Microsoft starts low-cost Internet plans in Nanyuki

Students browse the Internet provided by Mawingu Networks Limited in a joint initiative with Microsoft to connect rural residents in Nanyuki to the service. PHOTO | FILE

US tech giant, Microsoft, has started connecting rural residents of Nanyuki in Laikipia County to low-cost wireless Internet, creating new opportunities for businesses, education, healthcare and delivery of government services.

Microsoft is utilising connectivity that is made possible by TV white spaces — the unused portions of wireless spectrum in the frequency bands used for television broadcasting.

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