Latest in Tag: Vodafone Highlight
Latest in Tag: Vodafone

Vodafone invests EGP 4.5bn to develop its technological sector: Tech Director
EGP 420bn to buy electric generators and additional batteries to prepare for power outages, says Said

Mobile clients grow in December, Mobinil biggest winner
Mobinil continued to regain lost clients for the second month in a row, with customer numbers growing to 33.7m users last December.
âPopular Resistanceâ claims setting police checkpoint ablaze
Group posted footage of alleged members burning the Talbiya traffic checkpoint in Giza
Independent union files 4 lawsuits to prevent the disassociation of Telecom Egypt from Vodafone
By Mohamed Alaa El-Din The Independent Trade Union of Workers at Telecom Egypt (TE) filed four lawsuits to stop the disassociation of TE from Vodafone in order to protect workersâ rights and the 5% lobby of minority shareholders. The case has been registered in Cairo and the first hearing was set for the 9 April. …
Telecom Egypt resorts to appeals court to annul interdependence case verdict
The verdict came out in favour of Vodafone

TE provides infrastructure services worth EGP 15bn to Vodafone, Mobinil
TE offers international telecommunications services for mobile operators as commercial alternative instead of their obtaining international gateways licence

Vodafone monitors EGP 9.5bn investments in Egypt over 3 years
We increased infrastructure investments by 40%, says Al-Hegazy

Unified licence the most prominent âcommunicationsâ pending file of 2014
Telecom Egypt solely aggrieved from delayed offering of unified licensing system

Wholesale mobile minute prices unified to Telecom Egypt: NTRA Executive Presiden
Mobile operator companies have the right to be given a licence for fixed phone services in return for paying EGP 100m.

Unified licence to be launched in September: Communications ministry
The three mobile service operators have agreed to the licenceâs terms for offering landline services

No price rise in telecommunications: Telecom companies
Vodafone and Mobinil deny 10% increase in telephone callsâ prices

Competition set to rise in Egyptâs telecoms industry
By Oxford Business Group A new licence system governing Egyptâs fiercely competitive telecoms sector is expected to be rolled out within weeks, paving the way for mobile and fixed-line operators to vie for each otherâs business. While the country has a large consumer population, as penetration has passed 100%, telecoms players have faced an increasingly …

Hatem Dowidar to lead Vodafone Egypt as chairman of the board and Ahmed Essam as CEO
Hatem Dowidar has led Vodafone Egypt for a five-year period which has been the most difficult in the history of the telecommunications sector in the Egyptian market, facing major challenges and unprecedented changes.

Government can legally obtain data on customers under âsecurity concernsâ: Vodafone
Vodafone discloses the legal power that allows the armed forces and security agencies to order information about its customers

Vodafone to invest EGP 9bn in Egypt
Investments expected to provide 3,000 job opportunities until 2017

Egypt unified telecom licence to be activated before 30 June: Minister
The licence would allow telecommunication companies to operate fixed-line and mobile networks, which would in turn allow Egyptâs fixed-line monopoly Telecom Egypt to offer mobile services.

Etisalat’s Egyptian unit considers stock market listing
The last major IPO on the Egyptian exchange was in 2010.

Complaint was not referred to Supreme State Security Prosecution: Vodafone Spokesman
No official charges were pressed against the multinational corporation: Spokesman
Egypt Telecom regulator to issue unified telecoms license
Reuters – Egypt’s telecoms regulator said it had agreed to issue a unified licence allowing a company to operate fixed-line and mobile networks, and had sent the details of its decision to the cabinet for final approval. The move would allow landline monopoly Telecom Egypt to offer mobile services. “(The decision) will achieve needed development and balance in Egypt’s …

Qualcomm cooperates with Egyptian Mobile operators
We have been working with the three major mobile operators on projects ranging from network optimisation to device design and production: Qualcomm

Egyptian mobile operators referred to prosecutor general
Three major mobile operators are suspected to have engaged in a âcartel agreementââ in an effort to inflate prices

Telecom Egypt hopes to win mobile licence this year
The company reported a 16% increase in revenue and a 2.3% rise in net profit in the third quarter compared with the same period last year.

Mobile companies Q2 indicators released
Mobinil releases service quality rankings, detailing dropped calls, voice quality
Vodafone leads sound quality in Cairo

Vodafone shares jump on prospects of Verizon sale
The price of shares in the British mobile phone giant rallied by four percent in early morning deals.

Agzakhana closes venture capital with Vodafone Ventures Egypt
The company said âinnovative healthcare applications and revenue streamsâ would be replicated across Vodafoneâs operating markets as a result of the cooperation between the two parties.

Telecom Egypt denies sale of Vodafone shares
Telecom Egypt chief executive officer Mohamed El-Nawawy comments on incorrect media reports

Political turmoil hits mobile money transfer market
Low rates of usage for the service were the result of political turmoil

Mohamed Elnawawy: âMutual reciprocityâ is the theme of negotiations
Elnawawy stated: âEgyptâs mobile service providers borrow and use Telecom Egyptâs infrastructure for the purpose of providing telecommunication services on the domestic market.

Minister of Telecommunications: Automatic Vehicle Location will improve security
Minister Atef Helmy reviewed plans to implement an Automatic Vehicle Location system on Sunday.

Mobile operators strategise fee structures
Roaming charges for Egyptâs three main mobile service providers remain relatively equal