Egypt’s telecom sector is performing consistently well with all sub-sectors being open to competition. Around 1,500 new fixed lines are installed in the country every day which has helped to reduce the waiting list by around 90% in recent years. The incumbent telco, Telecom Egypt, is highly profitable and was partially privatised through an IPO at the end of 2005. Efforts are underway to roll out Next Generation Networks (NGN), offering converged IP-based voice and data services.
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| 1. | | Synopsis |
| 2. | | Key statistics |
| 3. | | Overview of Egypt’s telecom market |
| 4. | | Regulatory environment |
| 4.1 | | Background |
| 4.2 | | Creation of a new regulatory framework |
| 4.3 | | Legislative reform |
| 4.4 | | Regulatory authority |
| 4.4.1 | | National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority |
| 4.4.2 | | Ministry of Communications & Information Technology |
| 4.5 | | Telecommunications Master Plan |
| 4.6 | | Telecom sector liberalisation in Egypt |
| 4.6.1 | | New international gateway licences |
| 4.7 | | Privatisation of Telecom Egypt |
| 4.8 | | Interconnection |
| 5. | | Fixed network operators in Egypt |
| 5.1 | | Telecom Egypt |
| 5.1.1 | | TE Data |
| 5.2 | | Orascom Telecom |
| 6. | | Telecommunications infrastructure |
| 6.1 | | National telecom network |
| 6.1.1 | | Public payphones |
| 6.1.2 | |
Wireless local loop |
| 6.1.3 | | Next Generation Networks (NGN) |
| 6.2 | | International infrastructure |
| 6.2.1 | | Submarine cable networks |
| 6.2.2 | | Satellite networks |
| 7. | | Fixed voice market |
| 7.1 | | National and international call traffic |
| 8. | | Related reports |
| Exhibit 2 – National and regional fibre networks |
Table 1 – Country statistics – 2004 |
| Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – March 2005 |
| Table 3 – Internet provider statistics – 2005 |
| Table 4 – Internet user statistics – March 2007 |
| Table 6 – National telecommunications authorities |
| Table 7 – Telecom Egypt key performance indicators – 2003 - 2004 |
| Table 8 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 - 2005 |
| Table 9 – Public payphones per operator – 2002 - 2005 |
