Nairobi, Aug. 6 -- Airtel Kenya has received a 25-year licence, ending uncertainty over its operations after being offered a temporary permit until January 2027.

The telecoms operator said the Communication Authority of Kenya (CA) has offered it a long-term permit under the unified licensing framework (ULF) after paying an undisclosed fee.

The firm has in the past decade fought with the regulator over its licence, which initially expired in 2015.

For years, it operated with a permit it inherited from YuMobile, a rival operator it bought in 2014 after the firm exited the Kenyan market.

But it inked an out-of-court deal in 2022 with the telecoms operator, which triggered renewal of its expired licence from 2015 to 2025 and later receive...