As the country, mobile operators, and subscribers marked a day after the October 15, 2022 SIM verification deadline, it emerges that subscribers have continuously made concerted efforts to ensure that there lines are verified in [c]
Kenya’s mobile network operators – Telkom, Safaricom, and Airtel – have announced that subscribers can now make direct mobile money payments to an M-PESA Pay Bill Number from any network. The move follows the telcos’ [c]
Boomplay has announced a partnership with Telkom Kenya to enable subscribers to enjoy more affordable music streaming and downloads on the Boomplay app. The partnership will make music more easily accessible to Kenyans, offering subscription [c]
Kenya’s mobile network operators – Telkom, Safaricom, and Airtel – have announced the interoperability of their mobile money service platforms, allowing Kenyans to make mobile money payments to a Lipa Na M-PESA Buy Goods Till, [c]
Equity has revamped its USSD service (*247#) offering customers a seamless banking experience. The newly updated USSD offers a unified service offering across mobile networks and an enhanced customer experience with simpler customer journeys. Customers [c]
Telkom South Africa has launched what is billed as Africa’s first Mastercard virtual card for use on WhatsApp, enabling Telkom Pay customers to make e-commerce payments. This move is expected to empower millions of South [c]
Telkom has reviewed its welcome offer for pre-paid customers joining the network for the first time. A new Telkom pre-paid customer will need to activate their newly acquired line with as little as Kshs 20, [c]
Technology pilot with Loon is set to come to an end on March 1, 2021. The development comes following the announcement that Loon is being wound down as a company, globally. In the blog post [c]
Kenyans are talking and texting more on their mobile phones, buoyed by lower calling rates, the latest sector statistics report by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) indicates. The report, covering the period from January [c]
The value of person-to-person transfers over mobile money platforms hit Kshs 684.5 billion in three months to December, latest statistics from Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) indicate. The massive transaction count not only makes mobile [c]
Kenya mobile network operators (MNOs) – that is Safaricom, Airtel Kenya and Telkom – as well as companies and platforms that provide mobile payment services (or PSPs), have following a meeting with the Central Bank [c]
The mobile subscriptions market shares for Safaricom rose by 1.4 percentage points to stand at 64.9 per cent, whereas that for Telkom Kenya declined by the same margin to stand at 6.7 per cent between [c]
Telkom has partnered with Nairobi County Government and Meelin Media to provide free, secure wireless internet in select parts of the central business district (CBD), in an effort to bridge the connectivity gap. Under the [c]
Telkom has further expanded its 3G and 4G networks in Nairobi, Nakuru, Eldoret, Mombasa and Kisumu. This continued network roll-out and densification will see to the improvement of mobile connectivity to previously underserved towns and [c]
Telkom Kenya has announced the appointment of Steve Okeyo as the new Managing Director for its Mobile Division. Okeyo is taking over from Amer Atwi, who is leaving Telkom after after heading the division since [c]
Over a year since its rival, Safaricom, and soon-to-be partner, Telkom, unveiled their mobile apps, thereby giving subscribers an alternative avenue apart from USSD for accessing various services on the platform, Airtel Kenya has also [c]
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