Research and Markets: Kenya - Convergence, Broadband & Internet Markets 2010

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/77e5bc/kenya_convergenc) has announced the addition of the "Kenya - Convergence, Broadband & Internet Markets" report to their offering.

The landing of three fibre optic international submarine cables in Kenya in 2009 and 2010, ending its dependency on limited and expensive satellite bandwidth, has revolutionised the country's Internet and broadband sector. Prices for international wholesale bandwidth have fallen by 90%, finally taking the Internet to the mass market. However, ISPs have only reluctantly passed on the cost savings to end-customers, which has prompted the industry regulator to consider price caps.

Companies that started out as ISPs - such as AccessKenya, Kenya Data Networks (KDN) and Wananchi - are transforming themselves into second-tier telecom companies by rolling out national and metropolitan fibre backbones and wireless broadband access networks, offering converged voice, data and video/entertainment services. At least six major deployments of WiMAX technology are underway, and third generation (3G) mobile broadband services with up to 7.2Mb/s have been launched. Advanced services such as IPTV/triple-play, e-commerce, e-learning and e-government are now rapidly evolving. In addition, with its new majority shareholder France Telecom, Telkom Kenya has embarked on a strategy to transform itself into a true broadband connectivity provider under the Orange brand.

Key Topics Covered:

1. Synopsis

2. Internet market 2.1 Overview 2.1.1 Internet statistics 2.2 Limited availability of PCs 2.3 Public Internet access locations 2.3.1 Digital Villages 2.4 Internet backbone infrastructure 2.4.1 Telkom Kenya, JamboNet 2.4.2 Additional international data carrier licences 2.4.3 Public data network operators (PDNO) 2.4.4 Unified licensing regime since 2008 2.4.5 National fibre backbone networks 2.4.6 International fibre 2.5 Internet exchange points (IXP) 2.6 Kenya Network Information Centre (KENIC)

3. ISP market 3.1 Africa Online Kenya 3.1.1 Takeover by Telkom SA 3.2 AccessKenya 3.3 Wananchi Online 3.4 UUNet Kenya 3.5 Swift Global 3.6 InterConnect, Internet Solutions Kenya 3.7 Orange Kenya (Telkom)

4. Broadband market 4.1 Overview 4.2 ADSL 4.2.1 ADSL2 4.3 Wireless broadband 4.3.1 WiFi 4.3.2 WiMAX 4.3.3 Mobile data services 4.4 Broadband via satellite 4.5 Leased lines

5. Convergence and digital media 5.1 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony 5.1.1 New VoIP guidelines 2005 5.1.2 VoIP licences 5.2 IPTV, triple-play 5.3 Internet TV 5.4 Digital TV 5.5 E-learning 5.5.1 National research and education network (NREN) 5.6 E-commerce 5.7 E-government

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KEYWORDS:   Africa  Kenya

INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:   Technology  Internet  Telecommunications

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