Having recently been awarded the 2600MHz Time Division Duplex (TDD) spectrum and proceeding with an extensive rollout plan, Orange Egypt will deploy the Ericsson Antenna System to build a 2600MHz network that will improve coverage, capacity, and throughput. With better wind load, lesser weight, and high port count integration, the Ericsson antennas are also set to help...
The NILESAT 301 communications satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%) for the Egyptian operator NILESAT, was successfully launched this week from Cape Canaveral launch pad, Florida (USA), on board of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Utilising a a powerful Ku-band mission, NILESAT 301 is expected to...
Telecom Egypt and Etisalat Misr have announced the signing of six new commercial and strategic agreements, with the former saying the development represented ‘a step that comes within the framework of a joint cooperation between both parties to maximise their returns and support the development of new technologically advanced services to end users in the...
Telecom Egypt has posted a double digit revenue increase for the opening three months of 2022, with the company saying that growth had been ‘mainly fuelled by higher data revenue constituting 74% of top line growth, followed by higher cable and voice revenues’. In the three months ended 31 March 2022 it recorded a total...
Egyptian cellco Etisalat Misr has selected Ericsson to modernise its Business Support Systems (BSS), with it claimed that the transformation will see the upgrade and modernisation of the former’s BSS platform to support data and VoLTE traffic growth, 5G readiness and IoT. It was noted that the agreement will equip Etisalat Misr with a range of upgraded...
Telecom Egypt has reported a 16% rise in consolidated revenue for the year ended 31 December 2021, saying growth had been mainly driven by a 30% uplift in data revenues and 26% increase in infrastructure revenue. In the twelve-month period under review, Telecom Egypt recorded consolidated revenue of EGP37.088 billion (USD2.4 billion), up from EGP31.912...
Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli Sunday reviewed a report submitted by Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat on the Ookla Speedtest Global Index for measuring internet speeds for the month of January. The minister said the index revealed that Egypt topped the African continent in the average fixed internet speed with an average of...
Over the past seven years, Egypt has multiplied investments in telecoms infrastructure with a view to becoming a major player in the digital economy. The country has made connectivity an essential axis of this ambition. Egypt and Greece will soon be linked by an undersea fiber optic system. The incumbent Telecom Egypt and the Greek energy infrastructure...
Egypt’s National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has announced the allocation of new spectrum in the 2600MHz range to Orange Egypt. In a press release the regulator confirmed it had awarded a total of 30MHz in the 2600MHz band, in return for which Orange Egypt had agreed to pay USD440 million. The allocation comes after all...
Telecommunications Minister Amr Talaat said on Saturday 22/01/2022 that the ICT Ministry aims to increase the number of services offered on Egypt Portal to 200 by the end of 2022. Talaat’s remarks came during his meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli to follow up on the executive situation of some of the ministry’s projects. Talaat...
