Safaricom Issues Notice on network disruptions during Obama's Visit.
Safaricom
have issued a notice to its customers In Nairobi that there will be Network
disruption on the three days President Obama will be in the country. There
disruptions will be start on Friday afternoon and will depend on the location
of president Obama and other attendees of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit.
The areas likely to be affected by this is, Areas near Mombasa road, Limuru
road, Uhuru Highway and Waiyaki way and State house areas.
“We recognize the fact that as the
most protected individual in the world, there will be some security measures
undertaken by his (Obama) team which could include the temporary disruption of
mobile signals close to where the President is at any given time,” read a
statement posted on Safaricom’s website.
“Accordingly, we wish to assure all
our customers that there shall be minimal disruption to the network during the
US President Obama’s visit later this week.”
The
mobile service provider however assured that it had taken measures to
ensure that locations where the summit will be held shall have fast
network through network optimization.
It has also
upgraded its fixed data capacity in order to facilitate the live streaming of
the event.
President
Obama is expected to arrive Friday evening for the Global Entrepreneurship
Summit that kicks off on Saturday at the UN Offices in Gigiri.
The US
President will on Sunday hold a public event at the Kasarani Indoor Arena.
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