Kenya - Convergence, Broadband & Internet Markets

Synopsis

Kenya’s Internet and broadband sector is set for a revolution with the arrival of the first ever fibre optic international submarine cable to the country’s shores in mid-2009, with at least two more expected to go live by 2010. Prices for international bandwidth may fall by more than 90%, finally taking the Internet to the mass market. Companies that started out as ISPs - such as AccessKenya, Africa Online, Kenya Data Networks (KDN) and Wananchi - are transforming themselves into second-tier telecom companies by rolling out national fibre backbones and wireless broadband access networks, offering converged voice, data and video/entertainment services. At least six major deployments of WiMAX technology are underway, and third generation (3G) mobile broadband services with up to 7.2Mb/s have been launched. In addition, with its new majority shareholder France Telecom, Telkom Kenya has also revamped its fixed-line ADSL broadband offering under the Orange brand.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Internet market
  
  • 2.1 Overview
    
    • 2.1.1 Internet statistics
      
  • 2.2 Public Internet access locations
    
    • 2.2.1 Digital Villages
      
  • 2.3 Internet backbone infrastructure
    
    • 2.3.1 Telkom Kenya, JamboNet
      
    • 2.3.2 Additional international data carrier licences 2005
      
    • 2.3.3 Public data network operators (PDNO)
      
  • 2.4 Kenya Internet exchange point
    
  • 2.5 Kenya Network Information Centre (KENIC)
    
• 3. ISP market
  
  • 3.1 Africa Online Kenya
    
    • 3.1.1 Takeover by Telkom SA
      
  • 3.2 UUNet Kenya
    
  • 3.3 Wananchi Online, ISP Kenya
    
  • 3.4 Swift Global
    
  • 3.5 AccessKenya
    
  • 3.6 InterConnect, Internet Solutions Kenya
    
  • 3.7 Orange Kenya (Telkom)
    
• 4. Broadband market
  
  • 4.1 Overview
    
  • 4.2 VSAT
    
  • 4.3 Leased lines
    
  • 4.4 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
    
    • 4.4.1 ADSL2
      
  • 4.5 Wireless broadband
    
    • 4.5.1 WiFi
      
    • 4.5.2 WiMAX
      
    • 4.5.3 Mobile data services
      
  • 4.6 Broadband via satellite
    
• 5. Convergence
  
  • 5.1 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony
    
    • 5.1.1 New VoIP guidelines 2005
      
    • 5.1.2 VoIP licences 2006
      
  • 5.2 Triple-play
    
  • 5.3 Digital TV
    
  • 5.4 IPTV
    
• 6. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Internet users and penetration rate – 1996 - 2010
• Table 2 – KIXP traffic – 2004 - 2008
• Table 3 – AccessKenya corporate leased-line customers – 2006 - 2008