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OPPO counts on youth demographic to boost its sales in Egypt
Company is waiting for the right time to implement its plans to manufacture smartphones locally, says Shi

TE displays its potential as 1st integrated operator for telecommunications services
The company conducted an experiment using 4G services at Cairo ICT

Vodafone presents 4G applications at Cairo ICT 2016
Vodafone Egypt is continually working to provide the latest trends in technology and provide its clients with the best experience using mobile and internet, said CEO for Vodafone Egypt Stefano Gustaut. At the Cairo ICT 2016 exhibition, the operator presented its best communications and information technologies. He noted that launching the 4G service would put …

Samsung launches 4th round of Entaleq Developer Challenge at Cairo ICT
Entaleq 2016/2017 calls on developers to make their app dreams a reality

Uber to inject EGP 500m in new investments into Egyptian market over 2 years: general manager
We signed an agreement with a private bank to finance the purchase of new and used cars via instalments for those wishing to work with Uber, says Khoury

Infinix expects to increase sales to 1.3m units by 2017: brand manager
The sales expectations come amid an expected decline in market sales to 10m devices next year

Raya to sell Nokia smartphones with Android OS in Q2 of 2017: CEO of Raya Trade
Raya expects sales of 17m mobile devices during 2016

Xerox targets 10% growth rate in 2017: general manager
Liberalisation of Egyptian pound is the right decision to move towards desired economic reform

Al-Sisi inaugurates database project during Cairo ICT 2016
We aim to build two technological zones every year, says the president

MCIT is working to provide new frequencies for mobile operators, companies should prepare to obtain them: minister
Fees for licences were paid in full, whereas US dollars were provided by mother companies abroad

Noor ADSL targets expanded value-added services, offer internet service to individuals in 2017
High US dollar exchange rate and energy prices increased the cost of providing internet services by 40%

Cisco targets further growth in Egyptian market through 2017
We target 10% growth in our business size next year, says general manager for Egypt and Libya

ITIDA upholds slogan ‘Time for Egypt’ during Cairo ICT 2016
We’ve completed the first phase of technological parks in Borg El-Arab and Assiut, says Hosni

Transsion aims to begin locally manufacturing mobile phones by end of H1 2017
The factory will be built on 5,000 sqm and produce 1.5 million devices a year, with the aim of producing 6 million in 2020

Samsung Electronics Egypt believes Egyptian pound flotation will benefit economy: vice president
Sales of televisions top the market with a 40% share, which registered sales worth $780m at the end of 2016, says Barakat

We want to create a society without banknotes: Aman CEO
The local market can absorb more than 500,000 POS, says Wahby

Bee invests EGP 70m out of EGP 100m allocated for Egyptian market
Size of transactions through Bee amounted to EGP 1.4bn in 2015, says Abu Khadra

Fawry focuses on mobile electronic payment services, payment solutions for e-commerce in 2017
40% expected growth for the size of the company in 2017

e-finance in cooperation with Visa, MasterCard to issue 5m smartcards
The financial institutions operation company e-finance aims to achieve revenues worth EGP 500m in 2017. The company’s priority is expanding in northern and central African markets to implement its expansion plan in the region so as to open its resources of US dollar income. CEO Ibrahim Sarhan told Daily News Egypt that the production capacity …

Etisalat to focus on data transfer and corporate solutions in 2017: CEO
Annual investments fall between EGP 1.5-2.5bn, says Metwally

Orange to provide 4G network services within 3 months
Jean-Marc Harion, the CEO of Orange Egypt, said the operator would obtain the licence to launch 4G technology within three months. He noted at a roundtable meeting held on Wednesday that neither Orange not any other company has yet received the 4G network licence. He said that providing a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network is not …

NTRA pens sanctions for 4G services within licence terms
Penalties include revoking licences and a fine worth 25% of the insurance

Vodafone awaits NTRA approval to inaugurate 4G
Competition in ADSL market is complicated, and Vodafone is not bringing in profits from it

Microsoft to implement more than 60 government automation, data projects
Floating the Egyptian pound is the first step to improving the investment climate, says Abdel Kader

Egypt Post realises EGP 701m surplus over Q1 of FY 2016/2017
We will set up an e-commerce platform during Cairo ICT 2016, says Al-Saghir

Cairo ICT 2016 will succeed in marketing new investment opportunities: Communications and Information Technology Minister
Minister of Communications and Information Technology Yasser ElKady counts on the 20th round of Cairo ICT 2016 to market investment opportunities in the telecommunications and information technology sector in order to attract more foreign investment, especially after his success in launching 4G licences and the completion of the first phase of two technological parks in …

Communications Ministry counts on local manufacturing to increase electronic exports to $3bn
We agreed with 5 companies to locally manufacture and we have requests from 10 other companies, says Al-Qadi

Fawry collects social housing instalments from 170,000 customers in fortnight
We aim to increase the number of payment points in Egypt to 70,000 in 2017

Etisalat attracts more subscribers than Orange, Vodafone
TE lost 426,500 customers in September

Russia blocks Microsoft’s LinkedIn network
Russia’s communications regulator has ordered the country’s internet providers to block access to LinkedIn’s website