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Ethiopia's state-run telecoms monopoly has started selling 4G services in the capital Addis Ababa, offering packages for use with an LTE dongle or LTE Wi-Fi router from Huawei, or an LTE-enabled smartphone.
Ethio Telecom is providing a total of six LTE plans ranging from ETB420 ([Euro]19/$21) a month for 2 gigabytes of data to ETB3,600 for 30 GB. The dongles cost ETB2,500 and the routers ETB4,299. Customers outside the 4G coverage area will be automatically switched back to the operator's 3G network.
The move means that Ethio Telecom is the latest operator in...