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Articles tagged with: Safaricom and Celtel
Kenya's Subscriber Growth Reaches 40% in 2008
The Kenyan market saw some major developments in the second half of 2008: in Q3, fixed operator Telkom Kenya launched a mobile network, and in the last quarter of the year, Econet Wireless finally managed to get up and running, more than five years after it was first awarded a licence. At the end of 2008, there were 15.90m mobile customers in Kenya. Annual net additions stood at 4.55m, up from 4.08m a year earlier, but proportionate growth fell from 56.0% to 40.1%. Fourth-quarter net additions increased from 0.65m in Q4 07 to 1.37 in Q4 08. more
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Econet Denies MTN Interest in Kenyan Network
Econet Wireless Kenya, which trades under the Yu brandname, has refuted local media reports that South Africa's MTN has offered US$450 for a stake in the company. The reports are "rumors," Chief Executive Officer Srinivasa Iyengar told reporters in Nairobi. The story emerged in Kenya's Standard newspaper. more
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Econet Kenya Signs Up 200,000 Customers in 3 Months
Econet Wireless's newest network, in Kenya is reported to have signed up 200,000 subscribers since it launched last November - and is aiming for one million customers by the middle of the year. Econet Wireless trades under the Yu brand in the country. more
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Econet Wireless Secures Kenyan Network Rollout Funding
New entrant into the Kenyan mobile market, Econet Wireless (trading as Yu) has secured the Sh 35 billion (US$450 million) loan necessary to fund its network rollout. The deal had been delayed by two months after Econet reported difficulties finding credit during the current global economic downturn. more
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Kenya's Safaricom Boosting Indoor Mobile Coverage
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Econet Finally Launches its Network in Kenya
Kenya gained a fourth mobile network as Econet Wireless Kenya (EWK) said that it will finally launch its network today - after five years of delays caused by legal problems and financial woes. more
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Kenya Makes Second Attempt at Offer Mobile Number Portability
Kenya's long delayed plans for mobile number portability (MNP) seem to be back on track again after the regulator confirmed that the service would be launched next year. The plans, originally announced in 2004 were put on hold last year after the regulator cited the high costs of implementing the system. more
Related Tags: orange, mobile-number-portability, number-portability, telkom, mnp, Kenya
Kenya's Safaricom Subscriber Base "inflated" by Inactive Users
A close study of the tender document for the privatization of Kenya's safaricom has exposed an oddity in the claimed subscriber numbers. The prospectus says in a footnote on page 53 that at the end of last year, the company had 9.2 million subscribers, consisting of 9.1 million and 113.5 thousand prepaid and postpaid subscribers respectively - compared to 2.1 million for its nearest competitor, Celtel. more
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East Africa's telecom market has great opportunities for growth
Over 450 telecommunications professionals gathered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania for the opening of East Africa Com, the region's annual event for the telecommunications industry. The conference started with a keynote presentation from Bashar Arafeh, Celtel International's COO for the East Africa region, who was keen to point out that "East African markets, being currently under market average, hold plenty of room for growth." more
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Econet Plans $300 Million Spend on Kenyan Network
Econet Wireless's Kenyan subsidiary has said that it is planning to spend upto US$300 million on a network roll out in order to comply with its license obligations which require the company to launch its network by this June. more
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