Ethio Telecom provided services for 64.51 million mobile voice subscribers in the year to July 7 2022, an increase of over 10 million on the previous year. The state-owned company is the sole provider of mobile services in Ethiopia.
Number of mobile/wireless subscribers to Ethio Telecom from fiscal year 2012 to 2022
(in millions)
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Fiscal year ends 7 July. Mobile voice subscribers only.
Supplementary notes
*The decline in subscriber numbers is due to excluding inactive customers from the total from 2017/18 forward. An inactive customer is defined as a customer who has not used their sim card for two consecutive years or more.
Fiscal year ends 7 July.
Ethio Telecom is currently the monopoly provider for all of Ethiopia's telecoms sectors.
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National Bank of Ethiopia. (January 31, 2023). Number of mobile/wireless subscribers to Ethio Telecom from fiscal year 2012 to 2022 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 14, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/749536/ethiopia-ethio-telecom-mobile-line-subscribers-by-type/
National Bank of Ethiopia. "Number of mobile/wireless subscribers to Ethio Telecom from fiscal year 2012 to 2022 (in millions)." Chart. January 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/749536/ethiopia-ethio-telecom-mobile-line-subscribers-by-type/
National Bank of Ethiopia. (2023). Number of mobile/wireless subscribers to Ethio Telecom from fiscal year 2012 to 2022 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/749536/ethiopia-ethio-telecom-mobile-line-subscribers-by-type/
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