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由Safaricom领导的财团赢得埃塞俄比亚运营许可证
布鲁克说，包括Vodacom和英国发展融资机构CDC Group在内的财团为该许可证支付了8.5亿美元。南非的MTN也参与了竞标。
埃塞俄比亚电信监管机构向肯尼亚牵头的一个财团颁发了一张经营许可证Safaricom 沃达丰(Vodafone)日本住友银行(Sumitomo)的布鲁克·泰耶(Brook Taye)是该机构的高级顾问财政部他上周六表示。
财团，其中包括Vodacom以及英国发展金融机构疾病预防控制中心组织布鲁克说，该公司为获得许可证支付了8.5亿美元。南非的MTN也曾竞标牌照。
埃塞俄比亚通信局在推特上表示，授予新牌照标志着“我国新时代的开始”。
至于许可证费用，该财团计划在基础设施和其他领域投资高达85亿美元，Brook说，并补充说，预计这将创造多达150万个就业机会。
总理阿比·艾哈迈德在推特上说:“总投资超过80亿美元，这将是迄今为止埃塞俄比亚最大的一笔外国直接投资。”
布鲁克说，运营商将从4G服务开始。
埃塞俄比亚收到两份电信经营许可证的投标
日本财务省在推特上宣布了收到的两份投标书，称沃达丰(Vodafone)、沃达丰(Vodacom)、英国CDC集团(CDC Group)和日本住友商事(Sumitomo Corporation)也是该财团的一部分。
巴尔查说，MTN 6亿美元的报价被认为太低了。
Safaricom在2019年估计，它将不得不支付约10亿美元的新许可证。
埃塞俄比亚政府还准备出售国有移动运营商埃塞俄比亚电信(Ethio Telecom) 45%的股份。本月早些时候，该运营商推出了一项基于手机的金融服务。
目前，只有埃塞俄比亚电信能够提供移动金融服务，因为外国运营商目前被法律禁止参与。然而，阿比·艾哈迈德总理表示，移动金融服务将在一年后开放竞争。
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<\/figure>By Dawit Endeshaw<\/strong>Ethiopia's telecommunications regulator awarded one operating licence to a consortium led by Kenya's Safaricom<\/a> Vodafone<\/a>, and Japan's Sumitomo Brook Taye, a senior adviser at the finance ministry<\/a>, said on Saturday.
The consortium, which includes Vodacom<\/a> and British development finance agency CDC Group<\/a>, paid $850 million for the licence, Brook said. South Africa's MTN<\/a> had also bid for a licence.
<\/div><\/div>Africa's second-most populous country is hoping that the opening of one of the world's last major closed telecoms markets will create millions of online job opportunities.
The awarding of the new licence marks the \"beginning of a new era in our country,\" the Ethiopian Communications Authority said on Twitter.
As as as the licence fee, the consortium plans to invest up to $8.5 billion in infrastructure among other areas, Brook said, adding that it was expected to create up to one and a half million jobs.
\"With over $8 billion total investment, this will be the single largest FDI (foreign direct investment) into Ethiopia to date,\" Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Twitter.
The operator will begin with 4G services, Brook said.
The awarding of the new licence marks the \"beginning of a new era in our country,\" the Ethiopian Communications Authority said on Twitter.
As as as the licence fee, the consortium plans to invest up to $8.5 billion in infrastructure among other areas, Brook said, adding that it was expected to create up to one and a half million jobs.
\"With over $8 billion total investment, this will be the single largest FDI (foreign direct investment) into Ethiopia to date,\" Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Twitter.
The operator will begin with 4G services, Brook said.