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Wednesday, May 16, 2007 - 03:00
Categories: 
Internet & technology [2]
Issue Number: 
304 [3]
Article-Summary: 

The Kenyan Internet market is set for a big change as the players transform their strategies to take advantage of new opportunities. With legal VoIP, they are now no longer looking at just offering Internet access. Once the long-delayed interconnect agreements are sorted out, these newcomers will start making inroads into the voice market. With the arrival of cheaper, plentiful international bandwidth in 2008, those who will flourish in a competitive market will no longer primarily sell bandw...read more [4]

The Kenyan Internet market is set for a big change as the players transform their strategies to take advantage of new opportunities. With legal VoIP, they are now no longer looking at just offering Internet access. Once the long-delayed interconnect agreements are sorted out, these newcomers will start making inroads into the voice market. With the arrival of cheaper, plentiful international bandwidth in 2008, those who will flourish in a competitive market will no longer primarily sell bandwidth.

Category: 
ICT, Media & Security [5]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/internet/41413 [6]
Country: 
Kenya [7]

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