Fourth Generation network to be rolled out in Kenya

Last Updated 14 years ago by Kenya Engineer

Kenyans will soon enjoy faster internet speeds following the treasury’s approval of the consortium of nine private firms in partnership with the government to implement the Long Term Evolution (LTE) network.

LTE is basically the fourth generation (4G) mobile network with faster speeds and higher bandwidth for multimedia services. The roll out to cost an estimated of Sh42 billion is expected to be up in some parts of the country by the end of this year.

The consortium will include the country’s four main mobile phone operators, hardware manufacturers- Nokia, Siemens Network and Alcatel-Licent, Kenya Data Networks (KDN), South African mobile operator MTN and an unnamed US telecom firm.