Telkom Kenya
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The big theme coming out of the opening addresses at ITW Africa this morning was the steps that private companies, regulators and government need to take to provide meaningful connectivity to Africa’s youth. -
The government of Kenya has bought the 60% of Telkom Kenya it did not already own by wiring the purchase price to London-based Helios Investment Partners.
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Nearly a year after Google’s parent group burst a project to use balloons to deliver mobile coverage in east Africa, another scheme has popped up.
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Telkom Kenya is to expand its mobile network by 2,000 sites by 2023.
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Google’s former Moonshot project, Loon, has transferred its patents to SoftBank for the Japanese company’s own balloon-based base station work.
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Joe Mucheru, Kenya's ICT Cabinet Secretary has given the country's foreign owned firms a deadline of March 2024 to ensure 30% local ownership.
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Liquid Telecom began as a carrier providing services across Africa. Now, CEO Nic Rudnick tells Alan Burkitt-Gray why they’ve changed the name to reflect the group’s new business.
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Kenya’s telecoms regulator has criticised two of the country’s three mobile operators for poor service and threatened sanctions.
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Telkom Kenya is set to lose its balloon-powered 4G network, only months after it launched the service in the presence of the country’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta.
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Telkom Kenya has activated its rural 4G mobile service using balloons from Google’s sister company Loon.
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The market for balloons, airships and other alternatives to mobile phone towers will be worth $4 billion in revenues over the next decade, according to a new report.
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Mobile operator Vodacom is to use Alphabet’s Loon balloon-carried base stations to extend coverage in Mozambique.
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Google’s sister company Loon is testing balloons that will provide 4G services across Kenya.
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Djibouti Telecom, Somtel, Telkom Kenya and SubCom have announced the completion of all manufacturing aspects for the Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (DARE1) subsea cable system.
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Telkom Kenya has appointed Steve Okeyo as the new managing director of its mobile division, succeeding Amer Atwi who has been with the company since 2016.
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Bharti Airtel has entered talks to buy Telkom Kenya, according to reports, as it looks to challenge market leader Safaricom.
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Telkom Kenya has announced that Mugo Kibati will replace Aldo Mareuse as the company’s new chief executive officer.
