Articles by Elly Okutoyi

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Fri, February 1st, 14:48 · Elly Okutoyi

Africa’s longest inter-country fibre network in the works

Liquid Telecom’s acquisition of Altech’s assets in East Africa will connect nine African nations with “the longest single international fibre network” on the continent. → Read more
Fri, February 1st, 11:57 · Elly Okutoyi

KDN and SwiftGlobal to be merged by new owners

Two of Kenya’s Internet service providers (ISPs) Kenya Data Networks (KDN) and SwiftGlobal will soon merge their operations once the new major shareholder Liquid Telecom completes the acquisition. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 13:58 · Elly Okutoyi

Airtel launches road tracking initiative

Airtel Kenya has partnered with FrotCom East Africa to launch a road safety initiative that will see public vehicles fitted with tracking gadgets to monitor and report speed violations, in a bid to cut road accidents in Kenya. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 09:35 · Elly Okutoyi

StarTimes fights DStv over exclusive content

Chinese pay TV company StarTimes has appealed to the Kenyan government to force DStv, its main competitor in the local market, to resell some of its exclusive content, including English Premier League matches. → Read more
Wed, January 30th, 10:14 · Elly Okutoyi

Yu reverses tariff for off-net calls

Kenyan mobile network operator Yu Mobile has lowered its off-net tariff to KSh3 per minute, barely a month after increasing the tariff by 16.6 percent. → Read more
Wed, January 30th, 09:55 · Elly Okutoyi

Money transfer from Kenya cheapest in Africa

The World Bank has ranked Kenya as the cheapest country in Africa from which to remit money abroad, with transaction costs averaging 9.2 percent of the value of the transfer compared to 11.89 percent in other countries across the continent. → Read more
Fri, January 25th, 13:03 · Elly Okutoyi

Data storage in human DNA now possible

A team of scientists has successfully stored and retrieved data using human DNA, an innovation that could replace hard drives and compact disks in storing files for thousands of years. → Read more
Fri, January 25th, 10:56 · Elly Okutoyi

Sony introduces ‘world’s thinnest’ water-resistant tablet

Japanese electronics giant Sony has unveiled a waterproof tablet touted to be the world’s thinnest at 0.27 inches thick, edging out the 10-inch Toshiba Excite 10 LE. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 20:15 · Elly Okutoyi

4G network does not yet make business sense in Kenya, analysts say

Kenya is not yet ready for 4G/LTE wireless networks, according to analysts, although the government has been advised to make baby steps towards setting it up. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 14:00 · Elly Okutoyi

Google Chairman praises Nairobi as Africa’s tech hub

Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has presented a summary of his Africa trip in which he said Kenya’s capital Nairobi was “a serious tech hub and may become the African leader”. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 10:00 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenya risks missing global TV switchover deadline

Kenya’s Information and Communication Ministry permanent secretary Dr Bitange Ndemo has expressed fears that Kenya could miss the international deadline for the switchover from analogue to digital broadcasting if the process undergoes further delays. → Read more
Wed, January 23rd, 12:31 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenya declines to sign new international communication rules

Kenya failed to endorse the new International Communications rules at the World Conference on International Telecommunications, after the country’s information ministry permanent secretary Dr. Bitange Ndemo declined to sign. → Read more
Wed, January 23rd, 11:00 · Elly Okutoyi

MTN launches Wi-Fi hotspot service in Uganda

Integrated telecommunications services provider MTN has launched several hotspots in Uganda allowing the country’s Internet users, both the MTN and non-MTN subscribers, to enjoy unlimited Wi-Fi services. → Read more
Wed, January 23rd, 08:27 · Elly Okutoyi

Orange and MFS Africa extend International money transfer in Mali

Mobile network operator Orange and MFS Africa, a major African mobile wallets solutions firm, yesterday announced the extension of the Orange Money Transfer International (OMTI) service to Mali. → Read more
Tue, January 22nd, 11:53 · Elly Okutoyi

Mobile money to save corporates 20% in cash sales expenses

Businesses stand to save up to 20 percent in cash sales expenses from advancements in mobile money payments technology, according to specialist payment advisory firm Mobile Money Consulting, with consumer goods companies in the emerging markets standing to benefit the most. → Read more
Tue, January 22nd, 10:06 · Elly Okutoyi

Safaricom’s losses bit of voice traffic market share to rivals

Safaricom was the only mobile network operator in Kenya to have lost some of its market share in the calling category the three months to September last year. → Read more
Tue, January 22nd, 09:11 · Elly Okutoyi

How the world used Internet in 2012

The world seems to be embracing the Internet each passing day and now has over 2.4 billion Internet users, a report published by analytics site Pingdom shows. Asia leads the pack with 1.1 billion users, while Africa lags with only 167 million users. → Read more
Mon, January 21st, 13:57 · Elly Okutoyi

CCK releases sector statistics for first quarter 2012/13

Kenya currently has around 30.4 million mobile phone subscribers, indicating a 77.2 percent penetration, according to a telecommunications sector report released today by the country’s industry regulator the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK). → Read more
Mon, January 21st, 11:39 · Elly Okutoyi

90% of passwords to be hacked within seconds in 2013

More than 90 percent of user-generated passwords could be vulnerable to hacking within seconds even as more people continue to access the Internet, a new report by global consulting group Deloitte predicts. → Read more
Mon, January 21st, 08:54 · Elly Okutoyi

Testing HIV on mobile devices now possible

A low-cost mobile device that performs HIV testing by just a finger prick and has the ability to synchronize patients’ results with electronic health records in real time has been created. → Read more