Internet country code | .et |
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Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
Total | 212,000 (2020 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 0.2 (2020 est.) |
Internet users | |
Total | 20.4 million (2021 est.) |
Percent of population | 17% (2021 est.) |
Telecommunication systems | |
General assessment | Ethio telecom is the major provider, but no longer has a complete monopoly on all telecom services; a consortium led by Kenyan Safaricom launched service in October 2022; the World Bank in early 2021 provided a $200 million loan to help develop the country’s digital transformation, while the government has embarked on its 2020-2030 program as well as its Digital Ethiopia 2025 strategy, both aimed at making better use of digital technologies to promote socioeconomic development (2023) |
Domestic | Fixed-line subscriptions less than 1 per 100 while mobile-cellular stands at a little over 54 per 100 people (2021) |
International | Country code - 251; open-wire to Sudan and Djibouti; microwave radio relay to Kenya and Djibouti; 2 domestic satellites provide the national trunk service; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Pacific Ocean) (2016) |
Telephones - fixed lines | |
Total subscriptions | 862,000 (2022 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | (2022 est.) less than 1 |
Telephones - mobile cellular | |
Total subscriptions | 69.123 million (2022 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 56 (2022 est.) |
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