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The purposes for which the Telecom is established are:

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to provide and make accessible next generation
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to build a competent next generation network based
workforce with appropriate knowledge; skill,
attitude and work culture to provi de world class
telecom service;

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to engage, in accordance with development policies
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to provide domestic and intemational voice, data,
video, and other related value-added services;

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to provide communication services using integrated
information technology platform, incIuding rebroadcast oftelevision services;

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in line with directives and policy guidelines issued
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to engage in other related activities necessary for
the attainrnent of its purposes.

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The authorized capitaI of the Telecom is Birr
40,000,000,000 (fQrty billion Birr) of which . Birr
20,200,000,000 (twenty billion two hundred million
Birr) is paid up in cash and in kind.

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The Telecom ii; established for an indefinite duration.
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Repealed Regulation
The
Ethiopian
Telecommunication Corporation
Establishment Council of Ministers Regulation No.
10/1996 (as amended by Regulation No. 93/2003) are
hereby repealed.

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The rights and obligations of the Ethiopian
Telecommunieation Corporation established under the
Council of Ministers Regulation No. 10/1996 are
hereby transferred to the Telecom.
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Liability
The Telecom shall not be held liable beyond its total
assets.

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This Regulation shall come into force on the 29th day of
November, 2010.
Done at Addis Ababa, this 28 th day of January, 20 II.

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