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Seeking to build Digital Egypt and achieve the transition into a digital society, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) has been working to build an infrastructure that is secure, reliable and accessible.

MCIT prioritizes the maintenance of a strong, adaptive infrastructure; the development and convergence of technologies; and the safeguarding of a regulatory framework conducive both to investment in and growth of the ICT sector.

The National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) was further empowered by the Telecommunication Regulation Law No. 10/2003. NTRA acts as the independent regulatory authority overseeing the telecommunications sector in Egypt, improving its services and expanding its usage.

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Telecommunication Market

In 2019, the ICT sector contributed EGP 93.4 billion to the Egyptian GDP (approximately 4% of the total GDP), increasing by 14.3% points from 2018. Egypt’s digital transformation is part of its plan of economic diversification. Egypt's ICT 2030 Strategy is a guideline that aims to transform the country into a telecommunications and technology hub on both the regional and global scales. Towards this end, NTRA thrives to put forward viable regulations to ascertain a competitive level playing field in the various markets of the telecommunication sector.

General Market Overview

General Market Overview

General Market Overview

In 2019, the ICT sector contributed EGP 93.4 billion to the Egyptian GDP (approximately 4% of the total GD

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Rules and Regulations

Rules and Regulations

Given the huge changes Egypt is witnessing in the provision of telecommunications services and the transition into a digital society, the government gave priority to developing the ICT sector, coping

Cyber Security

Cyber Security

Cybersecurity is information security applied to computers and computer networks. The field covers all the processes and mechanisms by which computer-based equipment, information and services are

Numbering

Numbering

In accordance with the Law 10/2003, NTRA is the entity responsible for drafting the National Numbering Plan and monitoring its implementation.

The National Numbering Plan stipul

Competition and Interconnection

Competition and Interconnection

Reference Interconnection Offer (RIO) and the Service Level Agreement (SLA)

In the last few years, the telecommunications

Submarine Cables Map (Submarine Cables Passing Through Egypt)

Submarine Cables Map (Submarine Cables Passing Through Egypt)

Spectrum Management

Spectrum Management

Radio spectrum is considered as one of the state’s vital scarce resources utilized in the daily activities of the modern society. These activities include TV and radio broadcast services, commercia

Universal Acceptance

Universal Acceptance

Universal Acceptance (UA) is the state where all valid domain names and e-mail addresses are accepted, validated, stored, processed and displayed correctly and consistently by all applications, dev

Universal Services

Universal Services

Universal Service can be defined as the provision of affordable basic telecommunication services to all citizens especially in the economically non-feasible regions. This includes as well data serv

License of Telecom Services

License of Telecom Services

Reference to the Telecommunication Regulation Law No. 10/2003 where Article No. 22 of the Law stipulates that the request of obtaining the licenses referred to in Article No. 21 shall be submitted

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