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Ethiopia is Africa’s second-most populous nation and home to one of the oldest public telecommunications providers.
Ethiopian telecommunications are still among the least developed in the world, despite their age.
Two kbits/s per second was the international transmission speed per Internet user.
Ethiopia’s reputation as one of the world’s weakest economies is not surprising.
The Ethiopian telecom industry’s performance is impacted by ineffective and inexperienced regulatory oversight, a lack of facilities-based competition, inadequate interconnection with neighboring nation’s networks, and the inability to localize outbound traffic.
For Ethiopia to have better connectivity and a flourishing digital ecosystem, full liberalization, along with the hosting of a sizable number of Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), and an efficient regulatory body are recommended.
The Ethiopia Telecom Market accounted for $XX Billion in 2023 and is anticipated to reach $XX Billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of XX% from 2024 to 2030.
With the announcement that it has activated its network and services in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, it appears that Safaricom Ethiopia has finally officially arrived after numerous pilots.
Safaricom is the first private operator in one of Africa’s largest telecoms markets after piloting its network in ten cities.
The coronavirus pandemic and logistical difficulties caused the network’s launch in April to be postponed.Safaricom Ethiopia stated that it intends to expand its national network to 14 additional cities.
However, it is the only private player;Additional licences may have been revoked as a result of the nearly two-year war in Tigray’s northern region.
The incumbent Ethio Telecom will then respond.With streaming music and video.
At the beginning of this year, it is said that Ethio Telecom issued a request for proposals for providers of music streaming services and platform developers of video streaming services.Audio podcasts, religious content, talk shows, and international and national music and songs will be available on the music streaming services, which will be compatible with various devices.
Ethio is developing new products like IPTV, Basekit (white label e-commerce, bookings, and website builder software), Chatbots, Teledrive (a cloud storage service), Magic Voice (a service that lets callers change their voice while they are on the phone), and mobile device insurance, all of which are likely to become available in the coming weeks.
In recent months, Ethio has introduced an eSIM service in addition to a number of mobile financial services.The company is said to have a new three-year strategy with plans to increase the number of subscriber.