There is no gainsaying the fact that Ethio telecom has been serving for 125 years greasing the wheels of the socio-economic growth of the general public and taking the sector to the next episode of accomplishment time after time. As everything under the sun is not a bed of roses, the company managed to pass through quite a lot of twists and turns to reach where it is at present.
Of late, Ethio telecom has come up with a three-year strategic plan which has been developed with the in-house capacity to make the company more competent, competitive and chosen telecom service provider on a national scale.
In the same way, the company has been attaching significance to bring operational excellence, ensure affordable and quality service, enhance strategy execution capability, and whatnot.
The strategy takes for granted that in the first year of the premeditated period, there will not be additional operatives in the market and no proprietorship amendment to Ethio telecom. If any amendment comes to pass during the year, the plan is flexible to accommodate the adjustments.
As the Ethiopian government has already decided to open the telecom market through privatization and liberalization for additional operators, Ethio telecom, the soul telecom service provider in our country, should roll up its sleeves to be more competent by making use of a range of effective techniques.
Nowadays, bringing into play a range of successful reforms, the company is bearing the fruit.
Just to mention a few, from July 1-December 31, 2019, the number of subscribers shot to 45.6 million which is 99% of the target and an increase of 10.9% from the previous year of similar period. Moreover, mobile voices subscribers shot to 44.03 million, data and internet users shot to 22.74 million and fixed services have shot to 1.01 million.
In the same way, Ethio telecom is emphasizing capacity building endeavor. Taking this reality into account, 8,928 employees were able to benefit from 137 training programs and other interventions. Aside from possessing 181,000 partners who distribute its products and services, the company managed to appoint over 16,000 indefinite and 19,000 on definite term employees.
The Ethiopian herald January 31/2020
