SAFARICOM in conjunction with a a leading global provider of telecom equipment and network solutions in China, jointly launched the first solar-powered mobile phone in Kenya.
Simu ya Solar is manufactured from recycled materials and the phone has a built-in solar panel that charges the phone using the sun’s rays.
The hope is to help residents who have no easy access to electricity. It will retail at about US$39.
Source: China Daily
Kenya to Be Linked to Third Telecommunications Cable
By Sarah McGregor
July 6 (Bloomberg) — An undersea telecommunications cable linking Kenya with 21 nations is expected to be operational by next July, said Chris Wood, chief executive officer of the West Indian Ocean Cable Co.
The $260 million East Africa Submarine Cable System will be the third fiber-optic cable connecting the East African country to the outside world. The link, with the capacity to carry 1.4 terabytes of data per second, may slash prices by as much as 80 percent and make connection speeds as much as five times faster, Wood said in an interview on July 3 in Nairobi, the capital.
“We are going to very quickly see a reduction in prices, better quality and improved connectivity especially in landlocked nations,” said Wood.
Kenya currently has 3 million Internet users out of a total population of 37.9 million people, according to the Web site of Internet World Stats. The penetration rate of 7.9 percent compares with 5.6 percent for the whole of Africa, it said.
Source: Bloomberg Press
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