Telecommunication
Analyzing global telecommunication trends, technological advances, and regulatory impacts.
- Interesting Reads
A 5G connection in Kenya uses about 21 GB a month. A 4G one uses about 5 GB
Kenyans used 50.6% more mobile data in a year. 5G connections, just 3.8% of the total, used 14.5% of it.
- Interesting Reads
Safaricom added 11.5 million SIM cards in a year, more than Kenya’s whole mobile market did
Safaricom added 11.5 million active SIM cards in a year, more than Kenya's whole market. Airtel, Telkom and Equitel shrank.
- News
Safaricom now has more fixed internet subscriptions than Faiba and Zuku combined
Safaricom went from fifth place in 2014 to Kenya's first million-subscription internet provider, with more than Faiba and Zuku combined.
- News
Chinese police seized 400,000 SIM cards pulled out of second-hand phones
Chinese police seized 400,000 SIM cards from second-hand phones. The case shows why a local number proves nothing in Kenya.
- Business
Old Mutual splits comprehensive car insurance into three payments and adds an Airalo eSIM to travel cover
Old Mutual now splits comprehensive car insurance into three payments and bundles an Airalo eSIM into its Kenyan travel cover.
- Business
Airtel is closing its Kenyan wholesale fibre company after two years and no revenue
Airtel Africa is winding up Airtel Kenya Telesonic, its wholesale fibre unit, after two years with no revenue at all.
- Business
Safaricom Ethiopia passes 15 million subscribers five years after getting its licence
Safaricom Ethiopia passed 15 million subscribers, but its network build has flattened and breakeven is still targeted for March 2027.
- News
The US iPhone 18 Pro Max is the only one without Apple’s C2 modem
Apple's C2 modem ships in every iPhone 18 Pro Max except the American one, which keeps a Qualcomm chip instead.
- News
China puts 6G commercial services into its 2026-2030 telecoms plan
China's industry ministry has put 6G commercial services into its 2026-2030 telecoms plan, while Kenya is still busy expanding 5G.
- News
Telcos will have to wait six months before recycling your line
Kenya's Communications Authority proposes six months before telcos recycle dormant lines. Comments close 11 September, rules take effect 19 September.
- News
Smarta 1500 drops from 90GB to 32GB as Airtel Kenya revises every bundle tier
Airtel Kenya cut Smarta bundle data by up to 64% on 18 August 2026. The four prices stayed the same.
- News
Airtel turns on Starlink Mobile in DRC, the first commercial satellite-to-phone service in Africa
Airtel Africa and Starlink launched satellite-to-mobile service in DRC on 14 August 2026. Kenya tested first but awaits regulatory approval.
- Reviews
Airtel Kenya cut me off from my number and my money, and it has done it before
My Airtel Kenya SIM stopped registering on any network, with airtime and bundles intact. Then Airtel Money became unavailable too.
- News
Safaricom launches nine new number prefixes: 0118, 0119, 0140 to 0143, and 0180 to 0182
Safaricom has launched nine new prefixes: 0118, 0119, 0140 to 0143 and 0180 to 0182. Here is what changes.
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Kenyans lost KES 491.6 million to SIM swap fraud in 2025, INTERPOL report says
INTERPOL says SIM swap fraud drained KES 491.6 million from Kenyan mobile wallets in 2025. Here's what the report says.
