ETC upgrading, expanding telephone services in 22 towns of eastern Ethiopia
Harrar, October 10, 2006 (WIC) - The Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) said it has launched expansion works with over 132 million birr to improve telephone services in 22 towns of eastern Ethiopia.
East Region Manager with ETC, Wondawik Abeze, told WIC that the corporation is carrying out expansion and cable installation activities in rural towns located in Oromia, Somali and Harrari states as well as Diredawa Administration.
The projects include expansion and installation activities that will help improve telephone services for 22 towns and stretching of cables to extend modern digital telephone services for 12 towns, building construction and upgrading works.
The Manager said the region will carry out activities to make most of the rural kebeles beneficiaries of wireless and expand mobile telephone services.
The corporation will also undertake expansion of new digital automatic exchange, regular, wireless and mobile telephone services, he stated.
Installation of public phones in the towns and stretching of optical fiber cables from Diredawa to Harrar and Diredawa to Djibouti will be carried out, according to Wondawik.
Most of the projects are being executed in areas that had no access to telephone services, he said, adding that the construction and expansion works will be finalized until the coming June.
The corporation has allocated 132,467 million birr for the execution of the programs in the four states and the budget exceeds the amount allotted for same purpose last year by over 66 million birr, according to the Manager.
ETC has reportedly accessed 18 towns under the region to modern digital services and carried out expansion of wireless and mobile telephone services with 65.4 million birr last budget year, Wondawik recalled.
(c) Walta Information Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
East Region Manager with ETC, Wondawik Abeze, told WIC that the corporation is carrying out expansion and cable installation activities in rural towns located in Oromia, Somali and Harrari states as well as Diredawa Administration.
The projects include expansion and installation activities that will help improve telephone services for 22 towns and stretching of cables to extend modern digital telephone services for 12 towns, building construction and upgrading works.
The Manager said the region will carry out activities to make most of the rural kebeles beneficiaries of wireless and expand mobile telephone services.
The corporation will also undertake expansion of new digital automatic exchange, regular, wireless and mobile telephone services, he stated.
Installation of public phones in the towns and stretching of optical fiber cables from Diredawa to Harrar and Diredawa to Djibouti will be carried out, according to Wondawik.
Most of the projects are being executed in areas that had no access to telephone services, he said, adding that the construction and expansion works will be finalized until the coming June.
The corporation has allocated 132,467 million birr for the execution of the programs in the four states and the budget exceeds the amount allotted for same purpose last year by over 66 million birr, according to the Manager.
ETC has reportedly accessed 18 towns under the region to modern digital services and carried out expansion of wireless and mobile telephone services with 65.4 million birr last budget year, Wondawik recalled.
(c) Walta Information Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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