(b) 73 registered ISPs, 16 of which are active, approximately 1,030,000
users and over 1000 cyber cafes and telephone bureaus by June 2005.
(c) 16 operational television stations and 24 FM radio stations.
(d) Approximately 11,500 public phones installed throughout the country
by the year 2003.
(e) An estimated 60% of the population have access to television and 90%
have access to radio services.
1.3 THE POLICY AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
In 1997, the Government released the Telecommunications and Postal Sector
Policy Guidelines that created an environment for competition in several
market segments and paved way to the enactment of the Kenya
Communications Act of 1998 which repealed the Kenya Posts and
Telecommunications Act and established:
(a) CCK as the Telecommunications, Radio Communications and Postal
Sector Regulator;
(b) National Communications Secretariat (NCS) to serve as a policy
advisory body;
(c) Communications Appeals Tribunal;
(d) Telkom Kenya Limited; and
(e) Postal Corporation of Kenya.
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