FT’s management contract with Ethio Telecom expires

Ethiopia’s monopoly state-owned telco, Ethio Telecom has terminated its two-year management agreement with France Telecom, as the contract expired as agreed.

Following the conclusion of the management contract, Ethiopian managers of Ethio Telecom have taken over the management positions.

However, the companies have signed a one-year support framework agreement which will be managed by the telco’s own management. The major areas of the partnership with France Telecom include expertise in key areas and management consultancy, as well as FT Orange Partnership.

Through the partnership France Telecom will also support Ethio Telecom in areas such as in network design, architecture, technology selection negotiation and related technical areas.

Ethio Telecom recently confirmed that it is close to signing a network expansion contract which would also see the deployment of LTE services in the capital city, Addis Ababa.