Tag: Airtel
State of 5G in Africa: Progress So Far
In early 2020, Safaricom was spotted testing 5G network in partnership with tech giant Huawei. Kenya's largest telco has probably been testing 5G since...
State of Mobile Money in Kenya in 2022: M-PESA, T-Kash and Airtel Money
Mobile money penetration has grown steadily since last year when it stood at 68%. It now stands at 73.8% as of March 2022 according...
State of 4G in Kenya in 2022: Safaricom, Airtel, Telkom, Equitel and Faiba
Telcos globally, in the continent and in the country are switching to 5G. We've even seen 5G devices being launched in Kenya ranging from...
Kenya’s 3G/4G Network Coverage Now at 96%
5G has been the talk of the town in the recent months since Safaricom began its trials across the country. But its predecessors are...
Google Backs Airtel India With Up To $1 Billion Investment
Search engine giant and ad corporation Google will reportedly pump USD 700 million into Airtel India in an investment plan that will also see...
Airtel Africa to Spin off Airtel Money by the End of the Year
Mobile money is king in Africa and its impressive growth is making telcos in the continent consider running their mobile money services independent of...
State of 5G in Kenya: What to Expect in 2022
5G is going to be a hot topic come next year. Kenyan telcos and some smartphone manufacturers have made significant strides with 5G and...
5G TECNO Smartphones To Launch in Kenya Next Year
5G is picking speed in the country as it catches up with global 5G adoption. Smartphone manufacturers like Samsung and OPPO are already selling...
Airtel Money, World Remit to Allow Customers to Receive Money From 129 Countries
Airtel Money has partnered with World Remit to allow Airtel customers to receive money from 129 countries, free of charge.
World Remit is an international...
Airtel Africa Appoints New CEO
Leading telco and mobile money provider Airtel has appointed a new CEO for its Africa operations.
Olusegun “Segun” Ogunsanya, Managing Director and CEO Nigeria...
Airtel to Continue Operations in Kenya
UPDATE
Airtel has confirmed that they're not halting their Kenyan operations. Here's a statement from Airtel Kenya CEO Prasanta Das Sarma:
"We remain committed to delivering...
CA puts Two Kenyan Telcos Under Watch Over Call Quality
The Communications Authority of Kenya has placed two mobile operators on notice over violating quality of services on their networks.
Telkom Kenya and Airtel were...
Airtel Selects Ericsson To Upgrade Its 4G Network, Makes It 5G Ready
Airtel has today announced that they have selected the Swedish network provider Ericsson to modernize its 4G network in Kenya.
The deal was signed in...
Telkom and Airtel Mutually Decide To Drop Merger Talks
Telkom Kenya and Airtel Networks have announced that they have dropped their planned merger talks, which have been ongoing for some time now.
"After carefully...
Amazon in Early Talks To Buy $2 Billion Stake in Airtel
Amazon, the retail giant is being reported to buy a sizeable stake in the Indian mobile operator, Bharti Airtel.
According to Reuters, three people with knowledge of...
How to Buy Telkom Kenya Airtime from M-PESA for Free
There are many ways of topping up your line with airtime, but the most popular one is through scratch cards. However, going to the...
Airtel Offers Free Access to Longhorn Publisher’s E-Learning Platform
The coronavirus outbreak has forced a digital transformation of sorts to various industries around the world. A critical sector is the education one which...
Kenyans Will Send or Receive Money on All Bands For Free on Airtel Money Starting Tomorrow
Airtel Kenya has announced that they have stripped away transaction fees on their mobile money platform for a specified period.
According to the company, this...
Telkom Kenya Takes Graft Agency to Court for Interfering with Airtel Merger
Telkom Kenya has filed a suit to bar the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) from interfering with its merger with Airtel.
According to Business Daily, the carrier...
These are the New Prefixes for Safaricom and Airtel Issued by Regulator
Our mobile phone carriers have a lot of prefixes that they use to uniquely identify each other. We can generally tell which phone number...
Airtel and Telkom Appeal over Merger Conditions Set By Competition Authority
Airtel Kenya and Telkom Kenya have filed a review of their proposed merger to the Competition Authority of Kenya over merger conditions.
In a review...
Airtel Shifts All Customers to New Out of Bundle Rates
Airtel Kenya has announced that they have now shifted all of its customers to the new out of bundle rates which charge KES 1...
Airtel New Amazing Data Bundles Offer Almost Double Data for The Same Price
The Internet is part of our lives now and thankfully you can get data bundle prices at any price point. Competition has made it...
Airtel Kenya’s New #BeSure Out of Bundle Rates Are a Game Changer, Here is Why
Millions of Kenyans browse the Internet everday from their mobile phones. We buy special Internet data bundles that are available at various price points....
Report: Airtel Users Spend Almost 3 Times Longer on Phone Calls than Safaricom Users
We use our phones today to do many things but one of its core functions is to make a phone call. Voice calls are...
Competition Authority of Kenya Approves Airtel-Telkom Merger
Competition Authority of Kenya has approved the Telkom-Airtel merger which is a culmination of months of streamlining for compliance
Airtel Announces Out of Bundle Rates, Revamps Amazing Data Bundles
Airtel has announced No Expiry Bundles and revamped Amazing Bundles which is good news for their customers
Airtel Africa Reports 8.4 Percent Growth in Revenue Iin H1 as it Restructures Africa Operations
Airtel Africa, the continent’s second-largest operator behind MTN has announced its half-year results ended 30 September 2019. The results are marked by impressive numbers...
Airtel Risks Fines From Yesterday’s Network Outage
Yesterday, Airtel suffered a day long service outage which affected their over 12 million subscribers.
According to Business Daily, the network is now risking being punished by...
Airtel Employees Fleeced Carrier of KES 670 Million in Mobile Money Fraud
It has since been revealed that Airtel Africa is prepping a listing in the London Stock Exchange, which implies that the telecoms corporation has...
Airtel Africa Targeting a Valuation Half of Safaricom in London IPO
Airtel Africa is one of the major telecommunications players in the African continent. They are present in 15 Africa countries that includes Kenya and...
Airtel Expands 4G Coverage to Over 40 New Towns in Kenya
Kenya’s second largest mobile operator Airtel, which is also in talks with Telkom Kenya on a merger deal that will give rise to a...
How to Take Advantage of Airtel’s Free WhatsApp
The competition in the Kenyan telecom industry is getting heated up even with the implementation of the Finance Bill. With the focus now shifting...
My Experience Using Airtel’s Amazing Data Bundles
With increasing data costs, most internet users have now become more cautious about how they spend their money especially concerning data bundles. Most telcos...
What You Can do With Airtel’s Amazing Data Bundles
Airtel's Amazing Data Bundles pack more value so that subscribers don’t have to pay more to connect with their friends and family or browse the internet.
