<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Wambua</div><div><br></div><div>This is good stuff...However Wambua allow me to say that this sounds like a Red Herring to distract from the main issue on Listers' minds...Which is the presentation by the Kenya delegation to Accra on the ITRs.</div><div><br></div><div>I urge you guys to not ignore this important issue. CCK has a tendency to ignore hot topical issues that are of paramount importance to the country. What I ask would be the value of continued increase in Internet usage if we then have the freedoms curtailed in whatever form? <br><br><div>Ali Hussein</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">+254 773/713 601113</span></div><div><br></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Oct 9, 2012, at 3:44 PM, "Wambua, Christopher" <<a href="mailto:Wambua@cck.go.ke">Wambua@cck.go.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Listers, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Internet
access and usage increases in the country<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The number of mobile subscribers
in Kenya grew by 1.7 percent between March 30 and June 30 this year to stand at
29.7million, thereby increasing the penetration of mobile telephony services to
75.4%. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Compared to the same period last
year, the annual mobile subscriptions registered a significant growth of 17.5
percent from 25.2million recorded in the 2010/2011 financial year.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">According to the Quarterly sector
statistics report for the fourth quarter of the 2011/2012 financial year,
prepaid subscriptions continued to dominate the total mobile subscriptions with
29.4 million pre-paid subscriptions, representing 99.1 percent of the total
subscriptions. Annual post-paid subscriptions grew by 18.3 percent to stand at
273,367 as at 30th June 2012. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">In respect to the Internet, the
number of subscriptions rose by 19.2% from 6.4 million in the previous quarter
to 7.7million during the quarter under review. The number of estimates Internet
users rose by 18.5% to stand at 14.032 million during the quarter under review.
The annual growth in the estimated number of Internet users was recorded at
11.9% from 12.5million recorded in the previous year. Of the total number of
subscriptions, broadband subscriptions only represented 9.4%. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The annual growth in the
Internet/data market segment may be attributed to the increase in international
connectivity bandwidth by 58.0 percent to 264,584 Mbps during the quarter under
review. The total available bandwidth in the country was recorded as 574,704
Mbps during the quarter under review. The used bandwidth represented 46.0
percent of the total available bandwidth capacity.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Mobile data/Internet
subscriptions continued to dominate the Internet market contributing 98.9
percent of the total Internet/data subscriptions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Mobile money transfer service
experienced 2.73 percent growth to record 19.50 million registered subscribers.
The total deposits handled during the period was recorded at 192.73 billion
representing a 4.0 percent growth from 185.36 billion recorded in the previous
period. Mobile money transfer service also continued to create employment
opportunities across the country with 49,079 active agents recorded during the
quarter.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The ICT sector continued to
create employment, as a total of 17,596 people were employed in the mobile,
data and postal segments, with women making up 38.9 percent. These numbers are
expected to continue growing with the expansion of ICT services across the
economy.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Fixed line network and the postal
and courier industry continued to face stiff competition from the
telecommunications sector. Total fixed lines (fixed terrestrial lines and fixed
wireless) recorded an annual subscription decline of 29.9 percent from 374,942
main fixed lines in FY 2010/11 to 262,711 in the quarter under review. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The number of local letters sent
annually dropped to 73.9 million in the FY 2011/12 from 109.1 million recorded
in the FY 2010/1, a 32.2 percent decrease. International incoming letters
declined by 4.2 percent to record 439,986 in FY 2011/12 from 459,342 in the
previous financial year. However, international outgoing letters recorded a
positive annual growth of 29.3 percent from 6.4 million in FY 2010/11 to 8.3
million in FY 2011/12.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The full sector quarterly report is
available at <a href="http://www.cck.go.ke/resc/downloads/SECTOR_STATISTICS_REPORT_Q4_11-12.pdf"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">http://www.cck.go.ke/resc/downloads/SECTOR_STATISTICS_REPORT_Q4_11-12.pdf</span></a><span style="color:black"> </span> <span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">###Ends###<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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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"">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"">Consumer
and Public Affairs Division <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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