Cairo: The Egyptian mobile phone market should grow to 40 million subscribers in three years and etisalat wants to take 10 million, chief executive Mohammad Hassan Omran said yesterday. etisalat bought Egypt’s third mobile licence for $2.9 billion in July and plans to start operations in February, competing with Mobinil and Vodafone Egypt, which […]
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Oct26
Mobinil Selects Followap for Mobile Instant Messaging
SINGAPORE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mobinil, Egypt’s largest mobile operator, has selected Followap, the leader in mobile IM, presence and interconnect solutions to power its own brand instant messaging service. Subscribers to Mobinil’s operator IM service will be […]
Filed in: Egypt Mobinil Instant Messaging
Jun14
RAYA CALL CENTRE RELOCATES
The Raya Contact Centre has moved to a new building in the 6th of October City in Cairo, reported TradeArabia. The new facility, which can accommodate more than 800 people and covers 538,000 sqft, was opened by Dr Ahmed Nazif, the Prime Minister of Egypt. The building has the provision to monitor and record all […]
Filed in: Egypt Contact Centers
Jun14
STC OUT OF EGYPT RUNNING
The Saudi Telecom Company is looking into the reasons for its unsuccessful bid for Egypt’s third mobile phone licence, reported Arab News. The STC had submitted a bid alongside Malaysian telecom firm TMI and the Egyptian company BICO. An STC statement yesterday said that the disqualification from the bidding process was due to technical reasons.
May7
Hopefuls line up for third slice of Egyptian mobile market
BEIRUT: Eleven consortia of local, regional and international firms have been confirmed by Egypt’s National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) as bidders for the country’s third mobile license.
NTRA made the announcement on Thursday, the deadline for the submission of offers. The regulator said it would need six to eight weeks to study the technical capabilities of […]
Filed in: Egypt
