Vodacom’s Anwar Soussa named head of Global Partnership for Ethiopia
The partnership aims to start operations in Ethiopia as early as 2022.
Global Partnership for Ethiopia wins bid for one of Ethiopia’s telecom licenses
The consortium offered up USD 850 million for the license fee and USD 8.5 billion in investments.
Bidding for the two telecom licenses that the Ethiopian Telecommunications Authority is providing closed today
There are only two effective bidders given that Vodafone, Vodacom, CDC Group, Safaricom, and Sumitomo Corporation submitted a joint application with MTN submitting the other application.
Ethio Telecom has partnered with Huawei for the 4G expansion services being rolled out across the country
Within the past month Ethio Telecom, in collaboration with Huawei, has launched 4G services in the South-South West region and in cities like Adama, Bishoftu, Awash, and others.
Ethiopia telecom license plans update
The extension comes after companies that are involved in the bidding process requested more time to get their bids fully in order.
US corporation pledges 500 million to finance a new network operator in Ethiopia
Despite the stalling of the telecom liberalization process due to the COVID-19 pandemic and conflict in Tigray, telecom officials affirm that plans are in final stages of implementation.