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Djibouti, April 8th, 2009 –
Ethiopia launched a multi million mobile telephone network to increase
its mobile telephone subscribers to 12 million from the current 4.1
million.
Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation (ETC) said that a six million
expansion work for the mobile telephone is being carried out in the
first phase of the project; including Somali zone, Afar Zone and Oromo
National regional state.
Ethiopia, home to 77 million people is still among the countries with
low telephone network in Africa. Ethiopia is also known for its
expensive price of mobile telephone SIM card.
However, the corporation announced a price decrease as of April 2 2009.
The previous $ 36 cost for the prepaid mobile phone SIM card was reduced
to $ 16.
The price is still expensive compared to other African countries where
SIM card is available for $ 5 and less; specially neighboring states,
Somalia and Somaliland.
The charge for replacement of lost or damaged SIM card was also lowered
to $ 1.2 from $ 2.5 previously.
“The move was aimed at benefiting the public from the ever expanding
telecom services in the country,” said ETC.
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