{"id":914043,"date":"2026-06-19T18:15:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T23:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/safaricoms-6-fibre-plan-targets-market-dominated-by-estate-internet-providers\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T18:15:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T23:15:41","slug":"safaricoms-6-fibre-plan-targets-market-dominated-by-estate-internet-providers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/safaricoms-6-fibre-plan-targets-market-dominated-by-estate-internet-providers\/","title":{"rendered":"Safaricom\u2019s $6 fibre plan targets market dominated by estate internet providers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Safaricom, Kenya\u2019s largest telecoms operator, is pushing deeper into the low-cost broadband market with internet plans starting at KES 800 ($6) a month, competing with smaller internet providers and estate Wi-Fi operators that have long served price-sensitive customers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The company is also testing a <a href=\"https:\/\/techcabal.com\/2026\/01\/16\/safaricom-appoints-new-fixed-broadband-director\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pay-as-you-go internet<\/a> service called Wi-Fi Bamba in low income areass, including Kawangware, Kangemi and Kiambu Bus Park. The pilot has more than 800 active users, targeting budget-conscious customers and people in high-footfall areas such as markets and bus parks, Safaricom told TechCabal on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> Kenn Abuya <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcabal.com\/2026\/06\/05\/safaricoms-6-fibre-plan-targets-market\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Safaricom, Kenya\u2019s largest telecoms operator, is pushing deeper into the low-cost broadband market with internet plans starting at KES 800 ($6) a month, competing with smaller internet providers and estate Wi-Fi operators that have long served price-sensitive customers.\u00a0 The company is also testing a pay-as-you-go internet service called Wi-Fi Bamba in low income areass, including<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":914044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41241,135545],"tags":[12332,150422],"class_list":["post-914043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fibre","category-safaricoms","tag-fibre","tag-safaricoms"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/914044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}