Safaricom has announced Kenya's first ever telecommunications lab. The first phase of the lab has been put up at the cost of Sh. 200 million and replicates Safaricom's entire networking including the billing platform, application servers such as M-PESA, Safaricom's cloud, microwave, 2G, 3G and 4G networks in a single room.
Safaricom has collaborated with a number of industry players including Cisco, Huawei, Nokia and others who have donated equipment and expertise to the lab, which is located at the firm's headquarters in Nairobi.
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