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Latest in Tag: mobile phones

Globaltronics to produce electricity metres which can be topped up via Bluetooth, mobile phones: VP for R&D
Supply, installation of smart metres to be completed before H2 of 2019

Sico Electronics plans to manufacture smart metres next year
We aim to increase local component of mobile phones to 72% in 2 years: Salem

46.9% of Egyptian children use mobile phones: CAPMAS
38 million users under 18, accounting for 40% of population in 2017

How did Egyptians use their mobile phones in 2017?!
Egypt has nearly 100 million mobile phone users according to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), but for what purpose do the Egyptians use their mobile phones? A recent report by the MCIT showed that about 87% of the Egyptians use their mobile phones to conduct and receive calls. The report relied on …

Construction of mobile phones factory in Assiut Technology Park starts
The production of the first Egyptian cell phone expected next September, says Hosni

Sony’s Xperia XZ Premium named âBest New Smartphone”
The Glomo Award is the latest of 30 awards it received

Samsung reduces prices of mobile phones by 5.6%
Samsung reduced the prices of its mobile phones for the second consecutive time at a ratio between 3% and 5.6% from the beginning of March. The price of the Piton declined from EGP 420 to EGP 400, a reduction of 4.8%. According to the price list obtained by Daily News Egypt, the price of the …

Infinix reduces the prices of its mobiles by 8%
The company agrees with agents to bear the price differences for traders

OPPO Unveils Worldâs First â5x Dual-Camera Zoomâ for smartphones at MWC 2017
OPPO announced on Monday that during Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017 the company provided its audiences with the first exclusive glimpse of the â5x Dual Camera Zoomâ technology, the worldâs first periscope-style dual-camera technology for smartphones. According to a press release, Oppo stated that the technology offers 5x lossless zoom capability on a smartphone, an …

Prices of Samsung TVs fall by 8.1% in FebruaryÂ
The prices of Samsung televisions saw drops in February by 3.9-8.1% as part of a plan to expand in the Egyptian market and acquire a larger share. Price lists sent to its distributors, and obtained by Daily News Egypt, indicated that the price of the 32-inch smart television decreased from EGP 5,790 in January to …

HTC sales increased by 40%, although overall market sales dropped by 10%: HTC Middle East & Africa President
More than 70% of our employees are focusing on R&D

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

Greater Cairo sees improvement in internet browsing on mobile phones in July: NTRA
The National Telecommunications Regulatory Authorityâs (NTRA) report for July revealed a significant improvement in the quality of internet browsing on mobile phones (HTTP Browsing Test) in Greater Cairo. NTRA tested more than 16,111 attempts to browse the internet through Egyptâs three main mobile networksâVodafone, Orange, and Etisalat. All in all, only two attempts were disconnected, …

Stability of monetary policy, simplified government measures attract investment: Infinix
Infinix Corporation, specialised in manufacturing smartphones, is working to develop after-sales services in the Egyptian market and plans to increase the number of its major maintenance centres. Business development manager at Infinix, Ahmed Wagih, told Daily News Egypt in an interview that the economic conditions in Egypt and the scarcity of US dollars have impacted …

Samsung and Huawei prices up by 11.1%
Galaxy S7 at EGP 10,400 and P9 Plus at EGP 7,500

Communications Minister receives officials from TRANSSION to discuss local manufacture of mobile phones
The ministryâs short-term plan is to develop five key industries: mobile phone, GPS, LED bulbs, local production of screens, and solar power plants

Electronics Industry Committee develops a detailed plan to support, develop local manufacturing
The plan includes the manufacture of mobile phones, GPS, solar energy components, smart metres, and screens

Souq.com concludes partnership with Xiaomi to launch mobile phones in Egypt
Xiaomi was established in 2010 and produces 13 smartphone models. It has sold more than 100m devices worldwide.

Mobile phones most online requested products in Egypt
42% of domestic online shopping transactions are conducted via mobile phones

Improvement in internet browsing on mobile phones in April: NTRA
Etisalat ranks first in Greater Cairo; Vodafone last

Vodafone, CIB agree to transfer money via mobile phones through MasterCard services
The service also includes connecting CIB cards with mobile phones, allowing customers to receive their domestic and international dues, such as transfers and salaries, as well as make deposits and withdrawals using ATM machines after obtaining regulatory approvals.

Security authorities warn traders from selling counterfeit mobile phones
We addressed traders to review all displayed phones, says member of the division

Egypt Sico, China Megan Group to locally manufacture tablets and mobile phones with $20m investments
We plan to start manufacturing within a year, and the minister of communications has asked us to begin the process in six months, says Salem

Mobile internet service see improvement in December 2015: NTRA
27,800 trials were conducted for browsing internet through Egyptâs three telecommunications networks

The day Egypt went âofflineâ
On that day, Egypt went offline as the Internet and mobile phone lines were suspended on a national level as well as cell phone connections.

Egypt ripe for electronic payments due to widespread use of mobile phones: Visa Egypt GM
Visa accounts for 61.5% of total cards issued worldwide, its share in Egypt is similar, says Mahfouz

478m mobile phones sold during Q3 2015
Samsung acquired biggest market share and Apple replaces Microsoft, says Gartner

Mobile phone users drop by 0.8% in July
Mobile Internet is the highest growing by 2.6%, according to telecommunications sector report

2.8 million double-camera phone devices sales locally in 10 months
Single-camera devices sales during the same period reached 249,000 devices with a market share of 42.3% of total mobile phone sales during last August.

30% growth in Huaweiâs consumer business revenue in 2014
Sales of the latter were more than 2m pieces in the three months since it was launched in September.