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Ethio Telecom claims to have over 80 million customers nationwide and to have transacted over a trillion birr in Q1 and Q2 through Telebirr

Over 80 million customers nationwide, according to Ethio telecom, transacted over a trillion ...: Key points from Ethiopia Telecom's six-month reports. A rise in the number of telecom customers. The total number of subscribers reached 80.5 ...

Frehiwot Tamiru, CEO of Ethiopian Telecom, told reporters today that the state-owned company added more than 3 million customers between last July and the end of December, increasing the total number of telecom service users to over 80 million. The company was projected to have 77 million customers in the 2016 fiscal year.


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