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Kenyan mobile broadband subscriptions climb 5% in Q2, traffic up 16.2 percent

Friday 2 April 2021 | 10:18 CET | News
Total mobile broadband subscriptions rose by 4.6 percent to 25.78 million in the second quarter to 31 December 2020 from 24.63 million in the first quarter, a report by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) reveals. The number of 4G broadband subscriptions grew by 15.3 percent to 10.84 million and the number of 3G broadband subscriptions dropped by 2.2 percent to 14.27 million. The volume of mobile data consumed during the period grew 16.2 percent to 165.8 million GB from 142.6 million GB used in the previous quarter.

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