Kenya’s new phone number rules will make recycling costlier for telcos

Kenya’s telecom operators will have to change how they deactivate and recycle inactive phone numbers from September 19, when new rules from the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) take effect. The rules will give subscribers more time to recover dormant numbers and require operators to remove data and services associated with previous owners before assigning those numbers to new owners. The framework , published by the CA and seen by TechCabal, addresses a problem created by the growing role