Safaricom closer to surpassing Zuku fibre

Safaricom workers lay a fibre optic cable in 2017. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Telecommunications firm Safaricom increased its share of the fixed internet market to 31.8 percent in three months to March, further shaking the dominance of Zuku parent company Wananchi Group whose market share dropped to 35.8 percent.

Latest data by the Communications Authority (CA) shows that this was a 1.9 percentage point growth or 16,867 new fixed data subscriptions for Safaricom from December as Wananchi Group’s dominance fell by 2.8 points in the same period.

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