RE: report to UCC

["Badru Ntege" <ntegeb@one2net.co.ug>]

Members

I would like to inform you all that UCC has agreed in writing to our request
from the meeting held on the 16th and report submited.

the entire letter will be scanned and attached letter but here are some
excerpts


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The commission shall provide you(UIXP) free of charge space for the exchange
equivalent to six square metres on the lower ground floor of communications
house.

UIXP will be issued with an appropriate tenancy agreement outlining the
relevant terms and conditions of tenancy

UIXP association shall be issued with an appropriate licence but shall be
exempt form payment of licence fees.
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UIXP is expected to be in operation by 1st October 2002.


This now puts the ball in our court to finally get the UIXP up and running.
The deadline is set and acheivable so lets all get moving.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-bod@uixp.co.ug [mailto:owner-bod@uixp.co.ug]On Behalf Of
Charles Musisi
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 12:18 AM
To: bod@uixp.co.ug
Cc: techies@uixp.co.ug
Subject: report to UCC


Date: 16th August, 2002

The Executive Director,
Uganda Communication Commission

Dear Sir,

Subject: Report and resolution of the UiXP membership

Thank you for the audience with your management gave our delegation on
Thursday August 15th, 2002.

This letter is a recap on the update we presented, and the issues we
raised at this meeting. I have also attached our newly re-enacted Policy
Guidelines for your comments. The UiXP membership is eagerly waiting for
a quick response from UCC's management.

Prior UCC commitment:

No license fee for the UIXP itself
No restriction upon private fiber which is not operated as a commercial
service

What UIXP offers:

No fees of any kind to parties who wish to connect to the exchange, in
perpetuity

No restriction upon the type of organization which may connect to the
exchange,
in perpetuity

Reform of the UIXP association articles, rules and policies as indicated in
the
attached UIXP policy document

The joint commitment of all parties to the formation of a free market in
Internet services which will result in dramatic reductions in cost of
Internet services to end users, and a similarly dramatic increase in the
speed and reliability of connections which are available.

To immediately pay the Tax component of our rent arrears and outstanding
utility bills, and commit to raise among our membership or others sources
the balance on rent arrears.

What the UiXP needs from UCC:

Use, in perpetuity, without charge, of the non-revenue, 6-square-meter space
adjacent to the transformer room on the lower ground floor of Communications
House. UIXP commits to covering all necessary insurance and cost of
utilities
associated with UIXP's use of this space. UIXP will endeavor to ensure that
no costs associated with its presence shall burden UCC.

Furthermore, UIXP anticipates that the presence of the exchange in
Communications
House will increase the value, and resultant per-square-meter rate of
rentable
space within Communications House.

If the UCC is able to commit to providing this necessary assistance in the
formation of UiXP, then the UiXP commits to being in operation on or before
the
second week of September, 2002, and three UIXP members, namely MTN, UTL,
and AFsat,
commit to connecting to and exchanging operational traffic through the
exchange by
that date.

Other UIXP members will connect as quickly as fiber becomes available at
market
rates.


Sincerely,

Charles Musisi
UiXP Board Member


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