Ethio Telecom, the state-owned telecom operator in Ethiopia, today announced the official launch of its commercial 5G network services in Addis Ababa, the capital city. The 5G service was first introduced in May 2022 as a trial service in Addis Ababa and Adama city.
Ethio Telecom has commercialized its 5G service at 145 different sites in Addis Ababa and is ready to offer unlimited 5G data, 5G To The Home, and a variety of 5G mobile packages to its esteemed customers. To utilize these diverse services and mobile packages, customers are required to have 5G-supporting mobile devices and handsets.
The state-of-the-art fifth-generation network (5G) offers the fastest speeds (up to 10 Gbps), low latency (less than 1 ms), and massive communication capability (up to 1 million connections within 1 km2). With such high speeds, superior reliability, and negligible latency, 5G will have a significant impact on industries such as mission-critical services requiring real-time decisions, manufacturing plants, remote healthcare, precision agriculture, self-driving vehicles, IoT, and real-time operations, making them a reality.
The commercialization of 5G service will enable Ethiopian society to obtain best-in-class digital solutions, improving their experience. It will also play a paramount role for Ethiopian businesses, enhancing their productivity and efficiency, generating new revenues with next-generation applications, improving operations with real-time analytics, adapting quickly to changes in business dynamics, and delivering secure and fast access to mission-critical data.
Furthermore, the 5G service has tremendous significance for smart home, health services, hospital management, smart agriculture, education, industry/mining, manufacturing, smart airports and travel services, smart transportation & logistics, digital shopping, broadcasting & entertainment, as well as cloud-based 5G gaming.
