With the international Telecommunication Union deadline for global migration to digital terrestrial television set for June 17, 2015, countries across Africa are on the run to have the transition in good time ahead of the later. According to Tanzania’s Minister for Information, the operation has been smooth so far with ...
“The country is ready to migrate but the Court cases filed by the private sector are delaying the shift” at least according to Information Communication Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i who has blamed the private sector for sluggish digital migration process. With only 600,000 set top boxes bought in the last ...
With the implementation of the next phase of the mobile termination rates glide path that started in 2010 around the corner, making a call across networks is set to be pocket friendly henceforth to all subscribers. Communications Commission of Kenya will reduce the cost an operator pays to terminate a ...
Kenya’s leading telecommunication companies Safaricom and Airtel respectively have been granted conditional approval to acquire the assets of Essar Telecom Kenya operating under the brand yuMobile. This comes after a delay by the regulator to respond to the telecoms application having Safaricom hint on withdrawal from the deal. The commission ...
The Communications Commission of Kenya yesterday hinted at the starting of Sim card registration among teenagers who will undergo the process using their parent’s identification card. The move by the commission targets at weeding out mobile fraud among Kenyans and for the government to collect accurate data on subscribers as ...
Kenya’s leading service provider Safaricom has been given a directive by Communications commission of Kenya to renew its license worth kshs2.3billion before June this year last refreshed back in 1999 to run for 15 years after the telco paid a fee of ksh4.7 billion. However, the commission terms the operator ...
Digital migration has attracted a vast audience from political to domestic in the past few months. Intended for the right and positive motives, it has turned out a tag of war with many interests involved. Communications commission of Kenya will again arraign itself in court following a sue threat by ...
Image: BusinessDailyAfrica Following recent cuts in Mobile Termination Rates (MTR) and the complaints by several mobile operators opposed to the move, Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) is now considering reviewing the model used in determining MTR. This was revealed by CCK director General Francis Wangusi, who ...
From Blog.Harris.com In its last quarterly report, the Communication Commission of Kenya stated that it has licensed ten more digital stations as the country edges on to the digital migration deadline. This means that free to air channels are increasing hence adding pressure on existing stations ...
