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Orange goes in to Kenya
Orange has announced that it will soon become the commercial brand for Telkom Kenya, following France Telecom’s acquisition of 51% of its capital in December 07. This means that Telkom Kenya will become the first integrated (fixed, mobile, internet) operator in the country.
We’ve often heard stories about how genuinely useful Mobile devices are in countries where perhaps the fixed-line infrastructure isn’t so great – but of course now there is a new dimension whereby Mobile Broadband is a very real proposition – powered by those ubiquitous dongle thingies!
Apparently the Internet and Mobile offerings will be in Nairobi and Mombassa first, then across the whole of the country over the course of the year – the plan being for Orange to lead in all the areas it is playing, with broadband internet being the speahead of that plan.
In parallel, a Foundation will be established to develop corporate philanthropy actions in the country, as has been the Orange Foundation policy for the last 20 years in countries where the Group operates.
[Via: lightreading.com]
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Ben Robinson
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
