The company, which aspires to increase its subscribers to 64 million by the end of the just-started Ethiopian fiscal year, is striving to expand its data and Internet users by 16.2 percent to 28.5 million.Īs part of its ambition to provide modern telecom service to its users, the Ethiopia's sole telecom service provider partners with Chinese tech companies, mainly Huawei and ZTE, to realize its 4G LTE telecom service expansion.Īt a ceremony held Thursday in Ambo city to mark the launch of 4G LTE telecom service in the central-west Ethiopia, Frehiwot Tamiru, CEO of Ethio-Telecom, said the launch of the latest Chinese-built 4G services is part of the telecom service provider's three-year growth plan to expand modern telecom services to more than 100 Ethiopian cities.

'My business is very much dependent on having up to date telecom services and with the launch of the 4G telecom services, I'm optimistic my business will further grow and even diversify,' he said.Įthio-Telecom, which is recognized as one of Africa's oldest telecom service providers, has more than 56.2 million subscribers, with more than 25 million data and Internet users. 'I hope the launch of 4G telecom services in Ambo city is the start of the introduction of further modern telecom technologies in the city,' Gemechu told Xinhua, as he cherished the newly launched improved telecom services. Locals often flocked to Gemechu's Internet cafe to access the Internet, in which the lack of 4G telecom services in the area had challenged his customers' Internet experience.Īmbo is one of the central-west cities in Ethiopia that recently welcomed the introduction of 4G telecom services by Chinese hi-tech giant ZTE - a major partner of Ethio-Telecom, the East African country's sole telecom service provider so far, along with Chinese telecom giant Huawei.

Now, he is optimistic about the possibilities of tapping into the Internet world thanks to the newly launched fourth generation (4G) telecom services in the area.

29 (Xinhua) - Living in Ambo city, around 100 km west of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia which was the only city in the country that had 4G telecom services until recently, Merera Gemechu and his fellow community members had to struggle to catch modern telecom technologies.

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