Safaricom has announced that it has brought down the cost of its 4G Wi-Fi routers which were a bit expensive for a majority of people who live in areas not served by fibre.
With the price reduction, the Huawei Router now costs KES 7K down from KES 11K while the Adrian Router now costs KES 6K, down from KES 10K. The two routers essentially serve the same purpose so you can buy the one which suits your pocket.
Safaricom has indicated that customers can apply online for the router, pay for it, and have it delivered to their homes for setup. However, the process can at times takes some hours or days to complete. To make things easier, you can just walk into a Safaricom Shop and pick out one for yourself and have it set it up for you at the shop. Once you get home, all you need to do is plug in and play.
The two routers come with 30GB of free data, which is valid for 30 days and complement the package that one chooses. Point to note is that the packages run at 5Mbps.
| Plan (KES) | Daily Data Volume | Data Volume per month |
| 3000 | 105 GB | 90 GB |
| 4100 | 150 GB | 120 GB |
| 6300 | 240 GB | 200 GB |
| 12500 | 540 GB | 400 GB |
Also, the data bundles are limited so overusage can result in them getting exhausted before the month ends. However, one can counter this by allocating how much data should be used each day. For instance, you can set a maximum of 3GB of data per day, and for a 90 GB package, that can go up to 30 days. All of this can be done from the 4G Wi-Fi option in the MySafaricom app.