Skype me? Indeed | Text of Ethiopia’s draft Telecom Law
The world wide web was awash with news reports of alleged ban of VOIP services by Ethiopian in the past week. One of those was Al-Jazeera’s news brief that stated: A new law in Ethiopia has criminalized the use of VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) services such as Skype. Users could face up to 15 … Read more
In UK: Ethiopian alleges ‘jail for Skype’ to evade deportation
Seeking political asylum has long been considered, among Ethiopians, a guaranteed venue to secure a residence permit in western countries. Thus, asylum seekers bolster their application by listing real or imagined abuses by government officials. This time, however, it has gone a bit too far. A United Kingdom (UK) news outlet reported about an Ethiopian … Read more
Wikileaks| US prying on Chinese, Indian loans to Ethiopia [full text]
Highlights (quotes): * ‘the GoE has encouraged external private and quasi-private financing from China and India to fund major SOE national infrastructure projects… the total stock of SOE [State-owned Enterprises] accumulated external debt is in excess of USD 3 billion.’ * [A gov’t official] ‘did express concerns about revealing sensitive proprietary information of certain state-owned … Read more
Global Mobile phone access: Ethiopia at the bottom
Ethiopian telephone telephone tariff is the cheapest in East Africa, Ethio-Telecom CEO Jean-Michel Latute noted in the press conference last January held at Sheraton Addis. That was when he announced the notable, albeit insufficient, tariff reductions, the first commercial move of Ethio-Telecom since France-Telecom took the management for two years. Mr. Latute had the decency … Read more
Bold enough to lower tariff? | Ethio Telecom new mobile, internet tariff
The state-owned Ethio telecom announced lower tariffs, applicable as of April 1. CEO of Ethio-Telecom Jean-Michel Latute announced the new tariff announced at a press-conference, held at the Sheraton Addis on Thursday, and on the home page of ethio-telecom, on Friday. The new tariff evidently favors the youth, as a look at the details of … Read more
