Telkom Kenya rolls out new prefix

NAIROBI, KENYA: Telkom Kenya on Thursday rolled out a new mobile number prefix, expanding its number ranges to meet an increasing demand for mobile services in the market. 

The new lines will buttress the existing 0770, 0771, 0772, 0773, 0774 and 0775 in a timely bid to meet the growing demand for its network services across the country. 

Telkom Kenya’s subscribers stood at 4.4 million as per the first quarter sector statistics report for the financial year 2015/2016, released by the industry regulator the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA).  

Speaking when he confirmed the release of the new number range, George Mlaghui, Telkom Kenya’s Chief Corporate Communications Officer said the move is in anticipation for further subscriber growth for this financial year. 

“We are optimistic of a subscriber spike owing to our continued customer-centric approach on valuable customer experience, Internet-enabled devices, mobile voice and data packages,” said Mlaghui. 

Data from CA showed that the mobile voice and data market in the country maintained a solid upward trend in the quarter under review.  

Mobile subscriptions stood at 37.8 million up from 36.1 million while the data/Internet market subscriptions moved upward to 21.6 million up from 19.9 million subscriptions recorded in the last quarter.  

Telkom Kenya’s mobile voice and data packages continue to contribute to a substantial percentage of the firm’s total revenue quarter on quarter. 

“This milestone has led to increased speed to connect with customers enabling Telkom Kenya’s 3G coverage expansion to more than 40 urban Centres across the country by late 2015,” said Mlaghui. 

The most recent CA sector statistics indicated that mobile penetration had reached 88.1 percent during the first quarter for the financial year 2015/2016. Pre-paid mobile subscriptions also grew to stand at 36.8 million subscribers from 35.1 million subscribers.  

Telkom Kenya demonstrated improvement with the quarter under review recording 11.8 percent market share from 11.2 percent, from the previous quarter.