Safaricom LTD (Kenya’s biggest mobile-phone operator) gained for a second day after the industry regulator announced it added more customers than competitors did. (more…)
Tags: Kenya
Archive for the ‘Kenyan Telecoms’ Category
End of the road for counterfeit phone users in Kenya
Mobile phone users of counterfeit handsets in Kenya were thrown a life-line when it was announced that they will have until April next year to replace them with genuine models – or risk being cut-off from the networks. (more…)
Tax cuts for mobile handsets lead to boost in Kenyan sales
Handset sales in Kenya up by 200%
A new report has revealed that mobile handset sales in Kenya have risen by 200% since the Kenyan Government chose to slash the 16% Value Added Tax (VAT) levied on mobile handset sales in 2009. Although the cut was announced two years ago, the effects are only just beginning to filter their way into the market. (more…)
Tags: Deloitte, GDP, Kenyan mobile operators, Kenyan Telecoms, Mobile phones, Tax
New undersea cable linked to Kenya
Kenya will soon benefit from a link to its fourth undersea fibre-optic cable. The cable, named the Lower Indian Ocean Network 2 (LION2) has been funded by France Telecom and will further enhance the capacity of the Kenyan communication network. (more…)
Tags: Fibre-optic, internet, Kenya, Kenyan Telecoms
Yu Kenya not planning to sell
Yu Kenya has played down reports that it was planning to sell off its local operations after failing to conclude the intended acquisition of Warid Telecom in Uganda and Congo. The company, which has been operating in Kenya since 2009, says it will be staying on and even plans to boost its operations soon. (more…)
Tags: Kenyan Telecoms, yu Kenya
World Bank launch Nairobi mobile technology lab
The World Bank on Thursday launched a regional mobile applications laboratory in Nairobi as part of its global 13 million Euros program to stimulate innovation and competitiveness among small and medium enterprises (SME) ICT in developing countries. (more…)
Tags: mobile technology lab, Nairobi, World Bank
Kenya launches Mobile Number Portability
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has confirmed that mobile number portability (MNP) was successfully implemented in the country on 1 April 2011, making Kenya the 63rd nation to allow mobile phone users to retain their existing phone numbers when changing service providers. (more…)
Tags: Airtel, Kenyan Operators, Kenyan Telecoms, Safaricom
Airtel’s rates are not sustainable- Safaricom CEO
Chief Executive Officer Bob Collymore has termed the ongoing price war in the mobile phone industry in Kenya as ‘morally reprehensive’. The CEO said that if left unchecked, the mobile industry in Kenya may collapse. (more…)
Tags: Bharti Airtel, Kenyan Telecoms, Safaricom
Kenyan airtime traders struggle with tariff war
While mobile subscribers celebrate the ongoing tariff war in Kenya’s mobile telephony industry which has seen rates falling, dealers in the industry are feeling the pinch and counting the costs of low returns reports IT News Africa. (more…)
