Ethiopia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

2021-07-09T07:16:59Z

Ethiopia licences consortium to liberate the telecom sector

Sydney, July 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Just released, this edition of BuddeComm report outlines the latest developments and key trends in the telecoms markets. - https://www.budde.com.au/Research/Ethiopia-Telecoms-Mobile-and-Broadband-Statistics-and-Analyses/?utm_source=GNW
This is part of a wider government strategy to open the telecom market and other economic sectors to competition, and so develop socio-economic growth through diversity while focussing on making better use of digital services and technologies.

Competition in the telecom sector has recently been enabled by licensing the GPE consortium, though services are not expected to be launched until 2022. In coming years, the mobile market in particular will be transformed through additional investment, supported by the know-how and scale of the consortium’s participants, which include Safaricom and Vodacom, as well as Vodafone Group as the chief shareholder in those companies.


The consortium will also provide an entry point for Western vendors to enter Ethiopia’s telecom market, loosening the stranglehold long held by ZTE and Huawei. With mobile penetration at only about 44%, the potential for growth is considerable. Further growth is expected to be concentrated on mobile services, though there is also room for greater wholesale access for ISPs.


Read the full report: https://www.budde.com.au/Research/Ethiopia-Telecoms-Mobile-and-Broadband-Statistics-and-Analyses/?utm_source=GNW

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