The Kenyan Communications Appeals Tribunal has attacked the monopoly granted to Telkom Kenya to provide the Internet gateway to the country. Announcing its conclusions last Thursday, the Tribunal ruled that the Kenyan Communications regulator had acted against the provisions of the Kenya Communications Act 1998, which outlaws any form of monopoly, when it had refused to licence Fast Lane Limited to provide an alternative Internet backbone to Telkom's Jambonet. The ruling should result in more licenses being issued, bringing the cost of Internet services down and follows Telkom's announcement last week that it was increasing its Internet charges by up to 75%.