Ethio Telecom on Monday signed a three-year exclusive contractual agreement with five companies to resell its Internet service for the coming three years.
WebSprix IT Solutions PLC, VIVATECH Trading PLC, Zergaw ISP, Skynet IT Solution PLC and Dulle Business Group will be serving as exclusive subcontractors / agents of Ethio Telecom and provide fixed broadband internet service.
At the sighning it is stated that the deal will enable to broadly availing the service accessible to customers at large and contributing to the overall efforts of the nation in realizing the digital transformation strategy.
“As per the signed contract, the mentioned five partner firms would exclusively purchase the fixed bandwidth internet service from Ethio telecom and provide high bandwidth internet service to the customers across the country for the coming three consecutive years, thereby customers will have more options to get fixed broadband internet services from these five partner organizations in addition to Ethio telecom’s sales centres,” Ethio Telecom said.
“Hence, the partners are strongly expected to actively play their roles in heralding the digital Ethiopia plan of the company by providing efficient and quality services to their customers in collaboration with Ethio telecom.”
“These days, Ethio Telecom is immensely working at a high priority to avail fixed broadband internet service to the customers nationwide in partnership with virtual internet service providers. In line with this, our partners have been able to avail fixed broadband internet service to 20,700 customers so far. To make sure that the fixed broadband internet service is accessible across the nation and increase the number of users to 3 million by the end of 2026 G.C, our company has designed and been executing a wide range of systems and strategies,” the statement issued by Ethio Telecom stated.
“In addition to our company’s continuous efforts to expand and meet the mobile internet penetration digital transformation plan of the nation, our partners will play paramount roles in making accessible fixed broadband internet service. As has been the backbone of the economy of the nation, fixed broadband internet service has also multiple roles to play in our society particularly in creating favorable business environment, improving the health, education, digital marketing and social interaction. It will also enable public institutions and private organizations to digitalize their working system thereby providing efficient services to their customers.”
“It is obvious that Ethio Telecom is highly engaged in a massive network capacity building in its drive to enhance economic growth, foster innovation, increase penetration, ensure affordability, minimize digital divide and enable the country to realize the national digital transformation strategy. In parallel to this infrastructure expansion, the company has recently made a massive tariff discount on fixed broadband internet service to meet the ever-increasing customer demands for the services,” Ethio Telecom said.