Welcome to Kaldus Telecommunications (aka: Ka-Tel). Ka-Tel will handle all of the resources that involves communications. This will include domain services, internet services, telephone services as well as radio and tv services. Since internet, and telephone is considered as an essential resource, there is price control on these resources. In both of these instances, Ka-Tel will have a limited free plan. The free plan is there if there are no other option. Even then, the next plan up might also be considered as affordable.

Ka-Tel will handle domain services for the .ka domain. There will be select reserved domains. The only condition to looking for a suitable domain name is that the domain name must be at least 4 characters long. This allows 3 character domains (such as www.ka or gov.ka) to be used for special services. Domain services can also include hosting, but the hosting packages are for .ka domains only. If one wishes to have a domain, they must have an account with Ka-Tel. This will be simple enough if the subscriber has a GIN, and NIN.

Ka-Tel will provide for internet services. The goal with this will be to move everyone to fiber optic connections. Once this happens, there will be no modem needed, and the customer can simply plug their network server or router directly into the RJ45-WAN port. DSL and Cable modem will require a modem which will be located in the communications room if there is one. All internet addresses will be IPv6, and will be static. This will be especially important in telephony services.

For radio and television, there will be a push to make these services terrestrial. The rationale of this will be to free up those radio waves for other resources. When OTA is the only option, the radio and TV station can keep the spectrum that is available to them. However, wherever there is fiber optic, then the OTA license will not renew when it expires. This will force the provider to go to terrestrial. This is actually good as the signal is not affected by environmental conditions. All stations will be required to provide an internet connection option.

There will be telephone services. There are two types of telephone. There is cellular, and there is terrestrial. Terrestrial will use the internet lines to make and receive calls. All entities will be given a 12 digit telephone number. This will be based on the Business ID Number, or person’s NIN number. The ID Number will be the first 11 digits of the telephone number with the last number ranging from 0 (fax only), and 1-9 (voice). Voicemail services will be unified across all of the telephone numbers a subscriber will have. This means if they have 3 telephone numbers, they will only have the one voicemail number that the need to check.