Kenya’s mobile industry is bracing for another regulatory showdown in 2026 as current rate phone operators charge each other for calls made across networks near expiry, reopening debate over voice charges and competition in the market.
The mobile termination rates (MTRs) are a key influence on the cost of calls across Safaricom, Airtel and Telkom. When a customer on one network calls a user on another, the originating operator pays the termination fee to the receiving network.
