Ethio Telecom has reported robust performance for the first half of the 2025/26 fiscal year, covering July to December 2025, under its "Next Horizon: Digital Beyond 2028 Strategy." The company is advancing Ethiopia's digital transformation, promoting inclusion, creating jobs, and supporting economic growth while expanding its role in the regional and global digital economy.
During the past six months, Ethio Telecom added 278 new mobile stations, including 130 in rural areas, raising network capacity by 3.21 million and bringing total customer carrying capacity to 108 million. The number of 4G-enabled towns reached 1,069, covering 74 of the population. The backbone network was strengthened with 377.7 km of new fiber, bringing total fiber length to over 23,000 km, while International Internet Gateway capacity reached 3 Tbps, with local caching reducing foreign currency costs. Service reliability improved through new generators, upgraded solar-powered sites, and the addition of 3 super-fast EV charging stations, increasing total capacity to 72 vehicles.
In fixed broadband, 32,948 new premises were connected, total ODN capacity rose to 1.21 million, and 32,600 customers were migrated from copper to fiber. The company also expanded cloud and digital services, launched an e-commerce platform, and introduced 204 new or updated products, including enterprise solutions and digital finance services through telebirr. Telebirr now serves 58.61 million users, facilitating 1.94 trillion ETB in electronic money transfers during the period.
