafai kuongoza ile idara.

 

[Kasheshe]

Nakubaliana na wewe kwa asilimia 100. Hiyo idara inakwamisha kukua kwa ICT Tanzania.

Kuna vijana wengi wachapa kazi pale lakini huyo kiongozi wao naona hafai kuongoza ile idara.

Ile idara ninavyofahamu mimi ni sawa sawa na kwamba inahujumu uchumi wa nchi!!! mimi sijui tatizo hasa ni nini? lakini mambo yanasikitisha sana, tena sana, wizara yenyewe ndio hiyo imebebwa na mabarabara sasa kukiwa hakuna kiongozi imara ndio hivyo tena... haya yetu macho.

 

[Kalamu]

..acheni umbeya hapo juu,JK has nothing to do na hii kitu,watu wanaweka hard work,utaalam,pesa zao kwenye line kufanya Biashara na sio serikali ambayo ukiangalia sana ni kikwazo hapo kutokana na sera mbovu za mawasiliano...sasa hapo mavuno ya kikwete yametoka wapi? mnanikumbusha documentary moja niliiona National Geographic ya North Korea,watu vipofu wametibiwa na madaktari wa kutoka US basi walivyopona wakaanza kupiga magoti wanalia eti wanamshukuru The Great Leader...what a bunch of bafoon!

Koba, you totally miss the point. Bongo hiyo leo ikiwekwa mtandao kila kona ya nchi, kwa juhudi za hao wenye pesa zao sifa nyingi zitamwagwa kwa Kikwete na serikali yake na hao wenye mapesa yao ndio watakuwa waimbaji wakuu wa sifa za huyo Kikwete, na mafanikio hayo yatakuwemo katika wasifu wa Kikwete katika uchaguzi wa 2010. Sio Koba atakayeamua sifa apewe nani.

 

[Mzee Mwanakijiji]

in ICT;

This is called last mile solutions, meaning a link to the end user; Tanzania has never have this problem so far; there are several solutions and several last mile service providers so we have plent alternatives;

Our Main challenge has been the Backbone, while Kenya have connected allmost all towns with high speed media [Fibre Optic] and now connecting the country to the rest of world through fibre to the indian ocean, in Tanzania we are still relying on multiple microwaves links, which are limited with capacity, and this has been installed by each service providers, hence redundance of resources, eg. Voda, Tigo,Celtel,TTCL each have microwave backbone to Arusha, Dodoma etc... this is nonsense,,,

Why; Regulartory alikuwa amelala, sijui kwamba ameamka kitandani hata sasa!!!

Second,

Today, These organisations have un-used fibre optic capacity build by our taxes, TAZARA [DAR-TUNDUMA], TRC[DAR-TABORA], SONGAS[DAR-LINDI], TANESCO[DAR-KIHANSI], [DAR-TANFGA], [DAR-ARUSHA] etc,,, and almost everywhere where the national grid is installed, but till today we have not connected these high way pathways in terms data,,, and we are just waiting for them to be obsolete.

We have big problem guys!!!

Ninafahamu kuwa baada ya kama mwaka mmoja hivi hizo Fiber Optics za Tanesco zitakuwa katika network ili kuweza kutumika kupitishia data pia. Ila sijui ni kwanini hatujatilia mkazo hizo...

 

[KakindoMaster]

in ICT;

This is called last mile solutions, meaning a link to the end user; Tanzania has never have this problem so far; there are several solutions and several last mile service providers so we have plent alternatives;


We have big problem guys!!!

Mzee Kilitime

Heshima Mkuu

Imebidi nijaribu kutoa views zangu hapa mzee si kweli kwamba hatuna matatizo ktk last mile mzee. Katika investiment ya infrastruture last mile inachuukua 50% of total network investments.

Tanzania kama nchi nyingi zinazoendea zina tatizo hili sana especially unapokuja ktk Broadbdand accessibility. Na tatizo liko wazi labda tumuulize Mwanakijiji, hivi unapokuwa kule kijijini ni watu wangapi ambao wanaweza kuhitaji mawasiliano ya Masafa Mapana(Broadband)? Based on affordability.

