[Mispa-management-l] ARTHUR: room booking - Re: MMC Meeting proposal - 20 Dec 2019 - (Fwd) Afrimax Limited: Charges for Throughput Access to Google

[Dr P Nyirenda]

On 9 Dec 2019 at 15:42, Mr. Arthur Mtegha wrote:

> I will be available.

Arthur,

Thank you for the confirmation. Please assist with a room booking confirmation for the ICT
Board Room at College of Medicine for this MMC Meeting.

Regards,

Paulos
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Dr Paulos B Nyirenda
NIC.MW & .mw ccTLD
http://www.registrar.mw
Tel:  +265-(0)-882 089 166
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WhatsApp: +265-(0)-887386433



> Arthur
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 11:35 AM Dr P Nyirenda <paulos at sdnp.org.mw> wrote:
>     MMC,
>     MISPA,
>
>     It appears that there are a number of issues that have arisen on MISPA and MIX that need
>     the attention of the MISPA Management Committee and here is one of them from AFRIMAX
>     copied here below.
>
>     I would, therefore, like to propose a meeting of the MISPA Management Committee on
>     Friday, 20 December 2019, from 10am.
>
>     Please confirm if you will be available for such a meeting at College of Medicine in Blantyre.
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Paulos
>     ======================
>     Dr Paulos B Nyirenda
>     NIC.MW & .mw ccTLD
>     http://www.registrar.mw
>     Tel:  +265-(0)-882 089 166
>     Cell: +265-(0)-888-824787
>     WhatsApp: +265-(0)-887386433
>
>
>
>     ------- Forwarded message follows -------
>     From:                         Kamar Abass <kamar.abass at afrimax.net >
>     To:                            P Nyirenda <paulos at sdnp.org.mw >
>     Copies to:                  Prince Azubuike <princeazubuike at gmail.com >
>     Subject:                     Afrimax Limited: Charges for Throughput Access to Google and Akamai
>                                      Cache
>     Date sent:                  Thu, 5 Dec 2019 10:14:30 +0000
>
>
>     WITHOUT PREJUDICE
>
> Dear Dr. Nyiranda,
>
>     We write, on behalf of Afrimax Limited, a MACRA-licensed ISP operating in Blantyre.
>     In this connection, Afrimax is a member of MISPA and is presently connected to the MIX.
>     In addition, Afrimax takes capacity from MISPA´s Google and Akamai caches.
>
>     The current commercial arrangements, for access to MISPA caches, are for a flat fee of $35
>     (thirty-five US dollars) per Mbps for cached content.
>     In addition, excise duty and VAT are applied, taking the total cash cost of connectivity to
>     these caches to almost $45 (forty-five US dollars) per Mbps.
>     And this price is levied before we must face the exchange rate risk applicable between
>     MWK and USD rates.
>
>     The effect of this pricing is to prevent Internet data charges from being reduced, even
>     though average levels of customer usage are rising.
>     The opportunity to provide customers with improved value for money will enhance
>     productivity, grow incomes and drive beneficial new investment.
>     This empowerment and transformation opportunity, which is at the heart of the global digital
>     agenda, is therefore being undermined by artificially high prices for IP content.
>
>     And we say artificially high because we have been offered prices for direct IP Transit, by
>     TTCL, of Tanzania, that are as low as $40 per Mbps.
>     And there prices are being offered for capacity commitments of no more than an STM-1.
>
>     With this alternative pricing level, there can be no justification for cached capacity to be
>     offered at around $45 (note that capacity payments to TTCL will attract no Excise duty or
>     VAT).
>     We would therefore ask for your assistance in urgently reviewing these prices downwards,
>     substantially, for the 2020 calendar year.
>     In addition, we ask that we move collectively to pricing for cached content in local currency:
>     why should forex risk be passed to relatively small ISP who have no opportunity to earn
>     Forex.
>     Whereas Malawi´s major operators earn significant Forex from inbound IDD calls, which
>     outweigh Inbound IDD, so achieve positive net IDD revenues in Forex.
>     This "surplus" can thus be applied to IP Transit prices by the major operators in a way that
>     ISP, who earn no Forex cannot
>
>     We discussed that this matter is to be discussed at MISPA´s December 2019 Management
>     Committee meeting.
>     I should be pleased to attend this meeting, to represent the views in person with industry
>     colleagues.
>     Kindly therefore extend an invitation to me, to this end.
>
>     In addition, please feel welcome to share these views with other industry colleagues to
>     garners support for their early implementation.
>     With kind regards,
>     KA
>
>     K. Abass
>     Afrimax Limited
>     www.afrimax.net
>     hello at afrimax.net
>     01 831 706
>
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