Starlink had 27,616 fixed internet subscriptions in Kenya at end of June, 1.0% of the market, regulator says

Starlink had 27,616 fixed internet subscriptions in Kenya on 30 June 2026, or 1.0 per cent of the market, according to the Communications Authority of Kenya's Fourth Quarter Sector Statistics Report for the 2025/26 financial year. The report covers 1 April to 30 June 2026 and is built from licensed operators' returns.

In the authority's table of fixed data subscriptions by operator, Safaricom PLC is first with 1,024,950 subscriptions (36.1 per cent). Jamii Telecommunications Ltd follows with 541,003 (19.1 per cent) and Wananchi Group (Kenya) Ltd with 294,375 (10.4 per cent). Starlink Internet Services Kenya is listed ninth, ahead of Dimension Data Solutions East Africa Ltd, which has 23,280 (0.8 per cent).

The authority's table of fixed internet subscriptions by technology counts 27,695 satellite subscriptions at the end of June 2026. The figure was 25,088 at the end of March 2026 and 17,939 at the end of June 2025, a rise of 10.4 per cent on the quarter and 54.4 per cent on the year. In the report's speed bands, 27,620 of the satellite subscriptions fall in the 100 Mbps to under 1 Gbps band.

Citizen Digital reported on 23 September 2025 that the authority's report for the quarter to June 2025 recorded 17,425 Starlink subscriptions, a 0.8 per cent share. The Kenyan technology news site TechTrendsKE reported on 6 October that the June 2026 figure was 58.5 per cent higher, an addition of 10,191 over 12 months. Business Daily reported on 7 July that Starlink had 24,999 subscriptions at the end of March 2026, a 0.9 per cent share of the fixed internet market, against 8,063 in June 2024. Business Daily said Starlink launched in Kenya in July 2023.

Total fixed internet subscriptions reached 2,838,656 in June 2026, up 6.9 per cent on March and 32.4 per cent on June 2025, the authority's table shows. Fibre optic stood at 1,566,815 (up 29.7 per cent on the year), terrestrial wireless at 1,030,770 (up 42.9 per cent) and cable modem at 204,747 (up 4.2 per cent).

The authority also reported that satellite bandwidth capacity fell 19.1 per cent on the year. It said the decline was mainly due to "growing migration from VSAT to LEO technology in the country".

On 7 July, Business Daily reported that Starlink had stopped taking new sign-ups in seven counties: Nairobi, Kiambu, Mombasa, Machakos, Murang'a, Kirinyaga and Kwale. The newspaper quoted a message shown on Starlink's website to prospective customers in those areas: "Starlink service is currently at capacity in your area. However, the good news is you can still place a deposit now to reserve your spot on the waitlist and receive a notification as soon as service becomes available again." The newspaper put the price of a 50-gigabyte monthly package at KSh 1,300.

TechTrendsKE reported on 6 October that new residential customers in eight counties, the seven above and Kilifi, faced waiting lists. It also reported that Amazon had applied for regulatory approval to deploy its Kuiper satellite network in Kenya, and that Airtel Kenya had completed trials of Starlink's direct-to-cell service and was waiting for approval.