The expansion of high-speed network infrastructure and growing adoption of smartphones are driving significant changes in Kenya's telecommunications sector.
According to a report by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), the country's mobile network landscape continues to shift as subscribers migrate from 2G and 3G services to 4G and 5G technologies.
The report identifies the rapid expansion of 5G infrastructure as a key development. While average mobile broadband usage stood at 15.1 gigabytes (GB) per subscription, users on 5G networks recorded average usage of 53.5GB per subscription.
The report also found that total mobile broadband data consumption increased by 6.0% quarter-on-quarter to 800 million GB, reflecting growing demand for data services and wider adoption of higher-capacity devices.
Supporting this trend, the total number of connected mobile devices on Kenyan networks reached 78.7 million, with smartphones accounting for 63.7% of all mobile phones on the networks. Active mobile subscriptions increased by 7.4% to 84.1 million, raising the country's mobile penetration rate to 157.7%.
The report also showed growth in automated and digital services. Machine-to-machine subscriptions increased by 8.8% to 2 million, while active mobile money subscriptions rose by 3.9% to 53.4 million.
Meanwhile, the number of detected cyber threats declined by 26.1% to 3.4 billion.
The findings point to continued growth in mobile broadband adoption as consumers migrate to newer network technologies and smartphone-enabled services.
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