Cisco is to replace broadband connections in Ethiopia free of charge, according to a story at AllAfrica,com.
The site reports that the replacement would help “curb and ameliorate the ‘broadband’ Internet connection service rendered by the Ethiopian telecommunication Corporation (ETC).”
The network is expected to be available to subscribers in less than a year.
The story reads:
According to available information, around 26,642 subscribers to the service were registered until March, 2006; while a growing number of households, private and government institutions are using the relatively cheaper tariff Dial Up leased line and shared DSL internet service.
The broadband service has also enabled to provide telephone services to some 5000 rural kebeles of the country by March, 2006.
Globally, over 63 million new subscribers of broadband service appear every year and the number of users is estimated to reach 72% by the year 2010, according to a publication prepared by the Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporations, 2007.
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