Abstract: The research project sought to examine the influence of availability of Information Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure on delivery of high speed broadband to rural areas in Kenya. The target population for this study comprised of licensed Internet Service Providers in Kenya. They were be; Wananchi Companies (Kenya) Limited, Safaricom PLC, Jamii Telecommunications Limited, Poa Internet Kenya Limited (formerly Argon Telecom Services Limited), Internet Solutions Kenya Limited, Mawingu Networks Limited, Liquid Telecommunications Kenya Limited, Telkom Kenya Limited, Mobile Telephone Networks Business Kenya Limited, and Frontier Optical Networks Ltd. The field engineers, Project managers, and mid-level managers were the respondents. The study targeted the field engineers and project managers as they are directly involved in the rollout of the broadband and other services to customers, mid-level management gave the insight to impact of regulatory and administrative policies with regards to the delivery of broadband services. Structured questionnaire, secondary data analysis, interviews and observations were used as data collection tools to bring out the knowledge gaps. Illustrative and deductive data was instrumental in the analysis of data. These included frequency tables, percentiles, and means, Pearson product moment coefficient. The figures were coded then evaluated by means of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Results acquired formed the basis for interpretation, discussion, conclusion, and recommendations of this research project.
Keywords: Information Communication Technology, Infrastructure, High-speed broadband.
Title: INFLUENCE OF AVAILABILITY OF ICT INFRASTRUCTURE ON DELIVERY OF HIGH-SPEED BROADBAND TO RURAL AREAS IN KENYA
Author: Benard Maranga Nyandema, Dr. Jane Queen Omwenga
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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