5G users up 50 percent in six months to June

The number of mobile data subscribers added to the super-fast  5G network almost doubled in a year to last December. 

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The number of mobile data subscribers added to the super-fast fifth-generation (5G) network almost doubled during the six months to June, increasing 49.9 percent to stand at 449,794 up from 299,904 at the close of December last year.

Data by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 2022/23 points to an enhanced consumer appetite for high internet speeds in the wake of rapidly evolving technologies.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.