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Addis Ababa rolls out 4G mobile service
Ethiopia's state-run telecoms monopoly has launched a fourth generation (4G) mobile service in Addis Ababa as part of a $1.6 billion project whose costs are...
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Ethiopia signs major broadband deal
Addis Ababa will have a high-speed 4G broadband network and there will be 3G service throughout the rest of the country within two years, thanks to a $700 million agreement between Ethiopia and Huawei...
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Major new technology park for Addis Ababa
Ethiopia is to build a $250 million technology park beside Bole International Airport in the south-east suburbs of Addis Ababa.
The Ethio ICT Park will be located on a 200-hectare site and is due f...
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Ethiopia clamps down on the internet
Ethiopia is clamping down further on internet use, according to Reporters Without Borders, the international non-governmental organisation that advocates freedom of the press and information.
The F...
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Google holds g|Ethiopia in Addis Ababa
Internet search engine giant Google is holding its first g|Ethiopia conference in Addis Ababa from 7-8 February.
The event will see business leaders, entrepreneurs and community representatives co...
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An Irish company called M-Birr is to provide mobile banking technology to financial institutions operating in Ethiopia, through its subsidiary in Addis Ababa, M-Birr ICT Services Plc. The technology w...
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Free WiFi at Addis Ababa airport
Passengers travelling through Addis Ababa Bole International Airport are to be offered access to free wireless internet. A representative from Ethiopian Airport Enterprise (EAE) stated that the servic...
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Ethiopia gets new telephone directory
State telecommunications provider Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation (ETC) has finally launched its 2009 telephone directory over a year behind schedule due to contractual problems with the publi...
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Nokia launches mobile for Ethiopia with Ge’ez script.
Ethiopians can now send SMS text messages in their own alphabet thanks to a new mobile phone developed by Nokia for the local market, the BBC news website reports. For now Nokia has issued only a basi...
