Reconsidering the request of our esteemed potential partners who responded to our request for expression of interest (Consultancy Services) of November 3,2006. We hereby extend the due date by one week (seven days) as of November 27, 2006.

In due course we also have made amendment on our requirements. We hope these will be to the satisfaction of all us.

NOTE : Those of you who wants to give additional 

              information on what you have respond will be  

              welcomed.                                                                                                                                     Nov 26,2006

 ETC finalized Internet bandwidth upgrading project 

August 11, 2006

The Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) has finalized the implementation of Internet bandwidth upgrading project with a view to providing lasting solution to the traffic congestion witnessed at the international Internet connections due to the rapid growth of Internet users and the ever increasing consumption of international bandwidth.

The Corporation in collaboration with American based Verizon Business/MCI Company has already completed the enhancement of additional bandwidth of symmetrical 34 Mbps (Mega bits per second) for both downlink and uplink through terrestrial connection via Sudan.      

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 ETC undertook various telecom projects during 1998 E.F.Y

  August 10, 2006

 The Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) has implemented various telecom service expansion projects during the 1998 Ethiopian Fiscal Year (EFY), which are believed to be compatible with the interests of customers and the development direction of the government.

 Accordingly, fixed telephone exchange capacity has reached 974,193 during the stated period against 857,347 in 1997 E.F.Y. witnessing a 20% growth while the number of subscribers also raised to 740,250 in 1998 E.F.Y. compared to 610,347 in 1997 E.F.Y.  that resulted in an increment of 21 percent.

 As part of expanding basic telephone services particularly in the rural parts of the country, ETC has managed to replace analogue exchanges with fully digital automatic exchanges raising the later to 449 in 1998 E.F.Y. against 273 in 1997 E.F.Y., showing a 64 percent increment.  

 The Corporation has also finalized mobile network expansion projects with a capacity of 350,000 and 625,000 lines, which are launched during the 1997 budget year together with the execution of additional mobile expansion project having the network capacity of 175,000 lines in various parts of the country.

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