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Kenya: KPC Claims a Pie of Internet Market With Launch of Fibre Optic Cable

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Nairobi — In a bid to diversify its revenue streams, Kenya pipeline company has ventured into the fibre optic cable business after launching a cable that will run alongside it soil pipeline from Mombasa to Nairobi, through Nakuru to Eldoret and Kisumu.

The single-mode fibre (SMF) product which was initiated in 2018 is under a tier 2 network infrastructure license from the Communications Authority of Kenya.

During the launch of the cable, KPC Managing Director Macharia Irungu said that agency opted to leverage its infrastructure and provide ICT infrastructure which will improve internet connectivity to Kenyans, especially in the rural areas.

“Just like in the pipeline business where we enable economic growth through fueling the economy, through fiber optics, we are enabling internet connectivity in support of the Government’s agenda of ‘Internet Mashinani’,” he said.

“We purpose to improve internal communication infrastructure for the country, diversify into the data communication sector to create a new revenue stream, and utilize technology as a business driver for both ourselves and our customers,” he added.

Its clients include telco service providers and ISPs with data and internet carriage such as Safaricom, Airtel, and Jamii Telco Limited among others.

KPC will charge USD 22 per kilometer in addition to a USD 200 installation fee per site with a contract duration will be of 5,10,15, 20, and 25 years.