A small notice with big significance was issued with little fanfare just before what was a lengthy Christmas break in many countries as the Ethiopian Communications Authority (ECA) decided to call a halt to plans to award another new communications licence. In fact as we reported at the time, the second licence was due to be issued in January 2022. That said, the other licence winner, Safaricom, was moving ahead with its launch plans as recently as 20 December. The Ethiopian Communications Authority says it has suspended the RFP process for the new second license and will relaunch the process in the near future. This will be the third attempt to sell the new second licence as no satisfactory bid was received on the first occasion back in May 2021.

Source: Ethiopian News January 06, 2022 02:26 UTC