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Kenya Power will start offering fixed internet services by June next year in a shift that will put it in competition with telcos and trigger fresh price wars in the battle for the market.
The State-owned power utility has been piloting the fixed internet provision to a number of its corporate customers for the past few months setting the stage for the roll-out of the new business line as part of diversifying revenues.
Kenya Power acting Managing Director Geoffrey Muli said that the power utility will launch the service before the end of the current financial year taking the battle to market leader Safaricom, the Wananchi-owned Zuku and other Internet Service Providers (ISP).
Entry into the fixed internet market will be a step up from the current model where the power utility has been leasing fibre-optic cables attached to its transmission lines to ISPs.
“Our plan is to launch our Lit Fibre business in the course of this financial year,” Mr Muli said yesterday at the inaugural exhibition forum bringing together Kenya Power, manufacturers and technology firms.
Kenya Power will leverage its vast network of over 7, 000 kilometres of fibre cables that are attached to its power transmission line offering dark fibre services to the country’s and the region’s ISPs.
Source: Business Daily Africa
Kenya Power will start offering fixed internet services by June next year in a shift that will put it in competition with telcos and trigger fresh price wars in the battle for the market.
The State-owned power utility has been piloting the fixed internet provision to a number of its corporate customers for the past few months setting the stage for the roll-out of the new business line as part of diversifying revenues.
Kenya Power acting Managing Director Geoffrey Muli said that the power utility will launch the service before the end of the current financial year taking the battle to market leader Safaricom, the Wananchi-owned Zuku and other Internet Service Providers (ISP).
Entry into the fixed internet market will be a step up from the current model where the power utility has been leasing fibre-optic cables attached to its transmission lines to ISPs.
“Our plan is to launch our Lit Fibre business in the course of this financial year,” Mr Muli said yesterday at the inaugural exhibition forum bringing together Kenya Power, manufacturers and technology firms.
Kenya Power will leverage its vast network of over 7, 000 kilometres of fibre cables that are attached to its power transmission line offering dark fibre services to the country’s and the region’s ISPs.
Source: Business Daily Africa