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INTERNATIONAL CALL & SMS SERVICE

International call & SMS is an interconnect arrangement among telecom operators to enable everyone to make or receive an international direct call and send or receive a message.

Dial to Ethiopia preceding our area code +251 followed by the desired mobile (9xx xx xx xx) number or landline number (11y yy yy yy) in Addis Ababa). Click here to get the area code of other countries.

Package is available to make outgoing international with local calls

Package Name Packed Services Volume Monthly Rent
Limited Premium Plus Package Local Call 9000 Minutes 3500 Birr
International Call 100 Minutes
Local SMS 870 Items
International SMS 50 Items
Mobile Internet 60GB
Unlimited Premium Plus Package Local Call Unlimited 4200 Birr
International Call 100 Minutes
Local SMS Unlimited
International SMS 50 Items
Mobile Internet Unlimited

International call & SMS is an interconnect arrangement among telecom operators to enable everyone to make or receive an international direct call and send or receive a message.

Dial to Ethiopia preceding our area code +251 followed by the desired mobile (9xx xx xx xx) number or landline number (11y yy yy yy) in Addis Ababa). Click here to get the area code of other countries.

ROAMING

International call & SMS is an interconnect arrangement among telecom operators to enable everyone to make or receive an international direct call and send or receive a message.

Requirements

Just walk to the nearest sales outlet for activation and please hold your passport/national ID and birr 10,000 refundable deposit.

Service coverage

the service is available in 159 countries with over 466 operators (to locate on world map)

Further Information:- you may call to 994/980, text us on 8994, contact your salesperson or look at our FAQs

INTERNATIONAL TOP-UP

International Airtime Top-up (IAT)

It is a service that enable peoples living abroad  to recharge airtime to their relatives and friends who have ethio telecom prepaid services including GSM, 3G, 4G, CDMA and Fixed Lines.

We assure you that the transaction is safe, and the receiver will be notified with SMS automatically.

International Bill Payment Top-up

With the international top-up,  you can also pay your telecom bills by recharging the payable amount from anywhere.

Just try the below login portals of our partners  to top up airtime or pay bill (Remark: we will list exhaustively).

POS Retailers
Digital Retailers
Country Retailer Name Web Address
UAE NTPayments www.ntpayments.com
UAE ManGO Wallet mangokiosk.com
UAE Gulfbox www.gulfbox.ae
UAE Upay upay.ae
UAE AlAnsariExchange www.alansariexchange.com
Italy Sisalpay www.sisalpay.it
Spain Disashop www.disashop.com
USA Bossrevolution www.bossrevolution.com
UK Poundland www.poundland.co.uk
Kuwai ENET www.e.net.kw
South Africa Kazang www.kazang.com
Retailer Name Web Address
Senditoo www.senditoo.com
Rebtel www.rebtel.com
WorldRemit www.worldremit.com
MobileRecharge www.mobilerecharge.com
Recharge www.recharge.com
PrepaidUnion www.prepaidunion.com
Utransto www.utransto.com
SiftMobile www.siftmobile.io
beCharge www.becharge.com
DentWireless www.dentwireless.com
Orange Top Up www.topup.orange.com
VIP www.joinvip.com
Bookeey www.bookeey.com

CORPORATE BUSINESS

INTERNATIONAL CALL & SMS

International call and SMS is an interconnect arrangement among telecom operators to enable everyone to make or receive an international direct call and send or receive a message.

Service Availability

You can directly call or send using the appropriate dialing code and number of a destination.

Dial to Ethiopia preceding our area code + 251 followed by the desired mobile (9xxxxxxxx) or landline (11yyyyyyy for Addis Ababa) number.

Click here to get the area code of other countries.

Package is available to make outgoing international with local calls

Package Name Packed Services Volume Monthly Rent
Limited Premium Plus Package Local Call 9000 Minutes 3500 Birr
International Call 100 Minutes
Local SMS 870 Items
International SMS 50 Items
Mobile Internet 60GB
Unlimited Premium Plus Package Local Call Unlimited 4200 Birr
International Call 100 Minutes
Local SMS Unlimited
International SMS 50 Items
Mobile Internet Unlimited

ROAMING

Roaming service enables you to access the same mobile service you get at home while you travel abroad. You can access voice, SMS and internet services with your local SIM.

 Activation Requirements

 Please visit our shops for activation bringing official letter, refundable deposit amounting birr 10,000 and by signing on roaming agreement form. Key Accounts are free from the refundable deposit requirement.

Service coverage

The service is available in 159 countries with over 466 operators (to locate on the world map)

exchange company data resources securely with resilient Virtual Private Network (VPN).

INTERNATIONAL DATA

L3 MPLS (Multi Packet Label Switching)

An Ethernet based point-to-multipoint VPN that allows a service provider to connect geographically spread LAN networks to each other over its MPLS core.

L2 VPLS (Virtual private LAN service)

A  type of communication used within a network. It is used to send data and network traffic along the most efficient routes, which may be predetermined and are communicated using labels.

IPLC (International Private Leased Circuit)

A point-to-point private line used to communicate between offices that are geographically dispersed throughout the world. It can be used for Internet access, business data exchange, video conferencing, and any other form of telecommunication.

