Time flies with great content! Renew in to keep enjoying all our premium content.
Prime
Safaricom now overtakes Airtel in 5G sites rollout
The announcement of the availability of 5G Wi-Fi in 5G-ready areas by Safaricom Plc. The telco became the first service provider in Kenya to announce 5G trials in March 2021.
Safaricom is for the first time operating more fifth generation (5G) sites than its rival Airtel Kenya, underlining an aggressive rollout that points to intensifying competition between the pair for the fast-growing data business.
In its newly released annual report, Safaricom indicates that it had activated up to 803 5G sites as of the close of March, dwarfing the 690 that Airtel is currently running.