Definitely ni wachache wenye uwezo huo, je ukiweka Wimax network na kukawa hakuna watumiaji return on investments itakuwaje? Kwa hiyo generally ni kazi kubwa sana ya kupata technology. Actually wakati mwingine hili kufanyike investments kwenye bahadhi ya wilaya kunahitajika gorvernment intervation.(Hailipi).

Technology ya vijijini bado ni challenge na siyo Tanzania tu.

Solution different initiatives zinahitaji, Wimax kama kuna mtu ameamua kuweka investment actually ni msaada. Tutamshukuru akiwezesha azima hii.

Ukija kwenye backborne hii kwa Tanzania kama ulivyosema inahitaji mobilization of resorces tunaweza kuwa na backborne ya kutosha (Tanesco, TTCL, TRC, etc).

 

[DAR si LAMU]

..lililopo ni kuwa decision makers waliopo si wa kizazi cha IT hapa kwetu!na mbaya zaidi hawaoni manufaa yake katika kazi na maisha ya kila siku ya binadamu!

..umeshaiingia katika ofisi zao nyingi ukaona ni namna gani wanavyoziogopa hizo pc?zimekaa zinakula vumbi tu!kama mapambo!

..aliye mjanja ndio atakuwa ana-check emails na kuchapa vijikazi vyake!

..tatizo ndio hilo wakuu! ambao wangetengeneza budget na kusimamia implementation ndio hao wasioona wala kuelewa faida yake!

 

[Koba]

..lililopo ni kuwa decision makers waliopo si wa kizazi cha IT hapa kwetu!na mbaya zaidi hawaoni manufaa yake katika kazi na maisha ya kila siku ya binadamu!

..umeshaiingia katika ofisi zao nyingi ukaona ni namna gani wanavyoziogopa hizo pc?zimekaa zinakula vumbi tu!kama mapambo!

..aliye mjanja ndio atakuwa ana-check emails na kuchapa vijikazi vyake!

..tatizo ndio hilo wakuu! ambao wangetengeneza budget na kusimamia implementation ndio hao wasioona wala kuelewa faida yake!

.....this guy is genius(joke),ni kweli kabisa ulichosema, sasa solution hapo ili watu wazoee/watumie hii technology lazima kwanza iwe available & mandatory basi hapo bila kupenda wataenda kujifunza maana wanajua wasipofanya hivyo ni kupoteza kazi tuu na mara nyingi to adopt haya mambo ya technology lazima serikali iwe mbele maana private sector sio rahisi kufanya haya mambo in masses,serikali lazima iachane na kitu inayoitwa file ni usumbufu mkubwa sana na upotevu wa pesa nyingi sana bila sababu,hivi kuna policy yeyote ya serikali ya kufanya vitu kama hivi kuwa mandatory at a specific time,we need that kama tunataka kwenda mbele la sivyo ni story tuu

 

[Kasheshe]

Chenge anapresent NEPAD Protocol, kuhusu Uhuru & Umoja network. sasa hivi. bungeni check TVT. kila kijiji kina EDGE/GPRS za voda/Celtel. mimi sasa hivi niko kigoma na natumia GPRS. kwa hivyo last mile ziko Tanzania nzima.

 

[PanguPakavu Amy]

Tanzania kama nchi nyingi zinazoendea zina tatizo hili sana especially unapokuja ktk Broadbdand accessibility. Na tatizo liko wazi labda tumuulize Mwanakijiji, hivi unapokuwa kule kijijini ni watu wangapi ambao wanaweza kuhitaji mawasiliano ya Masafa Mapana(Broadband)? Based on affordability.

Definitely ni wachache wenye uwezo huo, je ukiweka Wimax network na kukawa hakuna watumiaji return on investments itakuwaje? Kwa hiyo generally ni kazi kubwa sana ya kupata technology. Actually wakati mwingine hili kufanyike investments kwenye bahadhi ya wilaya kunahitajika gorvernment intervation.(Hailipi).

Technology ya vijijini bado ni challenge na siyo Tanzania tu.

