Kenya Power to begin Providing Internet in December
Business
The Kenya Power and Lightening Company (KPLC) will roll out its fiber internet to homes in December after a series of delays, Managing Director Ben Chumo has said.
The utility firm is targeting 12,000 homes in Nairobi in the pilot phase before rolling out the service countrywide.
The firm aims at taking advantage of the 5 million homes connected to electricity to deliver fibre internet to the homes.
The first phase of the project aims at connecting 20 million people at once. KPLC formed an Internet service provider subsidiary called Kenya Power International to run its Internet business.
The fibre-optic cable is set to run on KPLC power lines covering approximately 4ooo kilometeres. The MD Mr.
Chumo further added that the firms aims at making the service ultimately cheaper because the costs that would be incurred on digging trenches is saved.
