Airtel bets on upgrades to avoid CA’s quality fine
Friday April 09 2021
Mr Prasanta Das Sarma, Airtel Kenya chief executive officer, during a past product promotion. FILE PHOTO | NMG
By PATRICK ALUSHULA
Summary
Airtel Kenya is betting on the recent network upgrade and addition of sites in 20 counties to meet the regulatory minimum threshold on quality of calls across the country.
Airtel Kenya managing director Prasanta Das Sarma says that 270 sites in 12 counties were upgraded from 2G and 3G sites to 4G while more than 400 sites were added in upcountry towns and highways.
Airtel Kenya is betting on the recent network upgrade and addition of sites in 20 counties to meet the regulatory minimum threshold on quality of calls across the country.
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Airtel connects 5G in battle with Safaricom
Tuesday April 06 2021
By PATRICK ALUSHULA
Summary
The Kenyan unit of India’s Bharti Airtel says it has over 600 sites in Nairobi, Mombasa and Malindi on 5G network.
Both Airtel and Safaricom are aiming to rev up their data business to offset sluggish growth in mobile calls, where they are seeing a small revenue growth due to saturation.
Airtel reckons it will not be in a rush to switch 5G network on, citing high handset prices.
Airtel Kenya has upgraded some of its sites with fifth-generation (5G) mobile Internet services as the telecoms operator prepares to battle Safaricom for a larger share of the fast-growing data business.