Friday, October 16, 2015

Latest Updated Internet Settings All Networks, Uganda and Kenya

Africell Uganda Internet settings


APN: orange.ug or internet

Proxy: 10.201.20.04

Proxy port : 8080 or 80

MTN Uganda Internet settings

MTN will attempt to send these settings automatically. If it does not, still you can request the settings by texting ‘Yellolive’ to 188 or visiting their USSD menu *160# and requesting for internet settings. However, should those options fail, consider manually entering the following details;

APN: internet

Proxy: internet.mtn.co.ug

Port: 8080


Airtel Uganda Internet settings

Warid Telecom Uganda was acquired and merged into Airtel Uganda to make one unified network. The new APN for Airtel (and former Warid numbers) is surprisingly so simple, just like Vodafone Uganda’s.

APN: internet


UTL Uganda Internet settings

As for UTL, you can try;

APN:utweb or utwap or utwap.3g

Proxy:10.76.101.51



K2 Telecom Internet settings

APN: apnk2

proxy: 10.201.20.4

port: 8080



Smart Telecom Uganda Internet settings

APN: smart.ug

No need for the proxy and the port Smart Telecom says



Vodafone Uganda APN Internet settings

APN: internet




Smile communications Uganda APN internet settings

APN: internet



Safaricom (Kenya) APN Internet settings

Name: Safaricom

APN: safaricom

Proxy: 172.22.2.38

Port: 8080

Username: saf

Password: data

Server: http://wap.safaricom.com

MMSC: http://mms.gprs.safaricom.com

MMS Proxy: 172.22.2.38




Airtel Kenya APN Internet settings

Name: Airtel Internet

APN: ke.celtel.com

Port: 8080



Telkom Kenya Limited (Orange Kenya)

APN name: bew.orange.co.ke

username: orange

password: orange

As you can tell, your internet settings has more than the above fields for instance, username, password, proxy, proxy port, MMS proxy, etc. You may choose to ignore these fields. However, should the above settings fail, don’t hesitate to contact your network’s customer care service. 

How to configure Phone’s Internet settings



Simply go to settings on your Android device > Wireless & Networks > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names (APN)  and add one for the respective networks shown below. You most likely won’t need to enter the other details such as Proxy, Port, Username, Passsword etc. Only the APN is most likely required and you can name it whatever you want as apn-name