Kenya now has 31.8 million mobile subscribers, up from 31.3 million
mobile subscribers the previous quarter. This means that mobile
penetration in Kenya now stands at an all time high of 78.2% as of
March 2014.
Safaricom is the largest mobile network in Kenya with 67.8% market
share as a result of having 21,248,287 mobile subscribers. Airtel is
the second largest mobile network in Kenya with 16.5% market share as
a result of having 5,156,269 mobile subscribers. YU is the third
largest mobile network in Kenya with 8% market share as a result of
having 2,649,362 mobile subscribers. Orange (Telkom Kenya) is the
fourth largest mobile network in Kenya with % market share as a result
of having 2,255,099 mobile subscribers.
Mobile money subscriptions in Kenya now stand at an impressive 26.2
million subscribers, up from 26 million subscribers in the previous
quarter,.
Kenya now also has 103,660 mobile money agents countrywide which is an
increase of 10.6% from the previous quarter.
SMS traffic declined to 6.22 billion messages from 6.28 billion in the
previous quarter. Could this be as a result of the rise of mobile
messaging apps like WhatsApp? I see this trend continuing based on how
many people have opted out of SMS for free Internet-based mobile
messaging services.
Voice traffic dropped from 7.8 to 7.6 billion minutes between the two
quarters. In addition, average voice minutes used per subscriber also
fell from 84.1 minutes to 80.3 minutes.
Fixed lines declined 205,856 lines to 204,354 from the previous
quarter. Do people still use these? I rarely ever call landlines these
days unless I have to.
Internet subscriptions grew by 200,000 from 13.1 million subscribers
to 13.3 million showing the robust uptake of data services in Kenya
driven largely around mobile which represents 99% of Internet usage.
However DSL and fibre optic subscriptions grew by 4.4% and 2.8% per
cent respectively.
The number of Internet users increased to 21.6 million compared to
21.2 million during the last quarter. This means that Internet
penetration in Kenya now stands at 53.3% up from 52.3% the previous
quarter. This is a stunning level of uptake whichever way you look at
it. Kenya is mobile-first and increasingly Internet-first too!
Broadband Internet penetration in Kenya now stands at 1.44 million
compared to 1.41 million the previous quarter. This means that the
majority of Internet users in Kenya are still on slower Internet
connections and broadband uptake is still a work in progress.
International Internet bandwidth increased to 865,714Mbps up from
862,473.9Mbps. However, used international bandwidth grew
substantially by 22.3% to stand at 447,064 Mbps up from 365,413 Mbps
recorded in the last quarter. Total used capacity represented 51.6%
compared to last quarter's 42.4%.
.KE domain names grew by an impressive 9.1% to stand at 33,381 .KE
domain names up from 30,585 .KE domain names.
mobile subscribers the previous quarter. This means that mobile
penetration in Kenya now stands at an all time high of 78.2% as of
March 2014.
Safaricom is the largest mobile network in Kenya with 67.8% market
share as a result of having 21,248,287 mobile subscribers. Airtel is
the second largest mobile network in Kenya with 16.5% market share as
a result of having 5,156,269 mobile subscribers. YU is the third
largest mobile network in Kenya with 8% market share as a result of
having 2,649,362 mobile subscribers. Orange (Telkom Kenya) is the
fourth largest mobile network in Kenya with % market share as a result
of having 2,255,099 mobile subscribers.
Mobile money subscriptions in Kenya now stand at an impressive 26.2
million subscribers, up from 26 million subscribers in the previous
quarter,.
Kenya now also has 103,660 mobile money agents countrywide which is an
increase of 10.6% from the previous quarter.
SMS traffic declined to 6.22 billion messages from 6.28 billion in the
previous quarter. Could this be as a result of the rise of mobile
messaging apps like WhatsApp? I see this trend continuing based on how
many people have opted out of SMS for free Internet-based mobile
messaging services.
Voice traffic dropped from 7.8 to 7.6 billion minutes between the two
quarters. In addition, average voice minutes used per subscriber also
fell from 84.1 minutes to 80.3 minutes.
Fixed lines declined 205,856 lines to 204,354 from the previous
quarter. Do people still use these? I rarely ever call landlines these
days unless I have to.
Internet subscriptions grew by 200,000 from 13.1 million subscribers
to 13.3 million showing the robust uptake of data services in Kenya
driven largely around mobile which represents 99% of Internet usage.
However DSL and fibre optic subscriptions grew by 4.4% and 2.8% per
cent respectively.
The number of Internet users increased to 21.6 million compared to
21.2 million during the last quarter. This means that Internet
penetration in Kenya now stands at 53.3% up from 52.3% the previous
quarter. This is a stunning level of uptake whichever way you look at
it. Kenya is mobile-first and increasingly Internet-first too!
Broadband Internet penetration in Kenya now stands at 1.44 million
compared to 1.41 million the previous quarter. This means that the
majority of Internet users in Kenya are still on slower Internet
connections and broadband uptake is still a work in progress.
International Internet bandwidth increased to 865,714Mbps up from
862,473.9Mbps. However, used international bandwidth grew
substantially by 22.3% to stand at 447,064 Mbps up from 365,413 Mbps
recorded in the last quarter. Total used capacity represented 51.6%
compared to last quarter's 42.4%.
.KE domain names grew by an impressive 9.1% to stand at 33,381 .KE
domain names up from 30,585 .KE domain names.
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