First FORTRAN Program Runs in 1954

The first successful FORTRAN program runs September 20, 1954, 66 years ago. FORTRAN, which is an acronym for "FORmula TRANslator," was invented at IBM by a group led by John Backus. FORTRAN's purpose was to simplify the programming process by allowing the programmer ("coder") to use simple algebra-like expressions when writing software. It also took over the task of keeping track of where instructions were kept in memory--a very laborious and error-prone procedure when undertaken by humans. FORTRAN is rarely in use today and used some times in scientific and engineering applications, making it one of the oldest programming languages still in use.

ECA's New Logo

The Ethiopian Communication Authority has introduced the new logo. According to the information from ECA's tweeter page, @eca_ethiopia, the authority has started the New Ethiopian Year with a New Logo  introduced.

First Search Engine: September 2, 1993

The world’s first primitive web search engine is started. on September 2, 1993. Known as W3Catalog or the CUI WWW Catalog, it was started by Oscar Nierstrasz at the Centre Universitaire d’Informatique (CUI) of the University of Geneva. This search site lasted for about 3 years before more modernized search engines began appearing. 

One Voice for Our Dam

Ethiopians celebrate the progress made on the Nile dam, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,Sunday Aug. 2, 2020. Ethiopians in the capital celebrated the progress in the construction of the country’s dam on the Nile River. In joyful demonstrations urged by posts on social media and apparently endorsed by the government, tens of thousands of residents flooded the streets of the capital Addis Ababa on Sunday afternoon, waving Ethiopia’s flag and holding up posters.

Twelve EOI for the Two Telecommunications Licenses in Ethiopia

A press revised by Ministry of Finance and Ethiopian Communications Authority (ECA) indicated that a total of 12 submissions, of which 9 are telecom operators and 2 are non-telecom operators and 1 incomplete are received before the closing date of June 22nd, 2020. According to the press release, the consortium of Vodafone, Vodacom, and Safaricom,  Etisalat,  Axian, MTN, Orange, Saudi Telecom Company, Telkom SA, Liquid Telecom, Snail Mobile, and the two non-telecom operators, Kandu Global Telecommunications and Electromecha International Projects.

The Ministry of Finance and ECA  thanked all those potential bidders who have responded to the request and expressed their interest.
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Ethiopia Communications Authority Invites Telecommunications Companies for Service Licenses

Invitation for Submission of Expression of Interest (EOI) for Telecommunications Service Licenses is floated by Ethiopia Communications Authority (ECA) and  Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Ministry of Finance (FDRE MoF) inviting telecommunications companies with proven experience with large-scale network deployment, operation and service provisioning to register their interest to participate in the award process for the acquisition of the two new telecommunications service licenses in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

The EOI  has to be in accordance with the guidelines presented in the document and must be submitted to the ECA and the (FDRE MoF)  before the date/time specified in the official EOI. 

The official EOI is to be downloaded from MoF website using this link and/or from ECA using this link. Both the documents are identical.

Stakeholder Consultation on Directives is organized by ECA

Ethiopian Communications Authority (ECA), announced a public stakeholder's consultation on draft directives prepared by the Authority. The three directives that are public for consultation this time are (a) Telecommunications Licensing Directive, (b) Consumers Rights and Protection Directive, and (c) Dispute Resolution Directive. According to ECA, there are also some more additional directives to be announced. Contributions from stakeholders on each directive is encouraged and the official consultation will be carried out from April 28, 2020  until May 11, 2020. For more instructions on how to participate, please visit this link from the ECA's home page.