Orange ready to invest into 5G wireless systems in Egypt: chairman

Orange S.A, a France-based telecommunications Company, is mulling a pick-up in its investments into the 5th generation wireless systems in anticipation of the Egyptian government's offering pertinent licenses, according to chairman Stephen Richard.

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Telecom Egypt will not sell Vodafone stake “blindly”

Telecom Egypt will only consider selling its 45 per cent stake in Vodafone Egypt if it is able to reach “critical mass” in the mobile market, as the state-owned operator looks to grow its share in the segment to 15 per cent by 2022.

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GSMA Launches Global Mobile Money Certification Scheme

(AETOS Wire)-- At the Mobile 360 – West Africa event, the GSMA announced the launch of the GSMA Mobile Money Certification, a global scheme for mobile money providers to offer safer, more transparent and more resilient financial services to"...

Mobile Ecosystem to Be Worth More Than $50 Billion to West Africa Economy by 2022, Finds New GSMA Study

(AETOS Wire)-- The mobile industry in West Africa is forecast to contribute more than $50 billion annually to the region’s economy by 2022, according to a new GSMA study published today at the ‘Mobile 360 – West Africa’ event"...

Orange Egypt signs syndicated loan with 8 banks

Orange Egypt For Telecommunications Company (OREG) declared in a statement sent to EGX, it signed LE7-billion syndicated loan on April 05, 2018, with Commercial International Bank (COMI),"...

Global Telecom shares fall after Veon withdraws buyout offer

Shares in Global Telecom Holding GTHE.CA fell by more than 15 percent on the Egyptian stock exchange on Tuesday after majority shareholder Veon VON.AS withdrew an offer to buy the rest of the Egyptian-based company and said it would not make another.

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Changes in the smartphone market in February 2018

The market for personal computing devices is constantly changing, especially the smartphone sector, due to competition between various manufacturers, especially in China.

At the global level, Chinese companies"...

Largest Installation of Cellular Mobile Uplinks in Egypt as ANA Selects TVU Networks Exclusively for Newsgathering Operations

As part of the largest implementation of TVU Networks’ gear in Egypt, the Cairo-based Arab News Agency (ANA) purchased more than 55 new and upgraded IP video equipment such as TVU One mobile IP transmitters"...

Vodafone tops list of telecom companies in Egypt in 2017 revenue growth

Vodafone Egypt topped the list of telecommunications companies with the fastest growing revenues in 2017. According to sources in the communications sector, the Vodafone Egypt’s revenue growth reached 19%, while Etisalat came second with 18%, followed by Orange with 6%.

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Etisalat Egypt continues to lose customers to competitors

Etisalat Egypt continued to lose more of its customers in similar fashion to recent months. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) report, showing data from December, showed that the company has lost nearly 500,000 clients to other competitors.

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