Licenses

The Ethiopian Telecommunication Proclamation No 49/1996 (as amended), article 10(1) affirmed that no person may operate a telecommunication service without obtaining license from the Agency.

National Operator

ETA Licensed the Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation in 2002 to provide the following four telecom services.

• Public Switched Telecommunication Service
• GSM 900Mhz Mobile telecommunication Service
• Internet Service
• Digital Data Communication

Other licensed Services

The following services requires ETA's license

• TV Receiver only (TVRO)
• Radio Communication
• Resale (Telephone or Fax or Internet services separately)
• Telecenter
• In-house or building cable installation
• Outside cabling or wireless local loop lines installation or maintenance.
• Telecommunication exchange installation or maintenance
• Satellite telephone service (GMPCS)

Requirements(To aquire ETA's service)

• to see the details about [PDF]
• TVRO
• Radio Communication(In Amharic)Radio Communication(In English)
• Resale and Telecenter
• Standards and Type approval
• In-house and Outside Cabling

License Application Forms

• Resale Service License Application Forms Click here (In Amharic)[pdf]
• Resale Service License Application Forms Click here (In English)[pdf]
• Cable,Wireless Local Loop, Switching and Terminal equipment mentenance works License Application Forms Click here (In Amharic)[pdf]
• Cable,Wireless Local Loop, Switching and Terminal equipment mentenance works License Application Forms Click here (In English)[pdf]
• TVRO License Application Forms View [pdf]
• Radio Communication License Application Form-View (In Amharic)[pdf]
• Radio Communication License Application Form-View (In English)[pdf]
• Type Approval of a Spread Spectrum Device Application Form-View (In Amharic)[pdf]
• Type Approval of a Spread Spectrum Device Application Form-View (In Eng)[pdf]