According to study, “Egypt - Telecoms, Mobile and
Broadband - Statistics and Analyses”
some of the major companies that are currently working in the Egypt telecoms,
mobile and broadband areOrange Egypt (Mobinil, ECMS, Orascom Telecom, Global
Telecom Holding), Vodafone Egypt, Etisalat Misr, Telecom Egypt, Thuraya,
Iridium, Inmarsat, Alkan Communications, EgyptSat, MobiServe, Ericsson, Nokia
Networks, Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei Technologies, TE Data, EgyNet, LINKdotNET,
Nile Online, Yalla, Equant, Noor, Vodafone Data (Raya Telecom), Batelco,
Soficom, Egypt Network, Internet Egypt, MenaNet, MenaSat, iSkySat, StormSat
Egypt, PLC International, JumpTV, Menatel, NilePhone, Raya Telecom, Zhone
Technologies, NEC, Nortel Networks, Qualcomm, ZTE.
Egypt has one of the largest telecom
markets in North Africa, supported by a population of more than 90 million and with
effective competition &high penetration rate. Thetelecommunication market includes
radio, television, press, mail, fixed and mobile telephones and the Internet.
In Egypt, there are some telecom
operators such as privatization, IPOs acquisitions, new licenses and mobile
technologies (GSM, 3G, HSPA and LTE). Telecom operators are used for a number
of complex tools such as employing advanced analytics to collect information to
better predict customer behavior and with a view to allocating resources more
efficiently. These telecoms operators face many challenges such as such as
access to finance, investor incentives and tax exemptions, related to software
development, mobile applications, website portals, outsourcing, digital content
and electronic games, IT training and e-learning etc.
Mobile operators in
telecommunication market, are; Orange Egypt, Vodafone Egypt, Etisalat Egypt and
Telecom Egypt. Orange, Vodafone and Etisalat introduced 4G service beside their
2G and 3G services. Telecom Egypt is allowed to provide 4G services and provide
2Gand 3G services through national roaming with the existing mobile
licensees.In addition,the regulations framework allows Orange, Vodafone, and
Etisalat to provide virtual fixed-lineservices using Telecom Egypt’s network.
Broadband represents the majority
of subscription. The fixed broadband market is served by a number of technology
platforms including ADSL, fibre-to-the-home (Fttx), WiMAX and leased line. The
development of national fixed broadband network is based on fibre.
The national telecommunications
regulatory authority (NTRA) is the Egypt government approved telecommunication
regulatory and competition authority. There are three main responsibilities of
the NTRA, which arepolicy and licensing, competition safeguards, and
interconnection regulation between licensed operators. There are some
regulatory issues are included in telecommunication statistics such as third
mobile license, fourth mobile license, international gateways, mobile
termination rates, mobile number portability, sim card registration and
infrastructure sharing etc.
In 2017, Vodafone Egypt topped the
list of most profitable telecom companies, with a profit growth rate of 45%. By
the end of 2017, Telecom Egypt succeeded in adding 2.3 million subscribers, which
attributed the rise of the company's revenues to the growth of all its sectors.
It is expected that Telecom Egypt will be increased its share in Egypt's mobile
market to 15% by 2022. In the upcoming years, the combination of a future
national broadband network along with 4G LTE services and a highly competitive
market will spur the overall telecoms sector on in Egypt and it is estimated
that revenues for the sector will increase substantially.
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