Rebuilding Digital Inclusion for the Rural Counties of Kenya-ITU’s Connect2Recover Research Competition The varied attempts to address the connectivity challenge in Kenya (like everywhere else in the world) such as through Universal Service Fund (USF), private sector initiatives or philanthropy have had limited success in reaching the unserved and underserved. The pandemic injected a reinvigorated […]

FAQs – Use of TV White Spaces (TVWS) in Kenya   What are “White Spaces”? This refers to unused but assigned spectrum (often referred to as idle spectrum) in a particular location or locations at a particular time. What is TV White Space (TVWS)Technology? Television White Spaces (TVWS) refers to the portion of the frequencies […]

The Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) Engagement Report Stakeholder Engagement I Report: Engagement with the Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) in Kenya Work Supported By The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) February 2022   Overview This report is a summary of the workshop conducted on 21st January 2022 at Strathmore University. The workshop’s intention was to […]

BACKGROUND The increase in radio communication devices and services has resulted in greater demand for access to the radio frequency spectrum. A new spectrum management paradigm is required for some services to balance spectrum utilisation by incumbents and the growing demand from the new services. Dynamic spectrum access (DSA) is a spectrum sharing concept that […]