What a week its been in Kenya’s mobile networks sector! So much has happened in such a short space of time. It all started on Monday this week when the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) announced a 50% price reduction Continue reading
This is probably the biggest news in Kenya’s telecoms sector after Safaricom’s stunning financial results from last week. According to various online news sources, Zain Kenya is on track to secure a license for 3G services by July 2010. This Continue reading
This is an article on regulation within Kenya’s telecommunications sector that was published last week in the Business Daily where I was quoted. The article refers to a blog post I wrote last month on the Safaricom and Communications Commission Continue reading
According to Wikipedia, a network effect is the effect that one user of a good or service has on the value of that product to other people. When the network effect is present, the value of a product or service Continue reading
This past week, Barclays Bank Kenya (BBK) launched its call centre which will serve customers throughout Kenya everyday of the week, twenty four hours a day. The move is designed to give BBK customers services around the clock. As one Continue reading
Opera Mini is the world’s most popular mobile web browser with over 30 million active users as of this writing. Every month, Opera Software, the makers of Opera Mini, conduct the definitive analysis of key trends affecting the mobile web Continue reading
It was reported in the Business Daily Newspaper last week that Mobile Internet usage in Kenya is now surging forward compared to wireless or other more traditionally delivered forms of Internet access. According to the statistics from the Communications Commission Continue reading
Is this a knee jerk reaction? Or a well thought out plan to improve security and reduce crime in Kenya? To be honest I have no idea but the directive issued yesterday by President Mwai Kibaki that all mobile users Continue reading
The last couple of weeks have seen a whole raft of new developments in Kenya’s Internet and Telecoms sectors: The first major development is that the SEACOM high speed undersea cable has landed in Mombasa and work is underway to Continue reading