Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Ethio telecom moves to next phase of expansion

Ethio telecom reports that it has concluded the task of telecoms vendor allocation and is now proceeding to implement its network expansion project to realise the Government's Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP) in telecom sector.
This follows ethio telecom’s signing of a USD 1.6 billion expansion project contract with two Chinese companies: Huawei and ZTE, to upgrade and expand its networks.
The expansion project includes:
  • Mobile service core networks
  • Transmission and fiber optics capacity increase and utilizing of  latest technology
  • Radio access network
  • Core network as well as tasks of power supply and environment.
  • Fixed line next generation network 
  • Internet Protocol backhual 
In its second and information system lot the following activities are incorporated:
  • IP (internet) service
  • Customer Billing System
  • Customer relations management system
  • Next generation Call Centre
  • Security Operation Centre
  • Telecom Fraud Management 
  • Video Surveillance
  • Operation Support Centre
  • Multi value added services.
source: www.biztechafrica.com

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