Airtel eats into Safaricom voice market dominance

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Airtel Kenya Ltd headquarters located along Mombasa Road, Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Safaricom’s dominance of the voice market plunged to a two-year low while that of Airtel rose to a record high, highlighting the increasing competition between these telcos.

Data from the Communications Authority (CA) shows that Safaricom’s dominance of the market fell to 64.2 percent in the three months ended September, a 1.9 percentage points drop from a similar period ended June.

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