Safaricom Ethiopia begins phased city-by-city customer network pilot in Dire Dawa

Addis Ababa, August 29, 2022 (FBC) – Safaricom Ethiopia has today begun a large-scale customer pilot of its network in Dire Dawa City.

This is part of the company’s phased city-by-city regional network roll-out and service tests building towards its national launch. The customer pilot in Dire Dawa will be on 2G, 3G and 4G networks.

On Safaricom Ethiopia’s test network in Dire Dawa, customers will be able to use data services, make calls and send SMS to Safaricom Ethiopia and Ethio Telecom customers, and make international calls worldwide.