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Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation

Ethio Telecom

Last modified: 2023-09-09 by bruce berry
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image by Martin Grieve, 02 Sept 2023

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Background

Ethio Telecom, previously Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC), is the Ethiopian government owned telecommunications company and major provider of internet and telephone services in Ethiopia.

Originally a division of the Ministry of Post, Telephone and Telegraph, what would become the ETC was established as the Imperial Board of Telecommunications of Ethiopia (IBTE) in 1952. Under the Derg regime, the IBTE was reorganised as the Ethiopian Telecommunications Service in October 1975, which was in turn reorganised in January 1981 as the Ethiopian Telecommunications Authority. In November 1996, the Ethiopian Telecommunications Authority became the ETC and was reorganised at Ethio Telecom on 29 November 2010.
Bruce Berry, 02 Sept 2023


Ethio Telecom flag (2010 - )

The flag of Ethio Telecom has the company logo, followed by it's name in English and Amharic, in the centre of a large white stripe.  Thin green stripes are found above and below the white stripe.
Bruce Berry, 02 Sept 2023


Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation flag (1996 - 2010)

image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Jan 2008

The flag of the Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation had a light blue flag field with golden fringe on all free edges and the company logo in white in the centre.  The company name above the logo was in Amharic ("የኢትዮጱያ ቴሌኮሙኒኬሸን ኮርፖሬሸን" ="Yä’utəyop̣uya Telekomunikešänə Korəparešänə") and below in English ("Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation") set in white bold thick-serif capitals.

  image located by Francisco Santos, 25 May 2003

There was a small photo on the company's official website showing the same flag but without the fringe.
António Martins-Tuválkin
, 21 January 2008