This archive report was first published on 10 December 2019.
On December 10, 2019, Airtel Kenya made a significant move in the telecommunications industry by launching no-expiry data and call rates.
The new offering allows subscribers to spend as low as Sh1 for five megabytes of data (5MB) and make calls at Sh2 across all networks.
This move follows a similar initiative by Safaricom in October 2019, after lawyer Adrian Kamotho sued telcos for irregularly depriving consumers of their unused data bundles.
Airtel Managing Director Prasanta Das Sarma expressed confidence that the new rates and revamped bundles will meet all the communication needs of Airtel's customers, even with as low airtime balance as Sh1.
He noted that the telco was investing in their network with recent 4G rollout to make it stronger.
"We are pleased to introduce the industry's best no expiry rates for data and voice to all our customers. We have also revamped our amazing data bundles to cater for our heavy data users, by offering up to 100 per cent more data," he said.
