Telekom Kenya launches as third Kenyan mobile operator (Kenya)Telekom Kenya, launches it’s mobile services, under the name of Orange. It expects to add nearly 1.5 million fixed and mobile subscribers in a year. “If things go well, we may exceed that,” says Telkom Kenya Chief Executive Dominique Saint-Jean.
Telekom Kenya’s 51 percent stake was bought by France Telecom, late in 2007 for the amount $390 million. It has since spent more than 5 billion shillings ($70 million) for infrastructure upgradation.
