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Kenya: Airtel, Telkom Hike Mobile Fees
Nation, 23 October 2018
Airtel Kenya and Telkom Kenya have hiked their data and SMS tariffs by 30 cents and 10 cents respectively, citing increase in excise duty, other taxes and rising input costs. Read more »
New Taxes Push Kenyans to Pay More for Calls, Data
Kenyans will have to dig deeper into their pockets to call and send messages following the increase in charges on voice calls, SMS and data services. Earlier, the country's three main mobile money service operators had protested against a new government tax, saying it would hurt the poor most and undo most of the gains in promoting a digital economy.
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Kenya: Airtel Hikes Call, Data Charges As Tax On Mobile Fees Bites
Nairobi News, 23 October 2018
Telecommunication company Airtel has announced increase charges on voice calls, SMS and data services set to take effect from Monday at midnight. Read more »
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Kenya: Safaricom Subscribers to Pay More for Voice Call, SMS and Data
Nairobi News, 17 October 2018
Subscribers of mobile phone service provider Safaricom, will beginning Thursday midnight pay more for voice call, SMS and data services. Read more »
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Kenya: Airtime, Data Price to Go Up Over Tax
Nation, 17 October 2018
The cost of mobile phone services, including payments, is set to rise following the assent to the Finance Bill by President Uhuru Kenyatta last month. Read more »
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Kenya: Safaricom Increases Voice, SMS and Data Prices to Reflect 15% Excise Duty
Capital FM, 17 October 2018
Safaricom has passed on the cost of a revised Excise Duty to customers by increasing voice, SMS and data prices from midnight,Wednesday. Read more »
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Kenya: Taxman's Plan to Mine Telecom Data Sparks Row
Nation, 2 October 2018
Hospital payrolls, the National Construction Authority records and telecoms data have become the taxman's new hunting grounds in its ongoing crackdown on tax cheats, it was… Read more »