Solution different initiatives zinahitaji, Wimax kama kuna mtu ameamua kuweka investment actually ni msaada. Tutamshukuru akiwezesha azima hii.

its the same wananchi that posses one of the highest mobile phones coverage rates in africa!!above 95%!!

isnt it obvious that we lack priorities??isnt it obvious that policy makers are far frrom realising What ICT realy is???

mos tgov officials still believes that ICT is a high rate of computer usage!!

they fail to understand that ICT is what a modern economy needs to flourish!!

had they realised that they would have put uppermost priority on ICT!!

because through proper ICT implementation superpowers are rising,tiger economies are flourishing.china is rising above others just because it decided to make good use of its tiredless engineers..,japan is always on top due to its keen eye on ICT..,not mentioning the US or UK.

some nations like the UK exports nothing serious BUt high tech financial services which are backed up by a very efficient ICT sector!!

if we were serious this sector would be granted a ministry and be allocated with our countries most efficient ICT pioneers and if we lack it wont be bad to import them good heads from other countries(am talking about off-shoring and not hiring the whole management!!)


i would write a paper just to explain how ICT can revolutionise our economy and hence flourishing our lives..,

BUt i always ask myself..,if once very poor countries like malaysia,thailand,indonesia,etc are now flourishing due to their realisation of ICT..what are our leader waiting for???

it doesnt take a president with a PHD to find a bunch of efficeint tanzanians lads 2 do the job and why hasnt he yet??

this current "ICT" fake buz going on in our country is as useless as the 95% mobile coverage our people have now!!why??because in the long run its very few return to future development that mobile phone coverage will bring..than if that 95% rate was of landlines!!that would have meant 95% of tanzanians would have acces to internet!!

u want advantages of that???

dont get me started but i will give a few!!

1.jamboforums will have 95%+ coverage nationalwide,just think of the advantages of that towards the civil education of our people!!

2.it wont take masanja back in bariadi longer than a minute to figure out prices of cotton in EU market and realises how mr PATEL is stealing from them!!wont be it an advantage to farmers??

3.bussinesswide tanzanias would enjoy the what e-commerce realy means..,and i think UDSM,DIT,and other university graduates will get about 70% aborption into the job market..,

4.actually if we utilise ICT to about 60% of what it can realy give us..,it will take tanzania only about 10-15 years to start to enter the middle-encome society economy and maybe 20-25 years to be a very strong economy in africa.


5.with our most stable society in africa,tanzania will see what global companies are and what they can do to the economy...,they now go to South Africa because there is no where else to go in africa!!am sure if other factors remain constants and stable then it will be only a matter of time before we see companies like microsoft,IBM,GOOGLE,GE,INTEL and a lot more others opening their doors to tanzania..,here am talking about high end research centers and ever flowing in funds for researches..,that says..,UDSM student will no longer have to "protest" to the government for small issues like accomodation and pocket money!!since universities will start to receive those donor funds in a more efficient manner(donor funding in researches)

6.if education in university is improved then that means that we will be expecting quality graduates who knows what they are doing.and where they will be to work will kindly get the best of them!!

7.now youths dont want to work in interior places due to poor communications and even lack of important services..,i believe with ICT..,things like internet,e-comerce,and other internet medium business will make life "dar-like" for those grads..then teacher will be available a little bit more in thise rural areas..,which are contributing soo much to our economy now but gets a very few return.

8.just see how efficient banks will be with a proper ICT,from cities to rural areas,just see how efficient local government will be through proper organisation...,oh i remembered-does anyone do netcoferencing in TZ??esp rural areas??i doubt.


BUT.

kuna jamaa wanabore sana hawa inabidi wajirekebishe mapema sana for the sake of everything ourcountry needs!!!

TANESCO!!

hey guys every economy needs stable power supply!!how come u cant do that???!!

its sad to see that you guys are like subbotaging our economy..,

its a shame but its also the truth.you guys are failing 36 millions tanzanians everyday!!

and if ICT has to go anywhere!!!U guys should realy get ur facts straight and stop giving senseless excuses day in day out!!

 

[Kasheshe]

Kambi ya upinzani imeuliza swalo zuri, kwamba
1. iliambie Bunge kwa nini Kenya iliamua kujitoa na kujiunga mkongo wake?
2. je wadau walihusishwa?

3.Je leseni za sasa zilizotolewa na TCRA hazitathirtika?
4. Swali moja wameborongs?

