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esjones

01-05-2008 13:57

Coverage in Ethiopia?

I'm having a hard time finding any current coverage maps or other information for Ethiopia. My son will be doing volunteer work there later this year, in the Bahir Dar region, and I would like for him to be able to at least send us an SMS message once in a while! Can anyone tell me if GSM coverage is available around Bahir Dar?

Thanks.

limpwaster

01-05-2008 14:58

http://www.gsmworld.com/cgi-bin/ni_m...2&cc=et&net=et

coverage map for Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETMTN)

DRNewcomb

02-05-2008 12:44

They don't seem to have a map on their website (http://www.ethionet.et/EthioMobile/home.html) but they describe the coverage as:

Quote:

Where to use Your Mobile Telephone?
You can use your mobile telephone anywhere you go as long as there is GSM Coverage in that area. ETHIO-MOBILE covers Addis Ababa and its surroundings, Debrezeit, Nazareth, Mojo and Sodere in its first phase of implementation and will expand the service in successive stages to the major administrative and economic centers of the country.

It looks like they have just two towers. Probably a good place to have a Thuraya phone.

Ed.: I should have said "just a few towers".

dg7feq

02-05-2008 22:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by DRNewcomb (Post 21901)

They don't seem to have a map on their website (http://www.ethionet.et/EthioMobile/home.html) but they describe the coverage as:
It looks like they have just two towers. Probably a good place to have a Thuraya phone.

yeah, Thuraya seems to be a good choice there. Unfortunately Ethiopia is not in the coverage for the ECO-SIM. The regular one is a bit more expensive - but still better than no phone at all.

Chris

DRNewcomb

02-05-2008 23:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by dg7feq (Post 21909)

yeah, Thuraya seems to be a good choice there. Unfortunately Ethiopia is not in the coverage for the ECO-SIM. The regular one is a bit more expensive - but still better than no phone at all.

Chris

I was trying to figure out the charges for their prepaid service but the numbers don't make sense. Are those phone number ranges they list? (e.g. "400000 - 419999") Anyway USD 1.00 is about Birr 10.0

faquick

30-07-2008 08:15

hi,

I am trying to find some informations on the same issue

I believe these numbers are the phone no. ranges, as you say, but there is very little informations, and what's on the website is not much clear.

Anybody discoveredy anything else about Ethiopian GSM carrier?

maccoy

18-08-2008 14:36

It seems clear to me that those numbers are phone no. ranges...
Infact they talk about calls within the same area and calls to the other areas.

faquick

17-07-2010 19:23

I found something new this year, looking for informations on their website:

it looks like they have now some 3G (WCDMA) coverage, and (very expensive) data plans:

ETC Home

but the GPRS tariffs are more affordable, here is the plan for those and GSM calls:

ETC Home

anyway it looks like you cannot access 3G and GPRS with foreign SIMs roaming there (at least no data is allowed for Italian carriers that have roaming agreements with them)

JustinBarley

15-11-2010 15:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by maccoy (Post 23254)

It seems clear to me that those numbers are phone no. ranges...
Infact they talk about calls within the same area and calls to the other areas.

It is like that for most of Ethiopia...
I've been there for the last year and their phone services are all really crappy

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