Airtel, CA permit renewal row goes to court

Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) director-general Francis Wangusi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Telecoms operator Airtel Kenya has taken its renewal of operating permit fight with the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) to the High Court, laying bare details of the vicious three-year battle whose secrets have remained closely guarded.

Airtel filed the suit, seeking to block the CA’s fresh demand that it pays $20.025 million (Sh2.062 billion) spectrum fees before the operator’s licence can be renewed.

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