Safaricom mobile data subscribers dropped between January and March in what competition of authority of Kenya links to cutthroat competition in the industry. As indicated during the previous quarter, the drop is attributed to the closure of businesses and other non-governmental institutions in the country. Further, 17,844advisories were issued by the National KE-CIRT which was an increase from the 16,654issued in the previous quarter. The number of letters posted locally declined by 19.3 per cent to 8.5 million letters, down from 10.5 million letters posted in the previous quarter. On the other hand, letters sent to other countries declined to 865,117from 952,933 letters recorded in the preceding quarter.

Source: Standard Digital July 04, 2020 09:56 UTC