Nairobi, Nov. 27 -- Safaricom has quietly halved the resources for some of its popular mobile data bundle packages, effectively doubling the cost of data for customers.

Kenya's largest telco's subscribers have seen the mobile data allocations slashed since the weekend, including the 'No Expiry' packages, which offer indefinitely valid bundles at fixed or customisable rates, depending on one's budget.

Under the plan, subscribers previously got 255 MBs of non-expiring data with Sh51. However, the allocation has been revised downwards by more than 50 percent to 102MBs.

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Customers also noticed that Sh100 now gets them 200MBs, with 500MB costing Sh250.

Safaricom declined to comment on the ...