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Fixed Network Division Minutes of Meeting

Meeting Fixed Network Division Committee / Week 10
Meeting No. 7
Agenda: Weekly Action Review
Date: 13-09-2022
Time: 9:00: AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Eyor Room 304
Prepared by: Girma Teshome
No Name Title Remark
1 Tewodros Hailemeskel FNCO Present
2 Oumer Hassen OPMO Director Present
3 Mersea Hailemariam ENG Director Present
4 Sintayehu Fiseha PRO Director Present
Participants: 5 Epherem Kebede RCM Director Re Presented by Addisu
6 Sisay Geremew O&M Director Present
7 Mequannent Ashagrie O&M Country Manager 1 Present
8 Aschenaki Wossenu O&M Country Manager 2 Not Present
9 Bayeta Oli SPPA Manager Re Presented by Girma
10 Daniel Adem PM Manager Not Presented
11 Takele Mengesha EC Manager present
12 Getachew Abera SS Manager Not Present
No To Whom Address
1 To All Fixed Tewodros Hailemeskel <tewodros.hailemeskel@ethiotelecom.et>; Oumer Hassen
Network Division <oumer.hassen@ethiotelecom.et>; Mersea Hailemariam <mersea.hailemariam@ethiotelecom.et>;
Committee Member Sintayehu Fiseha <sintayehu.fiseha@ethiotelecom.et>; Epherem Kebede
Distributions: <ephrem.kebede@ethiotelecom.et>; Sisay Geremew <sisay.geremew@ethiotelecom.et>; Aschenaki
Wossenu <aschenaki.wossenu@ethiotelecom.et>; Mequannent Ashagrie
<mequannent.ashagrie@ethiotelecom.et>; Bayeta Oli <bayeta.oli@ethiotelecom.et>; Daniel Adem
Mustefa daniel.adem@ethiotelecom.et;
2 Addisu, Wulalew Kassie
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I: Action Follow up

When t
Observations / Action
No. Agenda Presenter Action to be done. update
Presentation Owner
action

 Weekly FND AP  Update FBB performance target hence a new target is

updated provided.
 Sales campaign has to be started we have to push sales &  O&M
marketing division, unless all deployed resources are not
sold all our effort will be worthless.
 Discuss with IS team & resolve combo issue, we have to
 Quick ODN start labelling & service ASAP.  PRO
 Combo data issue  Clear work flow & manual should be prepared for fiber  ENG
Weekly FN
1 Meeting AP SPPA  Selected MSAGs combo service & analyze maintenance impact, identify  ENG
Week 10
status update responsible person & section based on standards.
for copper switch
off  Make sure that whenever we dispose & sell unused material
as we are not going to purchase that item in the future and if  ENG/
there is no room to use them in future. PRO/
 Migration and  Evaluate and monitor team performance for those have O&M
dismantling of concentrated amount of backlogs.
Swapped sites  Dismantled equipment’s has to be reported on time for
(PSTN to MSAN) finance .
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2.1
Provisioning,
O&M   Amend FBB target as per the new plan.  O&M
Survey and TT

  Rehabilitation work has to be done early to get the impact on  O&M

2.2 Rehabilitation O&M
this budget year

RM &
  Since the rainy season is over we should start compensation  O&M
2.3 Secondary data O&M
collection work.
3 Support OPMO  Project status  Identify & select sites to replace concrete pole in to wooden
presented pole hence concrete pole price is increasing/exaggerated and
Week 10
 250 MW uplink is not available due to cement cost increment.  ENG/
RCM/
project status  We have to complete all projects started in Addis before CTO
presented. competition start in Addis.
 Handover early completed site to start service, rather than  PRO
waiting until the entire projects completed, prepare a
checklist to handover in terms of site to hunt customer
subscription.
 Delayed projects should get way out & finalized
 Prepare project allowance proposal for PRO staffs by  O&M
 PRO
specifying start & end date of the projects.  ENG
 Supply any operational tools for operational teams &
contractors by training them.
 Gode & kebridehar PIT work should completed by providing
steel & cement form from Ethiotelecom side.
 Always make sure that PIT work is done before deploying
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cable on site.  PRO

