Vodafone and Safaricom join forces
NTV Kenya reported yesterday, 1 August 2013, that Vodafone and Safaricom, an integrated communications company in Africa offering mobile and fixed voice as well as data services, will be joining forces as a result of "the growing need among corporates for communication services across borders and access to call services." (video)
For more:
- NTV Kenya: Safaricom links up with Vodafone arm... According to the report on NTV Kenya, through partnering with Vodafone, Safaricom will have a better market access in more than ten African countries.
Said Sylvia Mulinge, head of Safaricom Business in an interview on NTV Kenya, "What this partnership offers us is access to a wider footprint in terms of infrastructure so that we are not only limited to the Kenyan geographical borders."
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