Ethio Telecom

Breaking: Ethiopia to embark on major privatization drive

Ethiopia's ruling party decided to undertake massive privatization of major manufacturing and service provider enterprizes. The decision was made in…

How much do internet shutdowns cost Ethiopia?

(Solomon Tebeje) The Ethiopian government has shutdown internet from May 30 to June 8, 2017. (Seyoum Teshome and Zelalem Kibret,…

“You don’t need monopoly to shutdown the Internet”, Minister Debretsion Gebremichael[+Video]

Government ownership of Ethio-telecom saved the country from the woes of privatized telecom, Minister Debretsion Gebremichael (PhD) claimed in an…

Ethiopia to charge Viber users, register phone apparatus

(Capital newspaper) Using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) applications free of charge may no longer be possible as Ethio Telecom…

Skype me? Indeed | Text of Ethiopia’s draft Telecom Law

The world wide web was awash with news reports of alleged ban of VOIP services by Ethiopian in the past…

In UK: Ethiopian alleges ‘jail for Skype’ to evade deportation

Seeking political asylum has long been considered, among Ethiopians, a guaranteed venue to secure a residence permit in western countries.…

Wikileaks| US prying on Chinese, Indian loans to Ethiopia [full text]

Highlights (quotes): * ‘the GoE has encouraged external private and quasi-private financing from China and India to fund major SOE…

Global Mobile phone access: Ethiopia at the bottom

Ethiopian telephone telephone tariff is the cheapest in East Africa, Ethio-Telecom CEO Jean-Michel Latute noted in the press conference last…

Bold enough to lower tariff? | Ethio Telecom new mobile, internet tariff

The state-owned Ethio telecom announced lower tariffs, applicable as of April 1. CEO of Ethio-Telecom Jean-Michel Latute announced the new…

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