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More Africa NewsTelecom Egypt and Sudatel Group sign a cooperation agreement in the field of international connectivity

April 16, 2021by myles0

With the digital transformation accelerating, broadband is becoming a precious resource, guaranteeing good financial performance for many telecom companies. Well aware of this reality, Telecom Egypt and Sudatel are increasing their investments accordingly. Telecom Egypt and Sudatel Group, the incumbent telecoms operators of Egypt and Sudan, signed a cooperation agreement in the field of international connectivity...

More Africa NewsEgypt: 1,300 Egyptian villages soon to be connected to optical fiber

April 14, 2021by myles0

Since last year, the demand for high quality Internet connectivity in Egypt is no longer mainly expressed by urban populations. In the hinterland where we understood the importance of the Internet during the Covid-19 crisis, needs are growing. Egyptian Minister of Communications and Information Technologies, Amr Talaat, has announced that 1,300 villages will soon be connected...

More Africa NewsTelecom Egypt to connect Africa to Europe with HARP, a new hybrid fiber optic system

March 4, 2021by myles0

The considerable interest that Egypt’s state-owned telecoms company has shown in high-speed telecom infrastructure since 2018 is far from dulling. A new project is brewing in its Cairo offices. The incumbent telecommunications operator Telecom Egypt unveiled on Wednesday March 3 its ambitious project to connect Africa to Europe through a new hybrid fiber optic system, combining...

More Africa NewsTelecom Egypt reports a 24% y-o-y increase in revenues in 2020

February 25, 2021by myles0

Telecom Egypt has reported a 24% year-on-year increase in consolidated revenue for the twelve months ended 31 December 2021, with the operator saying growth had been ‘mainly driven by a 39% y-o-y increase in data revenues and the doubling of cable projects revenues’. For the twelve-month period under review, the carrier recorded consolidated revenues of...

More Africa NewsEgyptian Space Agency – Egypt Is Working to Build 35 Education Satellites

February 10, 2021by myles0

Chief executive officer (CEO) of the Egyptian Space Agency Mohamed el Qousi said on Monday Egypt is working on a key project related to building 35 education satellites for the benefit of students, specialists and engineers to give them the opportunity to learn, perform programming, and control those satellites. The move comes as part of...

More Africa NewsEgypt’s plan to tap into telecoms and increase GDP

February 2, 2021by myles0

Egypt intends to revamp its telecommunications and technology, through increased investment flows and cooperation with countries such as Belarus and increase the amount the industry contributes towards the country’s GDP. Buoyed by fast growth rates for the ICT sector in the past two years, the North African country is seeking closer cooperation with Belarus for...

More Africa NewsTrio of Egyptian cellcos to get first batch of 2600MHz spectrum within next three months

January 7, 2021by myles0

Three Egyptian mobile network operators (MNOs) that were confirmed to have secured new spectrum in the 2600MHz band in November 2020 will receive a first portion of the frequencies within three months. According to Daily News Egypt, which cites a ‘government official in the telecommunications sector’, Etisalat Misr, Telecom Egypt and Vodafone Egypt will receive...

More Africa NewsEgypt: Vodafone terminates discussion with stc on Vodafone Egypt stake

December 22, 2020by myles0

Vodafone Group announced today (21 December 2020) that its discussions with Saudi Telecom Company (stc) regarding the potential sale of Vodafone’s 55% shareholding in Vodafone Egypt have been terminated. Vodafone Group CEO Nick Read added in a note to the London Stock Exchange: ‘We believe that the Egyptian government is committed to an optimal framework for the...

More Africa NewsEgypt: Etisalat Misr paying USD325m for 2600MHz TDD licence after outbidding Orange

November 10, 2020by myles0

Egyptian mobile operator Etisalat Misr has agreed to acquire a 2600MHz TDD mobile broadband spectrum licence with 20MHz bandwidth at a cost of USD325 million, it was confirmed by the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA). Last week, two other Egyptian cellcos, Vodafone and Telecom Egypt, issued statements confirming their new allocations of 2600MHz TDD frequencies under ten-year licences, with...

More Africa NewsEgypt: telecom operators acquire new frequencies for a total of more than 1 billion USD

November 6, 2020by myles0

The Egyptian telecoms regulator has awarded Telecom Egypt, Vodafone Egypt, Orange Egypt and Etisalat Misr new telecom frequencies. The resources, the total cost of which is estimated at $ 1.1 billion, will enable telephone operators to improve the quality of services. Telecom Egypt, Vodafone Egypt, Orange Egypt and Etisalat Misr have obtained new telecom frequency spectra...

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