KulaRaha
try the cck website
http://www.cck.go.ke/licensing_information/

I have a few friends who have been in the ISP business. Let me try pick their minds...

@KulaRaha as we await this Anasazi's feedback, let me tell you that Access Kenya know how the business works hands down. We complain but they've locked in 42% SME market; and any later entry can only attract niches: KDN [backhaul], Zuku [triplay, SOHO], Safaricom [individual, mobility], TEAMS [fibre] etc. Business though is very profitable with margins of upto 45% EBITDA [measure they use].

Easiest was to begin may be to begin reselling already surplus bandwidth to clients which can be got very easily from KDN, Jamii etc, in order to establish the name. Most guys use unlicensed spectrum [getting congested though] when starting. A license should be quite easy to get judging by the number of ISPs but @Anasazi can give finer details.

@KulaRaha, but Kencell did not have even 1% of the addressable market at the time. Many SMEs now have email addresses and connection to email / internet. The market penetration for these services [for all ISPs combined] is now quite quite high.

@KulaRaha wonder whether you trade with African Alliance. Saw someone with an analytical report on telecoms in Africa [including Access, Safaricom, KDN] done from their HQ and sent to high net worth clients. Quick scanned but couldn't get my hands on it though.