Egypt - Internet and Broadband Market Overview, Statistics & Forecasts

Synopsis

Despite some restrictions and censorship, which culminated in the 2011 political and social unrest, Egypt is one of the most developed Internet markets in Africa in terms of users, international bandwidth and services offered. The country was again ranked fourth among African countries in the ‘Networked Readiness Index’ of the Davos World Economic Forum’s 2010/11 Global Information Technology Report. It is well connected through national and international fibre infrastructure and has some of the lowest prices for DSL services on the continent, the result of a highly competitive sector with more than 150 Internet and data service providers. Egypt’s three mobile network operators have entered the market with third generation (3G) mobile broadband services, and each of them holds a controlling stake in a leading data and Internet service provider: Orascom/Mobinil (LINKdotNET), Vodafone (Raya Telecom) and Etisalat (EgyNet).

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Internet market
  • 2.1 Overview
  • 2.2 Internet statistics
  • 2.3 Free Internet project
  • 2.4 Affordable Personal Computer (APC) programs
  • 2.5 E-schools
  • 2.6 Public Internet access locations
    • 2.6.1 Multipurpose Community Telecentres (MCTs)
• 3. ISP and data service providers in Egypt
  • 3.1 Data service operators
  • 3.2 Data centres
  • 3.3 ISP market
    • 3.3.1 EgyNet
    • 3.3.2 LINKdotNET
    • 3.3.3 Nile Online
    • 3.3.4 TE Data
    • 3.3.5 Other ISPs
  • 3.4 Internet gateways
  • 3.5 Cairo Regional Internet Exchange (CRIX)
  • 3.6 VSAT networks
• 4. Broadband market
  • 4.1 Broadband initiative
  • 4.2 DSL
  • 4.3 Wireless broadband
    • 4.3.1 WiFi
    • 4.3.2 WiMAX
    • 4.3.3 CDMA2000 1x EV-DO
  • 4.4 Broadband via satellite
  • 4.5 Broadband over Powerlines (BPL)
• 5. Convergence
  • 5.1 VoIP telephony
  • 5.2 Next Generation Networks (NGN)
  • 5.3 IPTV
• 6. Digital Economy
  • 6.1 E-commerce
    • 6.1.1 E-commerce initiatives
    • 6.1.2 E-commerce legislation
  • 6.2 Information Highway Project
  • 6.3 E-government
  • 6.4 E-learning
  • 6.5 GLORIAD (Academic sector)
• 7. Forecasts
  • 7.1 Forecasts – Internet users 2013; 2016
  • 7.2 Forecasts – broadband subscribers 2013; 2016
  • 7.3 Notes on scenario forecasts
• 8. Related reports

• Table 1 – Internet users and penetration rate – 1999 - 2012
• Table 2 – DSL subscribers in Egypt, total vs TE – 2002 - 2011
• Table 3 – Forecast Internet users – 2013; 2016
• Table 4 – Forecast – fixed and mobile broadband subscribers – 2013; 2016

• Chart 1 – Internet users and penetration rate – 2002 - 2010