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Airtel loses 0.5m subscribers in SIM cards switch-off
Airtel Kenya CEO Adil El Youssefi (left) and marketing manager Levi Nyakundi at a past event: The telco was the only one to shed value in the first quarter. PHOTO | FILE
Airtel has emerged as the biggest victim of the recent order for switch-off of unregistered SIM cards, having lost half a million subscribers and shedding market share even as market leader Safaricom gained marginally.
The latest industry data from the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) shows that Airtel had 6.7 million customers as of March, a 7.1 per cent drop from its December figures when the switch-off was effected.
