| Communications | Kenya |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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460,100 (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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12 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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24.969 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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608 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: inadequate; fixed-line telephone system is small and inefficient; trunks are primarily microwave radio relay; business data commonly transferred by a very small aperture terminal (VSAT) system
domestic: sole fixed-line provider, Telkom Kenya, is slated for privatization; multiple providers in the mobile-cellular segment of the market fostering a boom in mobile-cellular telephone usage with teledensity reaching 50 per 100 persons in 2009
international: country code - 254; The East Africa Marine System (TEAMS) and the SEACOM undersea fiber-optic cable systems; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat |
Broadcast media:
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about a half-dozen privately-owned TV stations and a state-owned television broadcaster that operates 2 channels; satellite and cable TV subscription services are available; state-owned radio broadcaster operates 2 national radio channels and provides regional and local radio services in multiple languages; a large number of private radio broadcasters, including provincial stations broadcasting in local languages; transmissions of several international broadcasters are available (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 24, FM 82, shortwave 6 (2008) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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1,711,289 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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500,866 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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6,845,156 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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8 (2008) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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5,133,867 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.ke |
Internet hosts:
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47,676 (2010) |
Internet users:
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3.996 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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98 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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