According to Business Daily Africa, Kenyan telcos Safaricom and Airtel Kenya are poised to embark on a joint venture (JV), which will see them deploy an independent fibre-optic network in a bid to curtail their reliance on third parties for wholesale internet access. Safaricom chief executive Bob Collymore told the website that the domestic telecoms giant initiated talks with a number of local operators, including Telkom Kenya and Essar Telecom Kenya (ETK, or ‘yu’) for the project, but only Airtel has expressed an interest thus far. Collymore commented: ‘We are going to roll out the fibre in the coming financial year, it will involve partnering with other mobile operators.
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