Kenyans to get new phone numbers as 07** runs outNew mobile subscribers will get mobile numbers with a different prefix after service providers exhausted the 07** prefix. Safaricom will roll out two million numbers and Airtel three million. However, almost a third of Kenyans have multiple SIM cards thus pushing mobile penetration in the country past the 100 per cent mark. At the same time, more than 50 million SIM cards have been taken up by SIM-card enabled gadgets such as modems and smart home devices. At the same time, Kenyans could soon be limited in the number of SIM cards they can own as the telecommunications regulator seeks to review existing laws that allow for multiple SIM card ownership.

Source: Standard Digital April 30, 2019 21:05 UTC