- The high prices of the handsets have put off millions of subscribers from switching phones to 5G from 4G slowing down Safaricom’s expansion of superfast fifth-generation network and sites.
The 5G service is a central to Safaricom’s strategy to further expand its data business in Kenya. However, the high prices of the handsets have put off millions of subscribers from switching phones to 5G from 4G slowing down Safaricom’s expansion of superfast fifth-generation network and sites. Currently, 5G phones in the Kenyan market are expensive costing more than Sh100, 000.
As a result, the telecom operator is now focussing on the 4G side and leaving 5G to serve the homes and offices in areas which are not currently covered by its fibre network with the high-speed internet platform.
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Safaricom part-owned by South Africa’s Vodacom and Britain’s Vodafone launched the 5G network in March last year launched major urban centres, including Nairobi, Kisumu, Kisii and Kakamega, that have steady and high data traffic.
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