Telecoms operator Etisalat Misr has partnered with real estate developer, Misr Italia Properties, for the provision of telecoms infrastructure at Cairo Business Park located in the New Cairo City. Etisalat Misr said the alliance is in line with Egypt’s digital transformation policy for 2030. In a statement, the companies confirmed the agreement will facilitate the...
The Saudi telecoms operator has been inching closer to the deal since the start of the year, having faced major set backs due to the pandemic Back in January, Saudi Telecom Company (STC) signed a memorandum of understanding with Vodafone Group to acquire its 55% stake in Vodafone Egypt. At the time, the deal was...
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Telecom Egypt and Etisalat Misr, the Egyptian subsidiary of the Etisalat Group, have announced the signing of transmission and mobile-to-fixed interconnection deals, described as two first-of-their-kind agreements.
Saudi Telecom Company (STC), the long-standing telecommunications operator in Saudi Arabia, announces that it has extended by 90 days the duration of the transaction to acquire the 55% stake in Vodafone Group in its subsidiary d ‘Egypt. The company explains that its decision stems from logistical problems caused by the coronavirus. It was on January 29,...
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has confirmed that Saudi Telecom Company (stc) will be required to make an offer for the 44.94% of Vodafone Egypt currently held by Telecom Egypt, if it completes a proposed USD2.4 billion purchase of Vodafone Group’s 54.93% stake in the Egyptian cellco. According to Reuters, which cites a letter released...
The British telecoms group Vodafone Group Plc has entered into negotiations with Saudi Telecom Company (STC) on the sale of the majority of its shares in its Egyptian subsidiary. According to Bloomberg, who reports the information, the news was released by a senior government official who declined to be named until the government was officially contacted. It is...
Orange Egypt has announced it has signed a US$135-million agreement to build and operate the datacentre and cloud computing platform for Egypt’s New Administrative Capital project. The large-scale project to establish the proposed new capital of Egypt has been in operation and under construction since 2015. It was first announced by then-Egyptian housing minister Moustafa...
Egypt will launch its first communication satellite into orbit today (22 November) to improve its communications infrastructure and internet services, and attract investment. Reuters reports that the ‘Tiba-1’ satellite – named after the ancient Egyptian capital of Thebes – is scheduled to launch on one of Europe’s Arianespace rockets from a space centre in French...
On the sidelines of the Euromoney Conference held in Egypt on September 9, 2019, the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Amr Talaat, announced the construction of seven technology parks in different universities of the country, during this year. He added that a project to create a university specialized in ICT in the Knowledge City, located...
