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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a
href="http://www.cck.go.ke/news/2012/ICT_Sector_statistics.html" target="_self"><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>CCK releases 2nd quarter ICT
sector statistics for 2011/2012 </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The
number of Internet subscribers in Kenya increased by 13.48 percent from 5.42
million to 6.15 million between September 1 and December 31 last year. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>During
the same period, the estimated number of Internet users rose to 17.38 million
up from 14.30 million, representing an increase of 21.55 per cent. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>According
to the CCK 2<sup>nd</sup> Quarter ICT Sector Statistics for 2011/2012 released
today, broadband subscriptions increased to 131,829, posting a 4.14% growth
from the previous period. Of the total Internet subscribers in the country,
broadband subscription represented only 2.14 per cent. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Meanwhile,
the total mobile traffic declined to 6.70 billion minutes from 7.09 billion
recorded in the previous quarter. This represented a 5.5 per cent drop in voice
traffic. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Similarly,
Minutes of Use (MoU) per subscriber per month declined to 79.9 down from 89.3
recorded in the previous quarter (i.e. July to September 2011), posting a 10.53
per cent decrease. The number of SMS per subscriber per month also declined
from 17.42 in September 2011 to 10.42 SMS by the end December 2011,
representing a decline of 38.52 percent. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The
report further indicates that the number of mobile subscribers increased to
28.08 million up from 26.49 million recorded during the previous period,
posting an increase of 5.99%. Mobile penetration increased to 71.3 percent
during the same period from 67.2 per cent recorded during the first quarter. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The
total local letters sent over the same period declined by 4.75 per cent from
20.57 million in the previous quarter to 19.59 million. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Click
here to view the full <u><span style='color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://www.cck.go.ke/resc/downloads/SECTOR_STATISTICS_REPORT_Q2_2011-12.pdf">http://www.cck.go.ke/resc/downloads/SECTOR_STATISTICS_REPORT_Q2_2011-12.pdf</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Christopher
Wambua<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Ag.
Manager/Communications<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Communications
Commission of Kenya<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>P.O.
Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>KENYA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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