The Communications Authority of Kenya has released its latest sector statistics for the third quarter of the 2025/26 financial year, revealing significant growth in both mobile and fixed internet services across the country. Safaricom remains the most dominant internet service provider in Kenya. Photo: Juststock. Source: Getty Images Active mobile subscriptions grew by 7.4% to reach 84.1 million, translating to a mobile adoption rate of 157.7%. The growth is attributed to various customer win-back campaigns run by operators during the reference period.
According to the Q3 report, mobile data and internet subscriptions increased by 1.0% to reach 62.6 million, with mobile broadband subscriptions accounting for 84.4% of the total. Notably, mobile broadband consumption rose to 800,027,716 GB, representing a growth of 6.0% from the previous quarter. The average mobile broadband consumption per subscription increased from 14.6 GB to 15.1 GB, with 5G users recording the highest usage at 53.5 GB per subscription. The growing popularity of 5G services, with users consuming an average of 53.5 GB per month, indicates that Kenyan consumers are increasingly adopting high-speed internet for data-intensive activities. Which are the top fixed internet service providers in Kenya? The table below ranks the top 10 licensed fixed internet service providers based on market share in subscriptions for the period ending March 2026: Rank Service Provider Number of Data Subscriptions Market Share (%) 1 Safaricom PLC 941,501 35.4 2 Jamii Telecommunications Ltd 517,270 19.5 3 Wananchi Group (Kenya) Ltd 276,607 10.4 4 Poa Internet Kenya Ltd 256,517 9.7 5 Ahadi Wireless Ltd 245,423 9.2 6 Vilcom Network Ltd 159,885 6.0 7 Mawingu Networks Ltd 98,078 3.7 8 Starlink Internet Services Kenya 24,999 0.9 9 Dimension Data Solutions East Africa Ltd 22,704 0.9 10 Liquid Telecommunications Kenya 19,992 0.8 In the mobile broadband space, subscriptions to 2G and 3G technologies maintained a downward trend as 4G and 5G subscriptions continued their steady growth. The shift towards higher-speed networks reflects increasing consumer demand for faster internet connectivity and data-intensive applications such as streaming, video conferencing, and online gaming.
