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Ethiopia Telecom reports 12% rise in H1 revenue

State-run Ethio Telecom, expected to be partly sold off as Ethiopia liberalises its economy, reported a 12% rise in first-half revenue to end-December to 25.6 billion birr ($650 million), it said on Thursday.

  • Updated On Jan 21, 2021 at 04:37 PM IST
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NAIROBI: State-run Ethio Telecom, expected to be partly sold off as Ethiopia liberalises its economy, reported a 12% rise in first-half revenue to end-December to 25.6 billion birr ($650 million), it said on Thursday.

The government said last year it will retain a 55% stake in Ethio Telecom, with 40% going to international companies and the remainder to local investors.

Ethio Telecom said mobile voice services contributed 49% of the revenue and data services some 26%.

The company plans to launch mobile money services soon, it said, but did not give a timeframe.

In June, the telecoms regulator said it had received 12 bids for two telecom licences the government plans to award to multinational companies.

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The regulator has not given a deadline for when it will award the licences.

Ethiopia's telecoms industry is considered the big prize in a push to liberalise the economy as a protected market which serves more than 110 million people.

  • Published On Jan 21, 2021 at 04:23 PM IST
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