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Research and Markets: An Increasing Demand for Bandwidth in Egypt Has Led To the Development of Several Additional Submarine Fibre Optic Cable Systems to Go On-Line In 2009(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) RDATE:24072008 Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e9c41d/egypt_key_statis) has announced the addition of the "Egypt - Key Statistics Regulatory & Fixed-Line Telecoms Overviews" report to their offering. Egypt s telecom sector is performing consistently well with all sub-sectors being open to competition. Around 1,500 new fixed lines are installed in the country every day which has helped to reduce the waiting list by 95% and has made Egypt the largest fixed-line market in Africa and the Arab region. The incumbent telco, Telecom Egypt, is highly profitable and was partially privatised through an IPO at the end of 2005. The end of its fixed-line monopoly in 2006 has opened up new opportunities for competitive service providers, and a second national fixed-line licence to be awarded in mid 2008 has received strong interest from international bidders. Efforts are underway to roll out Next Generation Networks (NGN), offering converged IP-based voice and data services. An increasing demand for bandwidth has led to the development of several additional submarine fibre optic cable systems to go on-line in 2009. Key Topics Covered: 1. Synopsis 2. Key statistics 3. Overview of Egypt s telecom market 4. Regulatory environment 4.1 Background 4.2 Creation of a new regulatory framework 4.3 Telecommunications Master Plan 4.4 Legislative reform 4.5 Regulatory authority 4.5.1 National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority 4.5.2 Ministry of Communications & Information Technology 4.6 Telecom sector liberalisation in Egypt 4.6.1 International gateway licences 4.6.2 International submarine cable licence 4.6.3 Second fixed-line licence 4.7 Privatisation of Telecom Egypt 4.8 Interconnection 5. Fixed network operators in Egypt 5.1 Telecom Egypt 5.2 Orascom Telecom 6. Telecommunications infrastructure 6.1 National telecom network 6.1.1 Public payphones 6.1.2 Wireless local loop (WLL) 6.1.3 Next Generation Networks (NGN) 6.2 International infrastructure 6.2.1 Submarine cable networks 6.2.2 Satellite networks 7. Fixed voice market 7.1 National and international call traffic 8. Related reports Table 1 - Country statistics - 2008 Table 2 - Telephone network statistics - February 2008 Table 3 - Internet provider statistics - 2008 Table 4 - Internet user statistics - February 2008 Table 5 - Mobile statistics - March 2008 Table 6 - National telecommunications authorities Table 7 - Telecom Egypt key performance indicators - 2003 - 2007 Table 8 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1995 - 2008 Table 9 - Public payphones per operator - 2002 - 2008 Exhibit 1 - Major licences issued - 2008 Exhibit 2 - National and regional fibre networks For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e9c41d/egypt_key_statis CONTACT: Laura Wood, Senior Manager, Research and Markets Fax: +1 646 607 1907 (US) Fax: +353 1 481 1716 (Rest of World) e-mail: [email protected] ((M2 Communications Ltd disclaims all liability for information provided within M2 PressWIRE. Data supplied by named party/parties. Further information on M2 PressWIRE can be obtained at http://www.presswire.net on the world wide web. Inquiries to [email protected])). Copyright ? 2008 M2 Communications Ltd. |