Foreword

This case study has been carried out in the framework of a series of Internet diffusion

case studies currently being carried out by the ITU Strategy and Policy Unit (SPU), in

collaboration with the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT). This case study

was carried out with the assistance of the Commonwealth Telecommunication Organi 

zation (CTO) and the Department for International Development (DFID), United King 

dom. Mike Jensen and Claudia Sarrocco wrote the report and carried out the field

research in Addis Abeba from 10 to 15 March 2002. We would like to thank Ato Fanta

Adane of the Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) and Ato Abebe Chekol

of the British Council in Addis Abeba, whose valuable information and comments greatly

assisted us in the field research and in the writing of the report. Our thanks go also to

Joanna Goodrick, Nathalie Delmas, Tim Kelly, Mike Minges and Vanessa Gray, for their

inputs to the study.

We also thank the State Minister of Telecommunications, the General Manager of the

Ethiopian Telecommunication Agency, the General Manager of the Ethiopian Telecom 

munication Corporation, as well as to those we interviewed for dedicating time to

answering our questions.

The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and may not necessarily

reflect the opinions of the International Telecommunication Union or its members, of

the Commonwealth Telecommunication Organization or of the Government of the Federal

Republic of Ethiopia. More details can be found on the ITU website at:

http://web.itu.int/osg/spu/casestudies.

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