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Kenya Communications 2013
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SOURCE: 2013 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES
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Page last updated on February 20, 2013

Telephones - main lines in use:
283,500 (2011)
country comparison to the world: 120
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]

Telephones - mobile cellular:
28.08 million (2011)
country comparison to the world: 36
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]

Telephone system:
general assessment: inadequate; fixed-line telephone system is small and inefficient; trunks are primarily microwave radio relay; business data commonly transferred by a very small aperture terminal (VSAT) system
domestic: sole fixed-line provider, Telkom Kenya, is slated for privatization; multiple providers in the mobile-cellular segment of the market fostering a boom in mobile-cellular telephone usage with teledensity reaching 65 per 100 persons in 2011
international: country code - 254; landing point for the EASSy, TEAMS and SEACOM fiber-optic submarine cable systems; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat

Broadcast media:
about a half-dozen privately-owned TV stations and a state-owned TV broadcaster that operates 2 channels; satellite and cable TV subscription services available; state-owned radio broadcaster operates 2 national radio channels and provides regional and local radio services in multiple languages; a large number of private radio stations, including provincial stations broadcasting in local languages; transmissions of several international broadcasters available (2007)

Internet country code:
.ke

Internet hosts:
71,018 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 88
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
3.996 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 59
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]


NOTE: The information regarding Kenya on this page is re-published from the 2013 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Kenya Communications 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Kenya Communications 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.


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