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June 9th 2008 will be a very interested date when Apple CEO Steve Jobs will open up WWDC and tell the world.. what!? To begin with we hope it will be the second generation of Apple iPhone - so simple to use as all other gizmos should be! And it has been announced already that Orange is the telecom company that will sell it in Kenya. If you can get you hands of one, then you will be lucky as you will not need no other gizmo/phone/computer to make your life a bit happier and easier when it comes to communicate, taking picture and even getting a bit of education as Internet will be even easier to use thanx to the browser in iPhone that just whipes the competition away! I know that for a fact!

Kenya’s largest mobile operator, Safaricom has launched its 3G network commercially. Subscribers will have access to high-speed mobile data services at speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps. The 3G technology will be available in Nairobi and its environs first, and rolled out throughout the country within the next year, the company announced at a media briefing. Safaricom launched a trial of 3G services in October 2006 and in October 2007 was awarded the licence to launch commercially. Trials on the 3G network were tested in a large-scale environment at major events. CEO Michael Joseph said Safaricom is diversifying beyond its traditional mobile voice service, to become an integrated voice and data provider, enabling data communications for businesses and consumers. The new broadband services will initially target corporate customers and small and medium-sized enterprises. Subscribers will need to acquire 3G-enabled handsets in order to access the internet, e-mail, calendars and other multimedia services. PC users will access the service using either a broadband modem plugged into a computer or a wireless router that allows a group of users high-speed access to the internet.

This will really open up to mobile internet usage for the masses! Together with the upcoming sale of Apple iPhone we will have lowed the bars even more to the masses of the people of Kenya.

Source:
TelecomPaper

Kenyan ICT service provider AccessKenya Group has invested USD 3.5 million to build out the largest WiMax network in Kenya with an initial deployment of 35 base stations. This network will form the backbone of its Access@Home guaranteed high speed broadband residential service. The firm has also offered its existing corporate customers a special offer of completely free equipment and a 20 percent discount on the price of the service. MD Jonathan Somen said he believes the new service will offer a quality of internet connection in the home that has simply not been available in Kenya until now.

Note:
WiMAX , the W orldwide I nteroperability for M icrowave Ac ces s, is a telecommunications technology aimed at providing wireless data over long distances in a variety of ways, from point-to-point links to full mobile cellular type access.

Source:
TelecomPaper
Wikipedia about WiMAX