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Safaricom slashes SMS costs in fresh battle with rivals

By WINSLEY MASESE

Kenya: The battle over control of the telephony industry in Kenya is set to shift to new scales. This follows the slashing of rates for sending short text messages (SMS) across all networks by Safaricom.

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