Egypt - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts

• Key statistics
• Market and industry overviews
• Regulatory environment and structural reform
• Major players (fixed, mobile and broadband)
• Infrastructure development
• Mobile voice and data markets, including 3G
• ARPU trends, fixed and mobile
• Internet development
• Broadband, including 3G mobile
• Convergence (voice/data, fixed/wireless/mobile).

1. Key Statistics

2. Telecommunications Market

2.1 Overview of Egypt’s telecom market

3. Regulatory Environment

3.1 Background

3.2 Creation of a new regulatory framework

3.3 Telecommunications Master Plan

3.4 Legislative reform

3.5 Regulatory authority

3.5.1 National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA)

3.5.2 Ministry of Communications & Information Technology (MCIT)

3.6 Telecom sector liberalisation in Egypt

3.6.1 International gateway licences

3.6.2 International submarine cable licence

3.6.3 Second fixed-line licence

3.7 Privatisation of Telecom Egypt

3.8 Interconnection

3.9 Tariffs

4. Fixed Network Operators in Egypt

4.1 Telecom Egypt

4.1.1 Wholesale

4.2 Orascom Telecom

4.3 Fixed voice market

4.3.1 National and international call traffic

5. Telecommunications Infrastructure

5.1 National telecom network

5.1.1 Public payphones

5.1.2 Wireless Local Loop (WLL)

5.1.3 Next Generation Networks (NGNs)

5.2 International infrastructure

5.2.1 Submarine cable networks

5.2.2 Satellite networks

6. Internet Market

6.1 Overview

6.2 Internet statistics

6.3 Free Internet project

6.4 Affordable Personal Computer (APC) programs

6.5 E-schools

6.6 Public Internet access locations

6.6.1 Multipurpose Community Telecentres (MCTs)

6.7 ISP and data service providers in Egypt

6.7.1 Data service operators

6.7.2 Data centres

6.7.3 ISP market

6.7.4 Internet gateways

6.7.5 Cairo Regional Internet Exchange (CRIX)

6.7.6 VSAT networks

7. Broadband Market

7.1 Broadband initiative

7.2 Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)

7.3 Wireless broadband

7.3.1 WiFi

7.3.2 WiMAX

7.3.3 CDMA2000 1x EV-DO

7.4 Broadband via satellite

7.5 Broadband over Powerlines (BPL)

8. Convergence

8.1 VoIP telephony

8.2 Next Generation Networks (NGNs)

8.3 IPTV

8.4 E-Commerce

8.4.1 E-commerce initiatives

8.4.2 E-commerce legislation

8.5 Information Highway Project

8.6 E-government

8.7 E-learning

9. Mobile Communications

9.1 Overview of Egypt’s mobile market

9.1.1 Telecom Egypt’s mobile deal

9.1.2 Third mobile licence

9.1.3 Mobile statistics

9.2 Regulatory issues

9.2.1 Tariff structure

9.2.2 International gateways

9.2.3 Mobile Number Portability (MNP)

9.2.4 Registration of user details

9.2.5 GPS ban

9.3 Major mobile operators

9.3.1 Mobinil (ECMS)

9.3.2 Vodafone Egypt

9.3.3 Etisalat Misr

9.4 Mobile voice services

9.4.1 Prepaid services

9.4.2 Satellite mobile

9.5 Mobile data services

9.5.1 Short Message Service (SMS)

9.5.2 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)

9.5.3 Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)

9.5.4 GPRS and Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution (EDGE)

9.5.5 Mobile TV

9.6 3G

9.6.1 Mobile broadband pricing

9.7 Mobile content and applications

9.7.1 Mobile banking

10. Forecasts

10.1 Forecasts - fixed-line services to 2015

10.2 Forecasts - Internet users to 2015

10.3 Forecasts - broadband subscribers to 2015

10.4 Forecasts - mobile subscribers to 2015

11. Glossary of Abbreviations

List of Tables and Exhibits

Table 1 - Country statistics Egypt - 2009

Table 2 - Telephone network statistics - 2008

Table 3 - Internet provider statistics - 2008

Table 4 - Internet statistics - 2008

Table 5 - Broadband statistics - 2008

Table 6 - Mobile statistics - 2008

Table 7 - National telecommunications authorities

Table 8 - Telecom Egypt key performance indicators - 2003 - 2008

Table 9 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1995 - 2008

Table 10 - Public payphones per operator - 2002 - 2008

Table 11 - Internet users and penetration rate - 1995; 1997; 1999 - 2008

Table 12 - DSL subscribers in Egypt - 2002 - 2008

Table 13 - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate - 1996; 1998; 2000 - 2008

Table 14 - Mobile subscribers by operator and annual change - 2008

Table 15 - Mobinil active subscribers - 1998; 2000 - 2009

Table 16 - Mobinil key performance indicators - 2002 - 2008

Table 17 - Mobinil blended monthly ARPU and AUPU - 2002 - 2008

Table 18 - Vodafone Egypt subscribers - 1998; 2000 - 2008

Table 19 - Vodafone Egypt blended monthly ARPU - 2003 - 2007

Table 20 - Forecast fixed-line and fixed-wireless subscribers - 2010; 2015

Table 21 - Forecast Internet users - 2010; 2015

Table 22 - Forecast broadband subscribers - 2010; 2015

Table 23 - Forecast mobile subscribers - 2010; 2015

Exhibit 1 - Major licences issued in Egypt - 2008

Exhibit 2 - National and regional fibre networks in Egypt

Exhibit 3 - Data service provider licences in Egypt and year of issue

Exhibit 4 - An analysis of Egypt’s third mobile licence valuation

Exhibit 5 - Vodafone Egypt’s public listing and delisting