Ethio telecom
Native name | ኢትዮ ቴሌኮም | |
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Company type | State-owned enterprise | |
Industry | Telecommunications | |
Predecessor | Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation | |
Founded | 29 November 2010[1] | |
Headquarters | , | |
Area served | Ethiopia | |
Key people |
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Services | ||
Revenue |
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Website | www |
Ethio telecom (stylised as ethio telecom;
Ethio telecom was managed, on a management contract arrangement from 2010 to 2013, by
History
Originally a division of the Ministry of Post, Telephone and Telegraph, what would become the ETC was established as the Imperial Board of Telecommunications of Ethiopia (IBTE) by proclamation No. 131/52 in 1952. Under the Derg regime, the IBTE was reorganized as the Ethiopian telecommunications service in October 1975, which was in turn reorganized in January 1981 as the Ethiopian Telecommunications Authority. In November 1996, the Ethiopian Telecommunications Authority became ETC by Council of Ministers regulation No. 10/1996. The subsequent Proclamation 49/1996 expanded the ETC's duties and responsibilities. For its international traffic links and communication services, ETC mainly uses its earth station at Sululta which transmits and receives to both the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean satellites.[9] Engineering consulting firm Arup, were involved in the design and engineering of the early tower structures (during the 1970s).
In late 2006, the ETC signed an agreement worth US$1.5 billion with three
Frehiwot Tamiru is serving as the current chief executive officer since 25 July 2018 replaced Andualem Admassie who served five years. Frehiwot previously worked as Deputy CEO for Internal Support Service for then Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation. She told Capital that she managed all surveillance quality protocols.[13]
By 26 August 2020, Ethio telecom planned to extended 842 new infrastructure site during 2020 fiscal year. This infrastructure expected to enable the company to host additional 5.2 million new customers. During this fiscal year, the company planned to generate 55.5 billion birr in revenue, a 16pc growth from the last fiscal year. It also plans to boost the country's telecom density to 51.3%.[14] At the end of financial year 2021/22 it generated a revenue of 61.3 billion birr and boosted the country's telecom density to 63.3% after total subscribers reached 66.59 million birr.[15]
In May 2021, Ethio telecom launched
Censorship
According to reports by the OpenNet Initiative and Freedom House, the Ethiopian government through Ethio telecom imposes nationwide, politically motivated internet filtering.[18] Under a 2012 law regulating the telecommunication industry, attempts by journalists to circumvent Ethio telecom surveillance and censorship of the internet could be interpreted as a criminal offense carrying a prison sentence of up to 15 years.[19]
Most blocked sites are those run by Ethiopians in the diaspora who are highly critical of the government, however, Ethio telecom has also intermittently blocked access to other sites. In 2008, the
See also
References
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- ^ "Prime Minister Appoints Girma Birru to Chair Ethio telecom's Board". addisfortune.news. Addis Fortune. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ a b c "Ethio telecom 2015 EFY (2022/23) Annual Business Performance Summary Report". Ethiotelecom. ethiotelecom. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ISBN 978-1628734515. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ^ Kebede, Ezana. "Privatization and its challenges in Ethiopia". nazret.com. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ISBN 9781118611371. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ^ "Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation reborn as Ethio telecom". New Business Ethiopia. December 2, 2010. Archived from the original on February 6, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
- ^ "Out of reach:Telecoms in Ethiopia". The Economist. August 24, 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ^ "Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation: Historical Background" Archived 2010-03-08 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 30 April 2010)
- ^ " $1.5 billion China telecoms deal", Ethiopian News Newsletter August, September and October, 2006 (accessed 11 January 2007)
- ^ AfricaNews. "Ethiopia's sole telecoms outfit gets female CEO: Frehiwot Tamiru | Africanews". Africanews. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
- ^ "Ethiopia to install 4G network ahead of telecoms liberalization". Reuters. 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- ^ "Ethio Telecom Appoints Frehiwot Tamiru New CEO". www.ezega.com. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
- ^ Fortune, Addis. "Ethio Telecom to Expand Infrastructure Ahead of Liberalization". Retrieved 2020-08-27.
- ^ "Ethio telecom 2014 EFY (2021/22) Annual Business Performance Summary Report – ethiotelecom". Retrieved 2022-07-29.
- ^ Monitor, Ethiopian (2022-07-28). "Ethio Telecom Reports 61.3bln Birr Annual Revenue". Ethiopian Monitor. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ "Ethio Telecom launches 5G network". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ "Ethiopia". Freedom on the net 2012. Freedom House. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ^ "Ethiopian law criminalizes independent telecom use". Committee to Protect Journalists. June 15, 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ^ "One Hundred Ways of Putting Pressure", p. 52. Human Rights Watch report, released 10 March 2010
External links
Media related to Ethio telecom at Wikimedia Commons