Communications in Kenya
Encyclopedia
Telephone
s - main lines in use:
320,000 (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular phone:
10,418,500 (2007)
Telephone system:
unreliable; little attempt to modernize except for service to business
domestic:
trunks are primarily microwave radio relay; data commonly transferred by a very small aperture terminal (VSAT) system
international:
satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 24, FM
8, shortwave
6 (2001)
Radio
s:
3.07 million (1997)
Television
broadcast stations:
8 (2002)
Televisions:
730,000 (1997)
Internet Service Provider
s (ISPs):
65 (2001)
Internet
users:
500,000 (2002) 3,038,553 (2008)http://www.internetworldstats.com/africa.htm 7,500,000 (Jan 2011)
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-19/kenyan-internet-usage-doubles-over-2010-ministry-says-update1-.html
Country code (Top-level domain): KE
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
s - main lines in use:
320,000 (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular phone:
10,418,500 (2007)
Telephone system:
unreliable; little attempt to modernize except for service to business
domestic:
trunks are primarily microwave radio relay; data commonly transferred by a very small aperture terminal (VSAT) system
international:
satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat
Intelsat
Intelsat, Ltd. is a communications satellite services provider.Originally formed as International Telecommunications Satellite Organization , it was—from 1964 to 2001—an intergovernmental consortium owning and managing a constellation of communications satellites providing international broadcast...
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 24, FM
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...
8, shortwave
Shortwave
Shortwave radio refers to the upper MF and all of the HF portion of the radio spectrum, between 1,800–30,000 kHz. Shortwave radio received its name because the wavelengths in this band are shorter than 200 m which marked the original upper limit of the medium frequency band first used...
6 (2001)
Radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
s:
3.07 million (1997)
Television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
broadcast stations:
8 (2002)
Televisions:
730,000 (1997)
Internet Service Provider
Internet service provider
An Internet service provider is a company that provides access to the Internet. Access ISPs directly connect customers to the Internet using copper wires, wireless or fiber-optic connections. Hosting ISPs lease server space for smaller businesses and host other people servers...
s (ISPs):
65 (2001)
Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
users:
500,000 (2002) 3,038,553 (2008)http://www.internetworldstats.com/africa.htm 7,500,000 (Jan 2011)
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-19/kenyan-internet-usage-doubles-over-2010-ministry-says-update1-.html
Country code (Top-level domain): KE