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Interviews & Viewpoints | Yasser El Kady, Minister of Communications and Information Technology: Interview from The Report: Egypt 2016
Articles & Analysis | Egyptian government and telecoms operators sort out differences from The Report: Egypt 2016
The telecommunications sector in Egypt has seen a number of regulatory reforms in recent years, all of which have impacted investment and strategic development. ADSL wholesale leasing rates, access to the new fibre network and the potential for a unified licence have, at times, been the cause of friction between the various stakeholders. The...
Articles & Analysis | Egyptian telecoms sector moves towards 4G from The Report: Egypt 2016
The fundamental demand drivers of Egypt’s telecoms sector are very appealing, by any measure. The country has a large and growing population, increasing purchasing power and high media consumption. However, operators still have had to navigate some tricky challenges. Price competition in the voice market has eased after aggressive discounting...
Articles & Analysis | Hazem Metwally, CEO, Etisalat Misr; Yves Gauthier, CEO, Mobinil; Walid Gad, Chairman, Telecom Egypt; and Ahmed Essam, CEO, Vodafone Egypt: Interview from The Report: Egypt 2016
To what extent is there enough demand in the market to absorb an additional mobile operator, especially with respect to data?
Chapter | Telecoms & IT from The Report: Egypt 2016
The fundamental demand drivers of Egypt’s telecoms sector are very appealing, by any measure. The country has a large and growing population, increasing purchasing power and high media consumption. However, operators still have had to navigate some tricky challenges. Price competition in the voice market has eased after aggressive discounting in recent years, but data usage and value-added...
Located at a crossroads between Africa, Asia and Europe, Egypt remains one of the world’s most strategically important countries, as it has been for millennia. Egypt has the third-largest GDP in the Arab world, after oil-rich Saudi Arabia and the UAE. It is considerably more diversified than many economies in the region, with manufacturing and agriculture key contributors, making up 14.5% and 15.7% of GDP, respectively, according to the Central Bank of Egypt, as well as oil and gas extraction.