Bought the wrong plan? An unused, never-activated eSIM can be refunded in full within 30 days of purchase. See our refund policy for the full terms.
Fixed data plans give you a set amount of data, for example 1 GB or 5 GB, to use at full speed for the whole plan period. When it runs out, you top up or buy again. Pick this if you know roughly how much you'll use.
Unlimited plans have no total data cap for the plan period, but each day includes a high-speed allowance. Once you use that day's allowance, you carry on at a reduced speed. Reduced-speed data has a daily limit too, and if you reach it, data pauses until the allowance resets 24 hours after you activate the eSIM. Pick this for heavier or less predictable use. A fair-use policy applies.
Pay As You Go is not a plan at all. You add credit once and it comes off by the megabyte at the local rate as you use it, so you never pay for data you do not finish. Credit never expires, data pauses when the balance hits zero, and the same eSIM keeps working across every country we cover. It costs more per gigabyte than a plan, so pick this for light or hard to predict use rather than heavy days.
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Ethiopia's mobile market has two operators, Ethio Telecom and Safaricom Ethiopia, a consortium led by Kenya's Safaricom whose licence ended the state's telecoms monopoly. Both are regulated by the Ethiopian Communications Authority.
Outside Addis Ababa, mobile networks are not consistent or reliable, and the authorities may shut them down with no notice, UK travel advice warns. Protests can also close internet and mobile networks for a while, so keep tickets, maps and contacts saved offline.
Planning to pack a satellite phone, binoculars or a drone? Bringing any of them in or out of Ethiopia without prior approval from customs and the Information Network Security Agency is illegal, and unapproved items can be confiscated. Ask your tour operator about permissions first.
991 is the police number in Canada's travel advice; UK advice gives 907 for an ambulance in Addis Ababa and also lists 911.
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Your Ethiopia eSIM roams onto tier-1 local partner networks, connecting automatically to the strongest available signal — with no roaming setup beyond turning the eSIM on.

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