April 14, 2014 •
Mobile and Telecoms •
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According to The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK), it will become mandatory for mobile operators in Kenya to share network infrastructure, and no mobile operator in the country will be spared in utilizing excess spectrum. “They have enough...
January 18, 2014 •
Mobile and Telecoms •
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A quarterly report issued by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK), focused on the period between July to September 2013, has revealed a drop in the number of mobile data and satellite subscriptions in the country. It has also been reported that Kenya...
In more news over recent discussions between the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) and the country’s mobile operators regarding service delivery to consumers, it has been reported that on the subject of license renewal, the regulatory body has said...
Kenya’s four mobile operators are reportedly scheduled to attend talks today with the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) over several issues – including the recent Quality of Service report detailing the operators’ failure to comply with set...
From Nairobi, Kenya’s government is said to have issued a strong warning to mobile telecommunication operators: comply with quality of service regulation or face being out of business. A report by Capital FM details a statement by ICT Cabinet Secretary...
Government and telecommunications industry regulator CCK (Communications Commission of Kenya) are scheduled to meet today to discuss revised SIM card registration regulations. It is expected that the outcomes of the meeting will be a revocation of the legal...
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has announced this week that it will initiate an audit of the quality of non-voice services to consumers. The regulator has confirmed that it is scouting for consultants to assist with a comprehensive Quality of...
From Nairobi, local media have reported on targets that the country’s communications regulator, the CCK, has set – including the objective to increase the current rate of mobile money service use from 58.9% to 70% in the next five years. In a strategic...
From Nairobi, three media organisations – Nation Media Group, the Standard Media Group and Royal Media Services – have reportedly challenged the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) over the granting of exclusive rights to pay channels to oversee the...
Statistics released by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) stipulates that the East African country’s mobile subscriber base has grown by over 2% and now stands at 30,5 million. According to a report published by The Herald, authorities have...
Provisional data in a quarterly industry report by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) shows that mobile network operators have cut their investment budgets by 2.2% in 2012. A report in the Star says that investment in the industry was down to...
Kenya’s government today announced December 13th as the date that the analogue signal will be turned off in Nairobi and its’ environs, commencing the first phase of the switch to digital television. Under this phase, the areas of and around Nairobi...
In the past the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has issued warnings to mobile service providers to improve quality of service or face penalties. In one reported example, last year the regulatory body imposed a fine of Sh500, 000...
Kenya’s government has confirmed that in the interest of national security, the process of mobile telephone line registration via street vendors is to be abolished and the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) and police would assume control over SIM...
The debate over deactivating or suspending unregistered SIM cards in Kenya has again come under the spotlight with four major mobile service operators claiming that they have complied with regulations set forth by the Communications Commission of Kenya...
The Communications Commission of Kenya, together with the East African country’s Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology, have reiterated the need for mobile service providers and their agents to comply with SIM registration regulation. CIO...
