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Changa Bundle now enables Telkom Kenya subscribers to share data, minutes, voice and SMS

June 23, 2022 admin 0

Telkom has launched the Changa Bundle to enable Kenyans share data, minutes, voice and SMSs. Telkom prepaid customers now have the opportunity to acquire 100 GB of data, 200 on-net minutes, 50 off-net minutes, and 200 SMSs for Kshs [c]

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Safaricom launches Christmas campaign to reward customers over festive season

December 6, 2021 admin 0

Safaricom has launched a Christmas campaign dubbed ‘Pokea Uteo Wa Furaha’. ‘Pokea uteo wa furaha’ is month-long campaign that kicks off on 4 December 2021 up to 15 January 2022 and seeks to deepen customer [c]

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Telkom Kenya revamps its pre-paid voice offerings

November 29, 2021 admin 0

Telkom has revamped its voice offers for its mobile prepaid customers. The revised voice bundle, Sema Yote, earlier known as Chapa Story, will give customers 100 free minutes of talk time per day at a [c]

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Airtel Africa reports positive growth across all its subsidiaries

October 28, 2021 admin 0

Airtel Africa a revenue growth of $2.272 billion (or 25.2%) for the first half of 2022 as well as double digit growth across all its subsidiaries in the continent. During the second quarter of the [c]

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BT, Microsoft to jointly develop voice, cyber security and industry solutions for UK clients

July 30, 2021 admin 0

BT and Microsoft have announced a new strategic partnership to accelerate innovation across enterprise voice, cyber security and industry-focused services in sectors from digital manufacturing to health, setting businesses in the UK and around the [c]

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New Telkom Kenya customers to get special voice, data rates for first 90 days on the network

March 7, 2021 admin 0

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]

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Telkom Kenya’s Pawa bundle users to get bonus SMS and mobile data after revamp

October 27, 2020 admin 0

Telkom has revamped its mobile Voice bundles. The Pawa voice bundles come with added value packs for SMS and mobile internet data. The Voice bundle revamp builds onto Telkom’s strong, consumer-centric ethos, with the telco [c]

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Airtel selects Ericsson to expand its 4G network in Kenya

October 7, 2020 admin 0

Airtel Africa has contracted Ericsson to expand its 4G coverage in Kenya. As part of the deal, Ericsson’s Radio Access Network (RAN) and packet core products for 4G will enable Airtel subscribers to experience enhanced [c]

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EASSy cable restores service in Somalia following outage

August 6, 2020 admin 0

The East African Sub-Marine System (EASSy) has restored services in Mogadishu and surrounding areas within Somalia after a network outage experienced the previous weekend. On Sunday, 26 July 2020 at 07:38 UTC, a shunt fault occurred [c]

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Econet subsidiary unveils Sasai TeamTalk, a voice and video conferencing service

May 26, 2020 admin 0

Cassava Fintech International (CFI), a subsidiary of Econet, has announced the release of ‘Sasai TeamTalk’, a voice and video conferencing service that takes up to 20 people on one call.  The service, coming at a [c]

Analysis & Features

Cost of telecoms services on decline but hasn’t lead to rise in internet users – ITU

May 19, 2020 admin 0

On average, prices for mobile-voice, mobile-data and fixed-broadband services are decreasing steadily around the world, and in some countries even dramatically. The reduction in price relative to income is even more dramatic, suggesting that, globally, [c]

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Safaricom unveils new no-expiry PostPay bundles available from Kshs 1,000

March 4, 2020 admin 0

Safaricom has unveiled revamped PostPay plans that will offer customers bundled voice, data and SMS with no-expiry. The new plans will be available on a 30-day basis with any unused resources rolling over to the [c]

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Airtel attains 100 million subscriber mark in Africa, with bulk of revenue from Nigeria and East Africa

February 20, 2020 admin 0

Airtel recently announced its financial results for the 9-month period ending on December 31, 2019, reporting that its overall customer base in Africa grew by 9.4% to reach 107.1 million. The India-based telco group stated [c]

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Increased access to network signal, product offers push mobile penetration to 112%

December 23, 2019 admin 0

Increased access to mobile network signals and exciting product offers by operators continue to drive consumers to own more than one SIM card to take advantage of the diverse services, a report by the Communications [c]

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Airtel Kenya unveils voice, data rates with no expiry dates, revamps older bundles

December 10, 2019 admin 0

Airtel Kenya has launched no expiry data and call rates that will allow customers to spend as low as Kshs 1 for 5MB of data and to make calls at Kshs 2 across all networks [c]

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Airtel now has 104 million subscribers in Africa, with 58% of sites now 4G

