Airtel, Telkom chip at Safaricom’s mobile data market

Airtel and Telkom lines on sale in Nairobi streets. PHOTO | KANYIRI WAHITO | NMG

Airtel and Telkom made marginal gains on Safaricom #ticker:SCOM in the race for mobile data customers in the quarter to September 2020 as the market for internet grew to 43.5 million subscribers.

Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) data for the July to September period shows Safaricom lost 1.2 percentage points in market share of mobile data subscriptions, but was still the undisputed leader commanding 67.5 percent of subscribers.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.