The Standard yesterday, January 29, 2013 posted that Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) had quietly halved fares and scrapped all the daytime frequencies of the Syokimau commuter train service after its strategy targeting the middle class hit a snag. According to the post, fare for a one way ticket between Syokimau and the Central Business District (CBD) had dropped to KES 50 from KES 110 while fare for return ticket at peak times has dropped to KES 100 from KES 220. How does this look in terms of sensibility?

With less than a year since its official launch, StarTimes digital television services are available in up to 15 towns across the country. The company on Monday, January 28, 2013 confirmed that its services are up and running in Meru, Embu, Karatina, Nanyuki, Malindi, Kakamega, Webuye, Kitale, Bungoma,…

With two years to the2015 internationally agreed analogue switch-off deadline, Tanzania is the Only East African country to switch off its analogue television signal. The Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) switched off analogue signal transmission in Dar es Salaam on December 31, 2012 at midnight. There…

Miraa (Khat) farmers and traders have a reason to feel relieved now after the United Kingdom Advisory Council on the misuse of drugs rejected requests to ban importation of Miraa in the UK. The UK council found out that there was no evidence that Miraa had any health effects as the Dutch parliamentarians had earlier said.

CCK reports a 56.9% increase in mobile data usage as at 30th September 2012 as compared to the same period the previous year.

Cash inflows from abroad have grown 31.4% from USD 891.1 million in 2011 to USD 1.2 billionin the full year of 2012. In the month of December 2012, remittances to Kenya grew by 24% and 8.4% to USD 105.7 million compared to USD 85.2 million and USD 97.5 million recorded in December 2011 and November, 2012 respectively.

The number of mobile phone users in Kenya rose 2.5% between July and September last year to 30.4 million, compared to 29.7 million posted in the previous quarter.

yuMobile has plans to increase its Agent distribution from the current 6000 to enable subscribers access the services more conveniently.

Nokia has today announced that the Nokia Asha 205 Dual SIM is now available for purchase in East Africa at estimated retail prices: KES 5,499 in Kenya, UGX 215,000 in Uganda TSH 120,000 in Tanzania. The Nokia Asha 205 is the newest addition to the Asha…

Airtel's Kimataifa Bundles may seem a bit complicated. Here's a breakdown to let you know exactly what it costs to make international calls.