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Having embraced the USF in 2010 and from an implementation perspective in 2018-2019, the industry regulator purposes to embark on the second USF phase guided by learnings of positive outcomes, albeit the inception phase having largely been riddled with insecurity concerns.
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The mandate of ensuring the penetration of ICT services in remote areas reckoned as commercially unviable by licensed national telecom operators, has according to Dr. Emma Otieno opened a window for a new ICT ecosystem primed to unleash a virtuous cycle of transforming multiple economic and social activities geared to benefit citizens despite of their remote geo-locations in the country.