2. Communication technology status

presence (PoP) located in the Addis

The provisional licence proposed by

Abeba area, including one ISDN

ETA for the DDN has the following

switch in Arada. The network links

targets, which if not met, are liable

between the PoPs are 2Mbps and local

t o   a   p e n a l t y   o f   B i r r   3 0 0   f o r

links can be provided at up to 1Mbps.

connection point that is not installed:

Table 5: Digital data network in Ethiopia

No.Regional

Name of

Population

Roll Out Target*

Administration

Town

Size

2001/02 2002/03

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

1

Tigray

Mekele

99,846

3

10

13

16

20

2

Amhara

Bahir Dar

99,024

6

17

22

28

34

Amhara

Dessie

100,233

2

7

10

12

14

3

Oromia

Nazareth

131,677

2

7

10

12

14

Oromia

Jimma

91,533

6

17

22

28

34

Oromia

Debrezeit

75,573

2

7

10

12

14

Oromia

Nekemte

48,676

2

5

6

8

10

Oromia

Shashemene

53,642

3

10

13

16

20

4

S.N.N.P

Awassa

71,244

2

7

10

12

14

5

Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa

2,147,126

66

194

258

324

388

6

Dire Dawa

Dire Dawa

169,797

6

19

26

32

38

Total

3,088,371

100

300

400

500

600

* Refers to number of Customer Connection Points.

DDN Tariffs

Tariff for point to point Digital Leased line circuit for < 64kbps

             Initial Subscription 

Monthly Rental 

(Birr) 

(Birr) 

For 27xx NTU 

5,523.00 

69.00 

For Local lead 

1,400.00 

41.00 

For Port 

832.00 

For Node 

884.00 

Monthly rental charge in Birr for transmission of Digital Leased line point to point circuit

A.A  Awassa

D/Zeit Nazareth

Dessie Shashe  Mekele B/Dar

Jima

D/Dawa  Nekempt

mene

AA

100 

1100

200

400

1250

1000

2500

1600

1300

1750 

1235

Awassa 1100 

970

940

2200

100

3550

2400

1000

2300 

1550

D/Zeit

200 

970

200

1350

870

2600

1800

1350

1650 

1370

Nazareth

400 

940

200

1425

825

2700

1985

1450

1500 

1550

Dessie 1250 

2200

1350

1425

2200

1315

1250

2450

1465 

2035

Shashemene 1000 

100

870

825

2200

3475

2500

1025

2215 

1550

Mekele 2500 

3550

2600

2700

1315

3475

1565

3515

2500 

2900

B/Dar 1600 

2400

1800

1985

1250

2500

1565

2175

2685 

1450

Jima 1300 

1000

1350

1450

2450

1025

3515

2175

2950 

800

D/Dawa 1750 

2300

1650

1500

1465

2215

2500

2685

2950

2930

Nekempt 1235 

1550

1370

1550

2035

1550

2900

1450

800

2930 

A 19.2Kbps International link costs USD 9232 / month with a 20 per cent reduction for COMESA, while a

64Kbps lnternational link costs US 13,348 with a 30 per cent reduction for non profit organizations.

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