 We should not invest & deploy resource for not efficiently
utilized area for example Jimma they have to finish the
 PRO
available resource by selling to new customer.
 ENG
 For all completed sites & projects confirm & follow the start  O&M
of sales campaign.
 PRO
 We should use promotion of FBB discount as a good  O&M
opportunity to enhance our new subscription target.
 PRO
 Focus and Clear all aged/BL and current WO hence auditor  ENG
is requesting.  O&M
 OPM
 Prepare checklist to refine how to control WO closing issue. O
 Identify for projects done without WO and assign WO to  PRO
 ENG
close this issue it is not allowed to pay for projects that have  O&M
Week 10
no WO. All department should take this initiative to  OPM
O
complete all WO in this budget year.
 We should reconsider engagement with AACRA better to
have renting terms and condition instead of constructing duct
 PRO
& manhole, this is world trend to rent from Road authority  ENG
by considering future smartness of city, competition market  O&M
 OPM
& return on investment. O
 EC
 RCM
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 Weekly progress  On projects & Tailored solution done by zone & regional  PRO
 ENG
report updated. team should followed & done by their own force.
 O&M
 Uplink to be done for federal houses should be supported by  PRO
Sisay & inform to Tirfu team.  ENG
Week 1
4 Fixed ENG ENG  O&M
 Hence ADSL is discouraging better to use and replace VDSL
to support ADSL customer.  PRO
 ENG
 Before deploying NE to new area sells team should provide a  O&M
preliminary survey.
5 Fixed PRO PRO   
Rollout   
6 RCM
Contract
 Weekly performance  Mega projects like Koisha, Chebera churchura & Gorgora is on  PRO
report presented. final stage from government side , we have to finalize issue to be  ENG
7 EC EC  O&M Week 10
done from our side on time since launching of the project is very
close.
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II Around the Table

Action When /actio
No Who Issue Raised Reply or Action to be done.
Owner updated
 We should focus & work based on our annual  All
target, because if we miss at this time it will
affect our annual performance.
 Sales motivation seems less on FBBI & FVL
door to door sells we have to push them.
 We are good in new provisioning and sells we
have to keep it.
 To enhance service quality upgrade for
congested uplink area by checking the
topology.
 We have to work rehabilitation based on plan  Variable payment for mobile subscriber is high
1 Tewodros compared to FBB & FVL subscriber that is why
to secure our performance target.
 Scale up copper switch off work. the sells team discouraged to engage on fixed

 Wireless uplink is critical & give priority. network service sales campaign it need special
intervention & follow-up.
 Cost saving is critical this time all of us should
be cost conscious & prepare breakdown plan,
analyze cost saving area and evaluate the
work done too.
 Whenever we face a new construction in the
city for building(Apartments) we should
communicate the owner to reach out our
service .
2 Oumer  Does business case prepare for the amended  Since no change on total target no need of  RCM/
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target? business case preparation. ENG/

 WO closing shall get emphasis for both aged PRO
& current WO, we have to finalize in this  Fix any WO issue.
budget year, for projects done without WO
should also considered we are requesting by
auditors.
 As we all know our company mission, vision &
values including objectives & strategic issues  All of us should take this assignment & use the  ALL
are revised but still now we are using the old new template.
template. Our internal & external portal is not
yet updated IS team should do on this.

3 Sintayehu   

4 Mersea   
Epherem/   
5
Addisu
6 Daniel   

7 Sisay   
 Department BSC plan till individual level should be 
finalized until Sep/14/2022.
 Update department BSC as per the given comment
8 Bayeta by SPM. 
 Since some department are complaining on some
KPI parameters if it is important we can discuss on
it at division level.

9 Aschenaki   
10 Mequannent  Region metro work is creating challenge there is  Communicate with HR and resolve the issue to begin 
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pushing the work due to shortage of staff the work early.

 While we engage and accept manhole, duct work  Better to have collaboration among backbone team,  EC/

Takele/ and cable deployment transport & NID team ENG, PRO with NID & transport teams. however the ALL
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Abera should involve. work should be done and mange by PRO team to not
miss use it.
 END