{"id":597,"date":"2025-04-18T23:31:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T22:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=597"},"modified":"2025-04-18T23:31:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T22:31:33","slug":"safaricom-bolsters-rural-5g-to-rival-starlink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=597","title":{"rendered":"Safaricom Bolsters Rural 5G to Rival Starlink"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_7686-1-1024x541.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_7686-1-1024x541.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_7686-1-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_7686-1-768x406.jpg 768w, https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_7686-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Safaricom has quietly ramped up its 5G rollout into underserved parts of Kenya, deploying new sites and slashing the price of plug\u2011and\u2011play 5G routers from KES&nbsp;25,000 to just KES&nbsp;3,000. Bundled with flexible M\u2011PESA payment plans and data packages (starting at KES&nbsp;4,000 for 50&nbsp;Mbps), the move targets fibre\u2011dark zones and price\u2011sensitive customers who\u2019ve been lured by Starlink\u2019s premium satellite service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">By leveraging its existing mobile network, door\u2011to\u2011door sales tactics, and portable power\u2011bank bundles, Safaricom aims to win back rural users and challenge Starlink\u2019s early gains \u2014 all without waiting for regulatory changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/techcabal.com\/2025\/04\/18\/safaricom-5g-router-versus-starlink-push-rural-kenya\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Safaricom has quietly ramped up its 5G rollout into underserved parts of Kenya, deploying new sites and slashing the price of plug\u2011and\u2011play 5G routers from KES&nbsp;25,000 to just KES&nbsp;3,000. Bundled with flexible M\u2011PESA payment plans and data packages (starting at KES&nbsp;4,000 for 50&nbsp;Mbps), the move targets fibre\u2011dark zones and price\u2011sensitive customers who\u2019ve been lured by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":598,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597\/revisions\/598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}