ZTE video surveillance deployed in Addis Ababa
Information Certainty: Speculative
Deployment Purpose: Surveillance
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| In 2009, ZTE Corporation won the bidding to install a camera network system in Addis Ababa, Ethiopa's capital. The surveillance division of ZTE, ZTE NetView, was drafted to install the system. In 2010 they installed cameras around major streets. The cameras provide 'real time' integrated surveillance of the city. While no biometric surveillance technologies appear to be in use, ZTE also provides these 'peace city' solutions to China where facial recognition is often a feature of the systems. Features such as facial recognition could easily be added to a system such as this. In Ethiopia, ZTE competes with Huawei for the biggest share in the ICT market. These moves are viewed by scholars as part of the Chinese Belt and Road initiative. |
Products and Institutions:
| Product Deployed | Unknown Products 0118 |
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Status and Events:
| Status | Ongoing |
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| Events | Start (2 January 2010, Speculative, , No description) |
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Users:
| Involved Entities | ZTE Corporation |
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| Managed by | Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia |
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Location:
| City | Addis Ababa |
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| Country ⠉ | Ethiopia |
Description[ ]
In late 2009, Chinese firm ZTE won a contract to supply an 'integrated' 3 network for real-time surveillance of Addis Abbaba 2. The system was deployed by the surveillance division of ZTE, ZTE NetView.
With a 15-year R&D history, ZTE ViewEye® video surveillance solution has earned a good reputation and topped the market share in government security projects and “peace city” projects in China 4
As nation prepares to conduct national election, Ethiopia federal police is planting security cameras in major streets of the capital, Addis Ababa. There are growing rumors that the surveillance cameras are purposely meant to monitor and control a possible post-election violence and there by to hunt down responsible ones 5
Huawei is also a s significant player in the ICT market for Ethiopia. However, ZTE maintains control. These moves for dominance of the ICT sector are seen as part of Chinas Digital Belt and Road Initiatives by scholars.
From 2008 to 2013, the Chinese firm ZTE was the only telecom vendor building telecom infrastructure in Ethiopia. Since 2013, ZTE has shared this market with the large Chinese company Huawei. These two Chinese firms have each gained a 50% share in the carrying out of a US$1.6 billion project to introduce 4G in Addis Ababa and expand 3G services around the country (Maasho 2013). In 2014, the Swedish company Ericsson took over part of ZTE’s share in this project because the Ethiopian government had disagreed with ZTE about the costs of upgrading an existing network (Reuter s 2 01 4).3 However, in 2016 Huawei took over a 3G project that was part of Ericsson’s share (Fikade 2016). Huawei and ZTE, therefore, continue to dominate the telecom infrastructure market in Ethiopia 1
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- ^ "Ethiopia Installing street surveillance cameras ahead of polls". (2010) <https://sudantribune.com/article34534/> Accessed: 2022-12-18