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Safaricom sets date for commercial 5G network launch

Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa and ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru during the Safaricom's launch of 5G technology  on March 26, 2021. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG

By  OTIATO GUGUYU

Safaricom #ticker:SCOM will increase its fifth-generation (5G) sites to 200 by the end of the year and commercialise the super-fast services in 2022.

The leading telco, which in March launched the 5G technology with 15 sites, says it wants to take high-speed Internet to additional towns.

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