November 5, 2019 admin 0

Airtel Africa has reported a revenue increase of 8.4 per cent, with the figure standing at $1.64 billion in the first half of the year and growing by 9.8 per cent in the second quarter [c]

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No more data, voice and SMS expiry deadlines for customers as Safaricom marks milestone

October 23, 2019 admin 0

Safaricom has marked 19 years since its launched by unveiling new data plan, and a new calling and SMS plan that will respectively offer data bundles and calling minutes with no expiry deadline. The Data [c]

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Oracle unveils AI-trained chatbot, Oracle Digital Assistant, for enterprise customers

September 20, 2019 admin 0

Oracle has announced availability of its AI-trained voice with Oracle Digital Assistant. Now, enterprise customers can use voice commands to communicate with their enterprise applications to drive desired actions and outcomes, enriching the user experience with [c]

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Airtel boosts its monthly UnlimiNet offerings with additional data, SMS and voice bundles

July 1, 2019 admin 0

Airtel Kenya has increased the data offerings on its monthly UnlimiNet product by more than 400% from 500MB to 2.5GB and 50% more on voice minutes for only Kshs 500 in recognition of the ever [c]

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Airtel Kenya to roll out 800 new 3G, 4G sites in 40 towns to boost internet, voice services

February 27, 2019 admin 0

Airtel Kenya has announced the roll out of over 800 3G and 4G sites across the country in a bid to enhance its network coverage thus improving customer experiences. The sites roll out and upgrade [c]

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Telkom unveils combo bundle, Mzito, targets Kenya’s millenials

February 19, 2019 admin 0

Telkom has reviewed its flagship Combo bundle dubbed “Mzito” giving subscribers data, minutes and free night data as below: Plan Night Data Price 7 GB and 300 all-net minutes Valid for 30 days Kshs 999 [c]

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Five things you need to know you can do with Google Search

January 10, 2019 admin 0

Since the launch of Search 20 years ago, Google has built in several useful features and tools to help make everyday life easier. Whether you are looking for information related to your career, education or [c]

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Telkom Kenya offering its internet users free 10GB of data until mid January 2019

December 27, 2018 admin 0

Telkom is offering free data to its prepaid subscribers who sign up for the Kshs 999 bundle that grants them 7GB of data and 300 minutes of talktime to any network. Subscribers will also enjoy [c]

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Safaricom’s Home Fibre Plus packages to come bundled with voice, data, SMS and insurance cover

November 14, 2018 admin 0

Safaricom has announced new Home Fibre packages that will combine mobile voice, mobile data, SMS and Home Fibre in one package. Known as Home Fibre Plus, the new packages come at a time consumer preferences [c]

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Like Safaricom, Airtel Kenya now raises voice, SMS and data tariffs in response to taxes

October 23, 2018 admin 0

Almost a week after Safaricom increased its voice, SMS, data charges as a response to the various taxes introduced by the government, Airtel Kenya has now followed suit. But unlike Safaricom which increased the costs [c]

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Safaricom calls, SMS and internet services to cost more from midnight tonight

October 17, 2018 admin 1

Safaricom has this afternoon announced via statement that it will increase its voice, SMS and data tariffs from midnight tonight in response to various taxes introduced by the government recently. In the statement, Safaricom, which [c]

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CA unveils new system to measure quality of voice, data and SMS services by telcos

September 5, 2018 admin 0

The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has launched a new system to measure quality of services provided to consumers on mobile telephony networks. The new Quality of Service Monitoring system  (QSMS) is be based on [c]

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Unused bundles: Why Safaricom, Telkom Kenya and Airtel Kenya should activate expiry notifications

July 10, 2018 admin 1

All the three telcos in the country – Safaricom, Airtel Kenya and Telkom Kenya – all have developed and introduced to the market various bundled offering for SMS, voice and data services. And their subscribers [c]

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MTN deploys Huawei’s solution to boost voice, internet services in rural Nigeria

April 8, 2018 admin 0

MTN Nigeria and Huawei have announced the completion of the commercial deployment of the RuralStar 2.0 solution which provides low-cost long-distance voice and mobile broadband services for remote rural areas in Nigeria, helping to connect [c]

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After Safaricom Platinum, Aitel Kenya unveils new monthly postpaid bundles

March 6, 2018 admin 0

Airtel Kenya has launched a new set of monthly postpaid bundles offering calls, data and SMS to subscribers. The smart bundles offer values of up to 30GB of data, 125 hours of calls and 3,000 [c]

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Equitel introduces new voice, SMS and data bundles for its subcribers

December 27, 2017 admin 0

Equitel has launched new voice, SMS and data packages into bundles. The new packages, dubbed Data bundle plus, Jipimie bundles and Ongea bundles are meant for subscribers who want more value for browsing, sending SMSes [c]

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