Ethiopia Sunday signed an $800-million telecommunications network expansion deal with ZTE in a move to increase mobile phone penetration and 3G internet access in Ethiopia and launch 4G broadband internet Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital city.
The agreement starts off a $1.6 billion deal shared by ZTE and Huawei, both telecoms giants from China.
According to Ethio Telecom chief executive Andualem Admassie: “The expansion project is vital to attain Ethio Telecom’s objective of increasing telecoms service access and coverage across the nation as well as to upgrade the existing network.”
