To spice up the debate and get us going i found the following information from the White African ( http://whiteafrican.com/2011/02/18/kenyas-mobile-internet-by-the-numbers-q4-...) which are statistics drawn from the CCK Sector Statistics Report ( http://www.cck.go.ke/resc/statcs.html) for quarter 4 2010 Highlights of Q4 2010: - There are 22 million mobile subscribers in Kenya - 9.5% mobile subscriptions growth, which is increasing over the previous quarters - 6.63 billion minutes of local calls were made on the mobile networks - 740 million text messages were sent - Prepaid accounts for 99% of the total mobile subscriptions - The number of internet *users* was estimated at 8.69 million - The number of internet/data *subscriptions* is 3.2 million - Broadband subscriptions increased from 18,626 subscribers in the previous quarter to 84,726 On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com>wrote:
Listers,
· What role has mobile networks played in providing Internet access to Kenyan citizens and what needs to be put in place to promote mobile Internet and enhance local content development?
· What initiatives are needed to ensure that sufficient spectrum is available for mobile networks to provide effective Internet access for various services?
The floor is open, on Monday, which is officially day 2, we will discuss the role and impact of Mobile Payment platforms.
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