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Mobile phone operators accuse TE Data of stealing customers
Business
April 7, 2015
Mobile phone operators accuse TE Data of stealing customers
Egypt’s three mobile phone service operators have accused the country’s sole landline phone operator, Telecom Egypt, of causing them to lose their…
GSMA: Mobile phone users to increase by one billion in next 5 years
Egypt
March 3, 2015
GSMA: Mobile phone users to increase by one billion in next 5 years
Groupe Speciale Mobile Association (GSMA) has announced that by 2020 the number of mobile phone users will increase by one…
IS reportedly chops hands of 3 women, flogs 5 men in Iraq
Egypt
February 17, 2015
IS reportedly chops hands of 3 women, flogs 5 men in Iraq
The Islamic State (IS) has reportedly chopped the hands of three women over unknown charges and flogged five men for…
Newspaper: Army to hold 30% of unified telecom body
Business
January 5, 2015
Newspaper: Army to hold 30% of unified telecom body
The Egypt’s government bodies will own 60 percent of the unified telecommunication entity it intends to establish and task with…
Sawiris attacks govt over unified telecoms license
Business
December 7, 2014
Sawiris attacks govt over unified telecoms license
Business tycoon Naguib Sawiris, the former owner of the Egyptian mobile services company Mobinil, attacked the Egyptian government on Saturday evening…
Microsoft announces new development initiatives in Egypt, Africa
Business
February 7, 2013
Microsoft announces new development initiatives in Egypt, Africa
The Microsoft Corporation announced a series of new programs aimed at helping unemployed youth, young women entrepreneurs and small and…
Mobile companies ready to cooperate in Port Said probe
Egypt
February 5, 2012
Mobile companies ready to cooperate in Port Said probe
Egypt's three main cell phone service providers —Vodafone, Mobinil, and Etisalat — have expressed readiness to cooperate with authorities in…
Naguib Sawiris says he will not sell his Mobinil shares
Business
August 17, 2011
Naguib Sawiris says he will not sell his Mobinil shares
Egyptian telecoms magnate Naguib Sawiris said on Wednesday he had no plans to sell shares in Mobinil, a mobile phone…
Former interior minister ordered shooting of demonstrators
Egypt
April 19, 2011
Former interior minister ordered shooting of demonstrators
A report by the official fact-finding committee into the events of the 25 January revolution, which was released on Tuesday,…
Security officials discuss new mobile policy with IT minister
Egypt
July 5, 2010
Security officials discuss new mobile policy with IT minister
Senior security figures will meet with the Minister of Communication and Information Technology to discuss new policy regulating the sales…