Addis Ababa: June 11, 2015 (FBC) – CEO of Ethio Telecom Amdualem Admassie disclosed that the company has fulfilled 90% of the sector’s objective in the first phase of the Growth and Transformation Period (GTP).
Ethio Telecom said it was working to stop telecom fraud. According to the CEO of Ethio-Telecom, Frehiwot Tamiru, huge foreign currency income is lost as a result of telecom fraud. During the 2017/18 fiscal year alone, the company reported that it lost Birr 2.5 billion because of telecom fraud.
Ethiopia's sole telecom services provider Ethio Telecom has issued an invitation to tower manufacturers in Ethiopia to submit their expressions of interest (EOIs).
Ethio Telecom announced the launching of a high network capacity 4G Home Wireless Broadband internet service which is a GSM/4GLTE based broadband access solution "at an affordable price". The 4G home wireless broadband internet service uses the existing GSM/ 4G LTE mobile Network as an option of fixed broadband internet service so as to provide them alternative high-speed capacity broadband connection at their preferred areas where wired broadband internet services are inaccessible.
Ethio Telecom, expanding its reach of the 4G LTE network, announced it has now launched the service in eastern Ethiopia. The service has been specifically launched in the Eastern cities of Dire Dawa, Chiro, and Ayisha.
