Already the operator has deployed 650 kilometres of the fibre optic cable and hooked 100 commercial buildings in Nairobi to its optic fibre.
Safaricom is targeting big shopping malls, SMEs and government agencies across the country to speed uptake of its wireless Internet service as a strategy for cutting reliance on its voice revenue.
The telco is already offering wireless Internet services popularly known as Wi-Fi on commuter vehicles and by extending it to commercial buildings it will be taking competition to the doorsteps of Google, which has partnered with Wananchi to offer the service in entertainment joints.
Telkom Kenya is also targeting county governments and learning institutions with the service.
Voice is still the largest source of Safaricom’s revenue, accounting for 62 per cent (Sh86.3 billion) in the year ended to March. However going forward, Safaricom says the growth will be driven by data, SMS and M-Pesa.
“We are targeting selected malls within the cities such as Nairobi, Nakuru, Mombasa and Kisumu with WiFI,” said Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore. The company targets deployment of 770 kilometres fibre optic cable network and upgrading of its speeds of 3G sites to 42mbps.
Already the operator has deployed 650 kilometres of the fibre optic cable and hooked 100 commercial buildings in Nairobi to its optic fibre.
This is part of a wider strategy by Safaricom which is also eying contracts from government and Small Medium Enterprises SMEs with its fixed line, website hosting, managed email and payroll services through cloud computing.
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