A person using mobile phones.[Photo/Bznakenya]

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The number of mobile phone subscriptions has grown to 41 million from 40.2 million.

Communication Authority in its first quarter of the 2017/2018 financial year stated that the growth represents a 1.9 per cent growth over the past one year.

Mobile penetration during the period under review – July-September 2017 – rose to 90.4 per cent up from 88.7 per cent.

According to the report,  lost 0.7 percentage points to record a market share of 71.9 percent in mobile subscriptions while Airtel Networks Limited market share stood at 14.9 per cent during the period under review down from last quarter’s 15.3 per cent.

Telkom Kenya Limited market share rose by 1.2 percentage points to stand at 8.4 per cent from 7.2 per cent recorded last quarter.

Finserve Africa Limited registered a market share of 4.7 per cent up from 4.6 per cent. On the other hand, Mobile Pay Limited and Sema Mobile Services market shares stood at 0.2 per cent and 0.0 per cent respectively.