Ethiopia Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide - Infoasaid

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64The ITU estimated that in 2010 less than one percent of Ethiopia’s population hadaccess to the internet.According to the CIA World Factbook, there were only 447,000 internet users inEthiopia in 2009.However, the popularity of the internet and social networking is growing fast.According to the website www.socialbakers.com , which measures internet usage,there were nearly 370,000 Facebook users in Ethiopia in September 2011. Of these,110,000 had signed up over the previous six months.Ethio Telecom is the sole provider of internet access in Ethiopia.Home or mobile internet access is beyond the means of most Ethiopians.Most surfers go online at their place of work or at internet cafes. In Addis Ababa,some of the educated elite take advantage mobile internet access.In September 2011, Ethio Telecom charged about 1,100 birr (US$65) per month fora 2 mbps ADSL line with a 6 gigabyte data-transfer limit.All the same, Ethio Telecom is planning to expand its ADSL network and mobile-datanetwork.The company has already reduced its internet tariffs and the cost of internet accessmay fall further as subscriber numbers increase.Many of the most popular internet services, such as Google searches, internetbasedemail, Facebook and Twitter, can be easily accessed on rudimentary smartphones that access the mobile-data network.Some affluent Ethiopians use USB plug in modems to access the Internet via theirlaptop computers.Access to websites that are sympathetic to the political opposition, or deemed hostileto the government, may be blocked from inside Ethiopia.“Opponents of Ethiopia’s current political regime have increasingly used onlinemedia to criticize the government, and the country has responded by implementing afiltering regime that blocks access to popular blogs and the Web sites of many newsorganizations, dissident political parties, and human rights groups”, the CanadabasedOpenNet Initiative said in a 2009 reporthttp://opennet.net/research/profiles/ethiopia“However, filtering is not comprehensive, and much of the media content that thegovernment is attempting to censor can be found on sites that are not banned”, itadded.
65Ethio Telecom www.ethionet.etState-run Ethio Telecom is the sole provider of telecommunication services inEthiopia.It runs the country’s landline and mobile networks and provides access to theinternet.The company said on its website that in June 2011 it had 10.5 million mobilesubscribers, 854,000 fixed lines and 129,000 internet subscribers.Ethio Telecom said that its overall customer base had grown by nearly 46% over thepreceding 12 months.In July 2011, Ethio Telecom introduced new lower value scratch cards indenominations of five and 10 birr (30 and 60 US cents) for its pre-paid mobilecustomers to encourage greater mobile phone use among low income groups.It has also cut the cost of new SIM cards to 40 birr (US$2.30).Call charges are low. There is a standard tariff of 0.3 birr (two US cents) per minutefor voice calls to all domestic mobiles and landlines.SMS messages also cost 0.3 birr each, but heavy discounts are available on bulkpurchases.In December 2010, the government signed a two-year deal to outsource themanagement of Ethio Telecom to France Telecom in a bid to improve its networkcoverage and level of service.A rather outdated mobile coverage map of Ethiopia is available online through thefollowing link:http://maps.mobileworldlive.com/network_info.php?nid=3695&org_id=65&cid=117In September 2011, there was no Ethio Mobile mobile coverage of the Dolo Adorefugee camps near the Somali border, but Somali networks could be picked up inthe area.Contacts?Tel: +251 (0)115 505678
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