Mobile operators granted gateway licences

By Micheal Omondi

Mobile phone users would soon pay lower rates for international calls following the granting of international voice gateway licences to the two mobile operators.

Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) — the industry regulator — yesterday awarded Celtel and Safaricom the licences paving the way for the two operators to route all their international calls through their own gateways.

Previously, close to six million mobile phone subscribers had to be connected through the state-owned Telkom Kenya international gateway.

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Sameer Africa eyes Sudan market

By Kimathi Njoka

Sameer Africa will set up a tyre distribution centre in Sudan as part of its push for the regional export market.

Sameer Africa managing director, Eric Kimani, said key officials from the company would in two weeks tour the country with a view to setting up a distribution hub in Khartoum and Juba .

The foray into the Sudanese market follows the granting of the Comesa certification allowing the company to export its tyre products into the Sudan.

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