1. PERFORMANCE OF THE ICT
SECTOR
MATANO NDARO
DIRECTOR-COMPETITION TARRIFS AND
MARKET ANALYSIS

2.  Telecommunication services(mobile and fixed telephony networks)
 Internet and Data services
 Postal and courier services
 Broadcasting services
 E-Commerce services
Communication Market Structure

3. Indicator No. as at
Dec 2003
No. as at
Dec 2012
Mobile subscriptions 1,590,785 30,731,754
Registered mobile money transfer subscriptions - 21,140,808
Mobile Penetration(%) 4.95 78.0
Population coverage(%) 52 89.1
Land Coverage(%) 11 34.7
Statistics on Mobile Services

4. Indicator No. as at Dec 2003 No. as at Dec 2012
Terrestrial lines 328,158 65,710
Fixed Wireless - 185,857
Total fixed lines(Terrestrial + Wireless) 328,158 251,567
Fixed teledensity(%) 1.02 0.64
Statistics on Fixed Lines

5.  4 Undersea cables (EASSY, LION, SEACOM and TEAMS)
 Public funded National Terrestrial Fiber Optic Cable
(NOFBI) connecting 31Counties
 Extensive deployment of metro OFC in key towns Nairobi
and Mombasa
Internet and Data Services

6. OFC (New) of NOFBI
Phase 2
OFC (Existing) of NOFBI
Phase1
OFC (Existing) of
Private Operators
Internet and Data Services

7. Indicator No. as at Dec2003 No. as at Dec 2012
Internet subscriptions na 9,496,573
Estimated number of
internet users
1,054,920 16,236,583
Internet penetration (%) 4.0 41.1
International Internet
bandwidth(Mbps)
160.17 906,186
Connectivity
Bandwidth(Used, Mbps)
na 328,641
Data and Internet Services

8. Postal and Courier Services
Indicator Number as
at Dec 2003
Number as at Dec
2012
Licensed postal and
courier operators
63 190
Postal and courier
outlets
331 1,317

9.  Access to radio is widespread and available in more than 87
percent of households
 41 percent of households have access to Television in the
homes
 Growth characterized by mixture of national, regional and
community radio stations
Broadcasting Services

10.  Low broadband penetration against aspirations of Vision
2030
 Declining Postal market adverse impact on uptake of e-
commerce
 Digital gaps in high cost areas
 Duplication of resources among operators
 High taxation and levies on telecom services and
infrastructure.
 Building confidence and maintaining trust in use of ICTs
due to cyber crime
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Challenges

11. THANK YOU
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