Kenya to start building 4G Internet network next year

NAIROBI: Kenya will start building its fourth generation (4G) Internet network next year and is open to talks with operators on the best roll-out model, its telecoms minister said on Tuesday.

The East African nation of 40 million people wants to launch the 4G high-speed broadband network as part of efforts to raise the Internet’s contribution to economic growth to 10 percent in 2017 from 2.9 percent this year.