AJABU LAKINI KWELI ; AZIMIO LIMEKOSA WACHANGIAJI: AIBU:

 

[Kasheshe]

Waziri amendelea kuweka mambo wazi kwa kufagilia TCRA mahali ambapo alitakiwa awafagilie wataalamu wake wa pale wizarani! mamb hayo.

 

[PanguPakavu Amy]

Good news kwa hao wenye access ya hizo wireless computers.Lakini huko Kibondo,Nkasi,Gezaulole,Sekenke,Malinyi,etc what they want to hear ni maji,umeme wa kuaminika,barabara nzuri,madawa hospitalini,nk/ "maisha bora kwa kila Mtanzania" in terms of unafuu wa maisha.

u have a good point!!tuliweza develop mobile phone market hadi sasa wanakijiji wanamiliki simu!!je??tufanyeje ile internet iwe common??

jamani wimax sio base nzuri ya internet as backbone ya maendeleo hasahasa kwa nchi changa ki-ICT kama yetu!!ingawa sipingi uwepo wake!!
tunahitaji landlines..,kwani they are priceless!!interms of efficiency and cooperate uses!!
pia desktop computers can be as cheap as the cellphones some people own...,and with special government policies and subsidies they can get realy cheap.

mwananchi wa kibondo inabidi asubir kama miaka 5 hivi ili aone matunda halisi ya broadband.

kwani a very well connected country has a better chance to develop!!

huo umeme,maji,hospitali vyoote vitakuwa even better!!nadhani kwa wale waliotembelea nchi za wenzetu wanaweza kuwa mashahidi wazuri wa jinsi gani umeme,maji,afya na huduma nyingine za jamii zimeboreshwa kwa matumizi sahihi ya ICT

mfano 1 tu!!

water supply companies can use ICT expertise water supply usage,mis-use through better tracking systems developed by ICT.

wale wakwepa kodi ndio kabisa!!they will have no where to hide atleast!!unless they become very inteligent!!!

 

[Kasheshe]

Waziri amendelea kuweka mambo wazi kwa kufagilia TCRA mahali ambapo alitakiwa awafagilie wataalamu wake wa pale wizarani! mamb hayo.

 

[Kasheshe]

Jambo jema Tanzania, mradi wa NEPAD, utaitwa "uhuru" huu ni ule baharini ule terestrial wa kuunganisha nchi na nchi utaitwa "umoja" na kampuni linaloloza fibre ya bahari litaitwa bahari com, hii kama nilivyosikia kutoka kwa waziri Chenga kutoka Bunge.

 

[Dua]

Hila jamani kuhusu hili, mimi kuna sehemu moja niliongelea suala la tanzania kuwa na mawasiliano hasahasa ya Mitandao ya Internet.

Suala nililo ulizwa lilinikatisha tamaa kabisa. Nalo ni hivi watanzania wataweza kusomaje Websites? Maana karibia zote zina lugha za kigeni(kiingereza) na watanzania asilimia kubwa Vijijini na bahadhi ya miji hii hawaijui.

Swali lilikuwa kuna initiative gani ya kuwawezesha kuelewa kilichoandikwa?

Kwa kweli huyu jamaa kwa sababu hakuwa Mtanzania, nilijitahidi kumweleza lakini akaonekana anaelewa Tanzania na Watanzania kuliko ninavyoelewa.

Sasa jamani mwenye data, kwanza ni kweli watu wa Vijijini hawawezi kusoma Mitandao?

Na kama hawawezi je kuna initiative gani za kuhakikisha wanaweza. Kumekuwa na pesa nyingi sana za kuhusiana na ICT kutoka kwa donars Je kuna lolote ambalo limeisha fanyika kuhakikisha watanzania wanawezeshwa kupata mawasiiliano bila kuathiriwa na Lugha yetu?

Nafikiri tunatakiwa kufikia wakati tukakubali kama Investment ya kutuwezesha watanzania kuelewa kiingereza ni kubwa basi tuwekeze katika kiswahili basi. Tuhakikishe tunatengeneza platform za kuweza kutafsiri kiingereza/kifaransa na Lugha nyingine kwenda kiswahili hili tusifaidi watu fulani tu.

