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Finally, Orange joins Kenya’s mobile tariff bandwagon.
Well, looks like everyone is now on-board the mobile tariff (war) bandwagon that started last week after Zain dramatically lowered their call and SMS rates. In particular, after that announcement, YU immediately responded as did Safaricom earlier this week. Now, as of yesterday, Orange is the last mobile network to
Safaricom responds to Zain and YU with the lowest call rates in Kenya.
It was inevitable after Zain and YU lowered their call and SMS rates in Kenya dramatically last week as posted on this blog. Therefore, in a move that is likely to retain Safaricom’s 16+ million subscribers it today launched a new promotional tariff that will see its subscribers call from
TESPOK launches Mombasa Internet Exchange Point.
In other news today as reported in the Business Daily Newspaper, the Telecommunications Service Providers Association (TESPOK) has launched its second internet exchange point in Mombasa. This is Kenya’s second internet exchange point following the Kenya Internet Exchange Point (KIXP) that has been operational in Nairobi since early 2000. The