Ethiopia goes 5GEthiopia joined Kenya and South Africa as the only three countries to have deployed commercial 5G services on the continent as Ethio telecom completes its preparation for the adoption of 5G as of Monday, May 10, 2022.
The company is implementing the project using technology from the Chinese technology company, Huawei.
5G is set to be introduced to deal with the high volume of data transmission in dense urban networks in the country and will be upgraded to the existing 4G infrastructure which will help in user demand whilst solving data traffic.
The network is said to be applied to hotspot areas in Addis Ababa, including the areas around the head office of Ethio telecom and the premises of Bole International Airport.
Globally, 5G network services for commercial use were first deployed in 2018 by Verizon. In Africa, 5G networks are available in Kenya and South Africa.
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