Kwanza sio lazima WTZ wasome mitandao ambayo imeandikwa kwa kiingereza, hii itakuwa nzuri zaidi kwa Watanzania kuweza kusoma kwa mfano JF na mitandao mingine ambayo inaandikwa kwa Kiswahili. Lugha yetu wenyewe inabidi tuikuze na kuweza kufanya mawasiliano kama haya. (Kweli web za kiingereza ni nyingi kwa uchaguzi lakini 'mtaka cha uvunguni sharti ainame')

Mfano kuna nchi nyingi duniani wanatumia lugha zao kama France, China, Japan, Germany, Italy n.k. sisi Tanzania tuwe mfano kwa Afrika kuweza kutumia Kiswahili kwani soko tayari lipo hapa Tanzania na majirani wanaotaka kusoma wanakaribishwa. Tuongeze ajira kwenye kutafsiri lugha za wenzetu.

 

[Koba]

A WiMax Network Goes Live In Tanzania


The deployment is a partnership of Canada's Redline, South Africa's RapidCloud Technology, and Tanzania's Hotspot Business Solutions.

By W. David Gardner
InformationWeek
November 15, 2007 04:28 PM


A WiMax network debuted in Tanzania Thursday as the service was offered in the African country's commercial center in Dar es Salaam. Eventually a nationwide WiMax grid is planned covering six major cities, according to Redline Comunications.
The deployment is a partnership of Canada's Redline, South Africa's RapidCloud Technology and Tanzania's Hotspot Business Solutions. In addition to the Dar es Salaam deployment, the initial phase of the rollout will include the establishment of a Redline RedMAX network in Arusha next month.

"With Redline's extensive experience installing OFDM and WiMax systems, we will be able to quickly deploy our network and deliver revenue-generating broadband services," said Emmanuel Nyaki, Hotspot's chief executive officer, in a statement. Hotspot is a regional telecommunications provider in Tanzania, and Nyaki said Hotspot hopes to gain a rapid return on its WiMax investment because of the network's capability of handling heavy subscriber capacity.

Noting that Hotspot expects to increase its subscriber base by 60 % over the next two years, Redline said the second phase of the deployment will get underway in January as the WiMax service is brought to Zanzibar, Morogoro, and the capital city of Dodoma. According to the Redline release "Hotspot will be able to deliver high quality voice, video, and data Internet services to government agencies, corporations, educational institutions, and residents across Tanzania."

RapidCloud will manage and coordinate the network and provide local logistical and post-sales operational support.

 

[Mtanzania]

A WiMax Network Goes Live In Tanzania


The deployment is a partnership of Canada's Redline, South Africa's RapidCloud Technology, and Tanzania's Hotspot Business Solutions.

By W. David Gardner
InformationWeek
November 15, 2007 04:28 PM


A WiMax network debuted in Tanzania Thursday as the service was offered in the African country's commercial center in Dar es Salaam. Eventually a nationwide WiMax grid is planned covering six major cities, according to Redline Comunications.
The deployment is a partnership of Canada's Redline, South Africa's RapidCloud Technology and Tanzania's Hotspot Business Solutions. In addition to the Dar es Salaam deployment, the initial phase of the rollout will include the establishment of a Redline RedMAX network in Arusha next month.

"With Redline's extensive experience installing OFDM and WiMax systems, we will be able to quickly deploy our network and deliver revenue-generating broadband services," said Emmanuel Nyaki, Hotspot's chief executive officer, in a statement. Hotspot is a regional telecommunications provider in Tanzania, and Nyaki said Hotspot hopes to gain a rapid return on its WiMax investment because of the network's capability of handling heavy subscriber capacity.

Noting that Hotspot expects to increase its subscriber base by 60 % over the next two years, Redline said the second phase of the deployment will get underway in January as the WiMax service is brought to Zanzibar, Morogoro, and the capital city of Dodoma. According to the Redline release "Hotspot will be able to deliver high quality voice, video, and data Internet services to government agencies, corporations, educational institutions, and residents across Tanzania."

RapidCloud will manage and coordinate the network and provide local logistical and post-sales operational support.

Yetu macho na masikio, mtakao anza kutumia tujulisheni maana mimi bado niko sceptical, ni kama wamezidisha chumvi kwenye mafanikio yanayoweza kupatikana.