On 17 June 2019 Reuters reported that Ethiopia would split its state telecom provider into two businesses before privatisation, according to state-affiliated media, as a key part of the government’s plan to open the sector.
The split talk followed parliament’s telecom investment law and earlier licence-timeline reports, and it framed corporate restructuring as a step before selling stakes or admitting new operators.
Kept as telecom-reform archive, the Reuters report dates the mid-2019 plan to divide Ethio Telecom ahead of privatisation.
Sources: Reuters