Kenya’s 30 Million Plus Mobile Subcribers, 16 Million Plus Internet Users & The Shrinking Letters Sent Locally

New statistics from Kenya’s telecoms regulator CCK show that from October 1 to December 31 last year, the number of internet users in Kenya was 16.2 million, up 11.6 percent from the previous period.

30.7 Million Mobile Subscribers

The report adds that the total number of mobile subscribers rose by 1.0 percent to 30.7 million, while the number of letters sent locally declined by 2.0 percent to reach 17.3 million down from 17.7 million letters sent during the previous period, indicating an 11.8 percent decline compared to the same period last year.

CCK says Kenyans sent more letters internationally than they received. The total number of international outgoing letters went up by 18.1 percent to 1.9 million from 1.6 million during the previous period while international incoming letters went up 20.9 percent to just 191,672 letters from 158,549 received during the previous period.

99 Percent Internet Subscription Is On Mobile Devices

According to the report Kenyans are accessing internet on mobile phones. It said, “Mobile internet continued to dominate the Internet market contributing 99% of the total internet subscriptions in the country.”

But an interesting trend is that Kenya’s internet penetration reached 41.1 percent up from 36.8 percent, indicating a 4.3 percent increase from the previous period while broadband subscribers reduced to 1,002,701 from 1,006,071.

According to the CCK increase in data subscription was due to increasing bandwidth which rose to 328,641 Mbps from 278,329 Mbps, representing an 18.1 percent increase from the previous quarter.

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