OUR INTERNATIONAL DATA PARTNERS

INTERNATIONAL VAS

Toll Free Service

With this service you will be able to cover fully or partially the telephone service charge of your caller. You can get toll free service with both long number  and short digit (3 and 4 digit) numbers.

Our outbound international toll-free service has two options:

  • DID (Direct Inward Dialing) or Half Leg Toll Free Call ~ Where the caller will be charged for the local call costs.
  • ITF (International Toll Free-phone) or Full Leg Toll Free Call ~ Where the receiver covers all the calling costs.
Service Type Number Classification Subscription and Monthly Rent
with VAT (USD)
Subscription Fee Monthly Rent
Three Digit Short Code Platinum 360 220
Gold 270 110
Silver 160 80
Four Digit Short Code Platinum 270 180
Gold 180 90
Silver 90 60
Bronze 50 45
Normal PSTN/NGN Normal with Ten Digit 10 5

Destination


Tariff per Minute

with VAT (USD)

With_ITF 0.23
With_DID 0.20

INTERNATIONAL TOP-UP

International Airtime Top-up (IAT) It is a service that enable peoples living abroad to recharge airtime to their relatives and friends who have ethio telecom prepaid services including GSM, 3G, 4G, CDMA and Fixed Lines. We assure you that the transaction is safe, and the receiver will be notified with SMS automatically. International Bill Payment Top-up With the international top-up, you can also pay your telecom bills by recharging the payable amount from anywhere.
POS Retailers
Digital Retailers
Country Retailer Name Web Address
UAE NTPayments www.ntpayments.com
UAE ManGO Wallet mangokiosk.com
UAE Gulfbox www.gulfbox.ae
UAE Upay upay.ae
UAE AlAnsariExchange www.alansariexchange.com
Italy Sisalpay www.sisalpay.it
Spain Disashop www.disashop.com
USA Bossrevolution www.bossrevolution.com
UK Poundland www.poundland.co.uk
Kuwai ENET www.e.net.kw
South Africa Kazang www.kazang.com
Retailer Name Web Address
Senditoo www.senditoo.com
Rebtel www.rebtel.com
WorldRemit www.worldremit.com
MobileRecharge www.mobilerecharge.com
Recharge www.recharge.com
PrepaidUnion www.prepaidunion.com
Utransto www.utransto.com
SiftMobile www.siftmobile.io
beCharge www.becharge.com
DentWireless www.dentwireless.com
Orange Top Up www.topup.orange.com
VIP www.joinvip.com
Bookeey www.bookeey.com

WHOLESALE BUSINESS

INTERCONNECT

ethio telecom provides interconnect voice, SMS, and transit services. We have active voice partners in Africa, Europe, America and Asia. (to locate on world map).

Currently, ethio telecom has points of presence in London Telehouse, Djibouti Landing station. Globally, we have more than 23 interconnect partners. Some of our major partners are:

Ethio telecom is interested to establish direct interconnection with potential partners who fulfil commercial and technical requirements. We are flexible enough  to discuss and negotiate on offering preferential rate to partners who can promote Ethiopia and collect more traffic.

ROAMING

Ethio telecom provides  roaming services for:-Voice & SMS, GPRS and  M2M roaming. We have both standard tariffs and preferred IOT deals. So far, we have roaming deals in 178 countries with more than 530 telecom operators. Of this, we have a preferred IOT deals with over 106 operators in over 60 countries. So ethio telecom welcomes other operators for preferred IOT deal.

Machine to Machine Roaming (M2M)

We provide M2M roaming using SIM cards that helps to communicate devices and machines each other and managing them remotely. Potential customers can deploy the service for: cargo tracking in airlines, shipping lines and trucks, transportation management system, geo fencing, travel and tourism, electronics suppliers and distributors, manufacturing, agriculture, energy & utilities, health and insurance, on-board Entertainment, etc.

INTERNATIONAL DATA

We provide international data link with L3, L2 and IPLC options.

Currently, we are working with:-

We also welcome other operators to work with us by submitting their proposals.

Here is our monthly tariff and one-time subscription fee up to boarder.

CROSS CONNECTION

  • We provide cross connection (transit transmission link) service is to enable operators who wants to cross Ethiopian boarder to the other end.
  • ethio telecom can provides:
    • infrastructure only 
    • internet capacity  plus infrastructure

INTERNATIONAL VAS

Toll Free Service

Ethio telecom provides toll free service with two ways:

  • DID (Direct Inward Dialing) or Half Leg Toll Free Call ~ Where the caller will be charged for the local call costs.
  • ITF (International Toll Free-phone) or Full Leg Toll Free Call ~ Where the receiver covers all the calling costs.

Customers  can get toll free service with both long number  and short digit (3 and 4 digit) numbers.

International Top-up

Ethio telecom provides international top up service for airtime and bill payment purposes by cooperating with partners like:

We also invite other partners who fulfills the below requirements to work with us.

Service Type Number Classification Subscription and Monthly Rent
with VAT (USD)
Subscription Fee Monthly Rent
Three Digit Short Code Platinum 360 220
Gold 270 110
Silver 160 80
Four Digit Short Code Platinum 270 180
Gold 180 90
Silver 90 60
Bronze 50 45
Normal PSTN/NGN Normal with Ten Digit 10 5

Destination


Tariff per Minute

with VAT (USD)

With_ITF 0.23
With_DID 0.20