Ethiopia's telecom services provider Ethio Telecom announced it has expanded its 4G LTE advanced mobile internet service to 22 towns across the country, taking the total number of 4G LTE internet service beneficiary towns to 144. 92 towns have been covered in 2020/21 budget year alone.
ZTE Corporation today announced that is had been selected by Ethio Telecom to construct its 100G dense wavelength division multiplexing optical transport network (DWDM/OTN) backbone transmission network in the western and southern regions of Ethopia. The 100G DWDM/OTN transmission backbone network will enable faster network transmission by increasing capacity 10-fold and help Ethio Telecom develop 3G, LTE and broadband services.
Ethio Telecom terminated the contract that it has with Swedish-based telecom firm on the expansion of telecom projects, mentioning slow performance.
Ethio Telecom unveiled on the turn of the week that it is going to construct new headquarters in the premises of the newly inaugurated ICT Park.
Ethio Telecom, Ethiopia’s State-run telecom Company will launch a tender in December, 2015, or January 2016, to upgrade the company’s infrastructure and expand its mobile coverage by 72 percent, according to its CEO.
