UPDATE 2-Kenya's Safaricom dials up Google for million smart phone offer [Reuters]
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Kenya's Safaricom dials up Google for million smart phone offer NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya’s biggest telecoms operator Safaricom ( SCOM.NR ) is partnering with Google ( GOOGL.O ) to offer 1 million affordable smart phones, its chief executive said on Wednesday. The Kenyan company, which is part-owned by South Africa’s Vodacom ( VODJ.J ) and Britain’s Vodafone ( VOD.L ), is ramping up its data business to offset a decline in mobile calls, where it has seen a small revenue fall due to saturation. “Data penetration is still not at the right level. Many people don’t have smart phones,” Chief Executive Peter Ndegwa told Reuters after an online investor briefing. Data is one of Safaricom’s fastest growing revenue lines and it hopes that increased smart phone usage will boost it further. Customers will pay as little as 20 shillings a day for nine months, Ndegwa said, as Safaricom seeks to eventually convert about 4 million 2G and 3G-enabled phones to 4G. “If you have an app, you can’t
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