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 Kenya - Convergence, Broadband and Internet Markets
Telkom Kenya's monopoly in Internet backbone and international bandwidth services ended in 2004 and several new data carriers have been licensed. There are 72 licensed ISPs of which about half are operational. ADSL and wireless broadband technologies have been introduced, and VoIP Internet telephony has been liberalised, promising to bring the long-awaited reduction of international and long-distance calling rates. A WiMAX network is being rolled out with the aim of providing converged voice, data and video/broadband TV (triple-play) services.
Last Update: 27 Jul 2006 Number of Pages: 16
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Kenya - Key Statistics Regulatory and Fixed-Line Telecoms Overviews
The civil unrest in Kenya following disputed elections at the beginning of 2008 has cast a shadow on this country that has been hailed by many as a beacon of stability in Africa. The privatisation of Telkom Kenya had finally just come to fruition at the end of 2007 when a consortium lead by France Telecom acquired a 51% stake. The IPOs planned for the incumbent itself and its separate mobile business, Safaricom, may now offer particularly attractive opportunities for the risk-savvy investor. Several new submarine fibre optic cables, expected to launch from 2009, will bring bandwidth prices down and open the Internet up to the mass market. A relaunch of the already twice failed licensing of a second national operator (SNO), probably under relaxed foreign ownership restrictions can also be expected in the future.
Last Update: 20 Mar 2008 Number of Pages: 19
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Kenya - Mobile Market - Overview and Statistics
Kenya's mobile market finally moved beyond a duopoly in 2007 with the third operator, already licensed since 2003, overcoming its legal challenges and shareholder disputes. The fixed-line incumbent Telkom Kenya has been privatised and will continue to compete in the mobile sector directly after offloading its mobile subsidiary, Safaricom. The to-be-licensed second national operator (SNO) is expected to be given a mobile concession as well. Convergence is ever-present in this dynamic and fast growing market, with VoIP enabling cheaper calls through new international gateways, the introduction of 3G mobile services catapulting the mobile operators into the virtually untapped Internet sector, and mobile banking services empowering the largely un-banked population. Enormous further growth potential exists, with mobile market penetration at only around 30%.
Last Update: 20 Mar 2008 Number of Pages: 14
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