Ethiopia Telecom slashes mobile SIM card prices

04/04/09

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Ethiopia Telecom slashes mobile SIM card prices

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Ethiopia Telecom slashes mobile SIM card prices

By Hayal Alemayehu

The Reporter

The Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) slashed the prices of mobile phone SIM cards as of Thursday, according to a statement the corporation sent to The Reporter.
The corporation made a 54 percent discount on the prepaid mobile phone SIM card to 169.10 birr while it reduced the different set of prices ranging prices from 1445.13 to 1171.13 birr paid for acquiring post-paid mobile phone SIM cards to a uniform price of 414.40 birr.

The corporation also lowered the price for replacement of lost SIM cards by 40 percent to 15 birr.

ETC took the move in a bid to attract more customers and expand its service as well as bring closer the tariffs paid for such services to that of other African countries, according to the corporation.

Currently there are more than three million pre-paid and post-paid mobile phone subscribers.

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Comment from: Pink Panther [Visitor]

I didn't know they have a mobile service :>>

Permalink 04/05/09 @ 02:05

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Comment from: jemal [Visitor]

Is it me or ETC finally came out of its hibernation? We all had been saying it for a long time. Their existing price structure does not work in any country let alone poor Ethiopia. This is small but it's progress my friends...I hope they don't back it up with some stupid decision to make up for lost revenue!

Permalink 04/05/09 @ 02:19

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Comment from: c´moi senait [Visitor]

Why not send a Telecomunication Weyannes Manager to Somalia to LEARN how fast their Tel. is working. There you can call 70% less than ethiopia price. These GIMMATAMS weyannes with NO education are blinding us to IT.

Permalink 04/05/09 @ 05:14

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Comment from: CONFUSED [Visitor]

It is all well and good to slash the prices to “Attract more customers” but why attract more customers to an already over congested market that they simply cannot provide any level of quality service :?:

I have sat in the same room with my friend in Addis and tried to call him only to be told .........“Your party is not in the service area”! :no:

Should they not be looking at improving the dismal and atrocious service they currently provide / can’t provide? :))

They also claim to be launching 3G service :lalala:

If they can’t get -1G service right how can they leap to 3G and have any hope to get it right ... :crazy:

I don’t hate the game :no:

I just hate the fakers :))

Permalink 04/05/09 @ 05:38

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Comment from: Ashenafi [Visitor]

Orders probably came from new management team. All but one of ETC's entire management board was fired and replaced last year.

Permalink 04/05/09 @ 06:56

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Comment from: Jordan [Visitor]

I hate Ethiopian Telecommunication. They are so backward. "Fuzzo!!

Anyways, what they did is not bad. But, this is not enough. Hope, we will see more changes in the near future!!

Permalink 04/05/09 @ 12:42

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Comment from: Tekulaw [Visitor]

Hey,

WTF! I have recently bought two SIM cards for realtives of mine with over 350 birr each. Am I going to be reimbursed for the differnced or are they going to say "sorry buddy"?

Too bad!

Good job ETC anyways 'coz I still have 10 cousins who need cellphones!

Permalink 04/05/09 @ 15:07

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Comment from: wedi mekele [Visitor]

I didnt know weyane officials read comments about them.
good progress but still very expensive.

Permalink 04/05/09 @ 15:43

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Comment from: Mola [Visitor]

please ETC lower your international tarrife charge it is very expensive one SMS is charging more than 6 Birr it is really unfair.
God Bless Ethiopian and her leader

Permalink 04/05/09 @ 15:47

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Comment from: Mimi [Visitor]

It is a good news at this time. if invite also another mobille company it is goog. Vadfan. Mts, Velcom ...

Permalink 04/05/09 @ 16:44

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Comment from: filginov [Visitor]

Welldone ET, It is about time for you understand how expensive your telecom products are. that is why only 3 million out of a population of nearly 80 million are connected. By reducing both local and international call charges you can connect more people and boost your income. This is a wise bussiness move.

Permalink 04/05/09 @ 17:43

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Comment from: Lion [Visitor]

It is time for ETC to reduced the price which has been one of the highest in the World. I myself have purchased about fourty dollars per sim card last year. EPRDF keep doing the right thing with improved better economic policy and good governence.

Permalink 04/05/09 @ 19:50

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Comment from: Tsiyon [Visitor]

why not they distribute free sim cards to rural areas, if that was the reason they are not privatizing this stupid company.

Permalink 04/05/09 @ 23:25

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Comment from: AleQa Bru [Visitor]

This seems to be a result of the hard work of the so called " Destructive extremist vocal Diaspora." The "vocal diaspora" helps the poor Ethiopians. The Woyane cadres and hodams on the other hand don't. If it were upto these idiots, Woyane could have even increased the prices.

So I say, good job to the "Destructive Extremist Vocal Diaspora." Keep defending the poor Ethiopians.

Permalink 04/06/09 @ 03:29

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Comment from: katikala [Visitor]

still expensive

Permalink 04/06/09 @ 05:32

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Comment from: lone man [Visitor]

what 400 birr

why dont they cross to somalia and buy for 2 birrrrrrr?
everyone sells sim cards in mogadishu
even the shoe shiners

i dont get this someone explain

Permalink 04/06/09 @ 19:00

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Comment from: jaba [Visitor]

still far from the real price.....some countrys like china he price of sim card is less than 45 birr..

so please the etc need to work hard>

Permalink 04/06/09 @ 23:02

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