Yay - texting has started!

Ethiopia really is moving (back) into the 21st century....SMS texting
was restarted on the mobile network on Ethiopian new year's eve last
Tuesday. Seemingly a gift to the people from the powers that be.
And so far it's working fine and people think it's here to stay. I even
hear that they are working on getting multi-media messaging and mobile
internet going. Now that would be great.
It started up again without a fanfare, I only knew when I got a message
from a friend, then a welcome message from ETC with the service centre
number to set on the phone.
It stopped 2 years ago, after the elections took place. Apparently
because students and others were using text to communicate with each
other during protests. Anyway, not wanting to dwell too much on that,
I'm glad it's back now.

I have been able to send an international text too but haven't confirmed
yet if it arrived and haven't received a reply, feel free to try me!