FREEDOM
ON THE NET
2015
ፍሪደም ሐውስ ኢትዮጵያን ሕዝባቸውን የኢንተርኔት መረጃ እንዳያገኝ ካፈኑ አምስት ቀዳሚ ሐገሮች ውስጥ የመደባት ሲሆን ከአፍሪካም የአንደኝነቱን ስፍራ እንደያዘች ገልፁዋል።
ዲሞክራሲያዊ ነኝ የሚለን ዘረኛው የወያኔ መንግስት አሁንስ ምን ይል ይሆን?

Ethiopia
state’s tight grip on the telecom sector.
2
According to the International Telecommunications Union
(ITU), internet penetration stood at a mere 3 percent in 2014, up from just 2 percent in 2013.
3
Only 0.5 percent of the population had access to fixed-broadband connections, increasing from 0.25 percent in 2013.
4
Ethiopians had more access to mobile phone services, with mobile phone penetration rates increasing from 27 percent in 2013 to 32 percent in 2014,
5
though such access rates still
lag behind an estimated regional average of 74 percent,
6
and cell phone ownership is much more
common in urban areas than rural areas. Meanwhile, less than 5 percent of the population has a mobile-broadband subscription as of the latest available data from 2013.
7
In March 2015, Ethiopia’s
single telecoms provider, the state-owned EthioTelecom, announced it had launched
4GLTE mobile technology in the capital Addis Ababa,
8
but the service is reportedly only available to a mere
400,000 subscribers.
9
Radio remains the principal mass medium through which most Ethiopians stay
informed
https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/resources/FOTN%202015_Ethiopia.pdf#page=1&zoom=auto,-99,798


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