Watchdog ends exclusive internet contracts in housing estates

A contractor installing home fibre. 

A contractor installing home fibre. CAK has banned the use of exclusive agreements with internet service providers.

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Real estate developers and residential estate managers have been barred from entering exclusive agreements with internet service providers (ISPs) as the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) moves to open up consumer choices and curb rising monopolies in housing estates.

Market surveillance by the CAK has revealed that developers and estate managers often sign exclusive deals with specific ISPs, granting them sole rights to provide internet services to tenants and effectively locking out rival providers and limiting options for residents.

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