DigitalOlympus.com Comments on BBC News Report about Ethiopia’s Ethio Telecom’s Deal with China’s ZTE

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Following a recent news report published on August 19 on BBC News about Ethiopia’s agreement to $800m (£510m) deal with Chinese telecom heavyweight ZTE to widen its mobile phone network, according to disclosure by state-owned Ethio Telecom, DigitalOlympus.com has commented on how the deal will benefit the mobile phone system service provider.

The BBC News report points that the agreement would enable the Ethiopian service provider double the figure of phone subscribers to over 50 million and improve the access of 3G network across Ethiopia. Although, most people in Ethiopia do not have access to phones or the web. Ethio Telecom is the only mobile network service provider, in a nation that is still under severe state control.

“The deal would create the opportunity for more people to have access to mobile phones and internet in Ethiopia,” says a DigitalOlympus.com spokesperson. “Those who use their mobile devices as business phones will also benefit from the deal; it will enhance communication and extend telecom coverage.”

Furthermore, the BBC News reported that Ethio Telecom’s deal with China’s second-largest telecoms equipment producer ZTE is part of a telecommunications extension scheme valued at $1.6bn. Acting head of Ethio Telecom Andualem Admassie, was quoted as saying “The expansion is vital to attain Ethio Telecom’s objective of increasing telecom service access and coverage across the nation, as well as to upgrade existing network to new technology.”

In a statement following the report, DigitalOlympus.com principal researcher Josh Cole stated that the deal which can herald the use of VoIP phones in the country will be a welcome development in the telecom sector of Ethiopia, as the country targets expanding its subscribers’ network.

DigitalOlympus.com is a leading news and technology research blog, committed to supplying incisive recommendations, and advising the embrace of effective and standard telecom equipment such as Panasonic Phone system devices, as well as business policies that can enable businesses to boost their efficiency and live up to the expectations of their sector.

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