Kenya's Safaricom joins with Google to offer free email service
Kenya's leading mobile phone operator Safaricom said Thursday said it had teamed up with US search engine giant Google to offer a free email service to subscribers.
"If you are already a data customer you have it," said Safaricom's chief Michael Joseph.
Joseph Mucheru of Kenya's Google office, said Safaricom was in a position to provided broadband services across Kenya with the acquisition of a 3G licence: 3G or third generation technology offers more advanced services.
Safaricom, which is 60 percent owned by Telkom Kenya, and 40 percent by Vodafone, is preparing to launch its 3G service in Kenya.
Analysts say Google is eager to become the key search engine for mobile phones and to get the advertising revenues that are starting to become available for the platform.
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AFP
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