2018 Egypt - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

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Report Status: Archived

Report Pages: 117

Analyst: Henry Lancaster

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Publication Overview

This report provides a comprehensive overview of trends and developments in Egypt’s telecommunications market. The report analyses the fixed-line, mobile and broadband sectors. Subjects include:

Market and industry analyses, trends and developments;
Facts, figures and statistics;
Industry and regulatory issues;
Infrastructure developments;
Major Players, Revenues, Subscribers, ARPU, MoU;
Mobile Voice and Data Markets;
Broadband (FttP, DSL, cable, wireless);
Mobile subscribers and ARPU;
Broadband market forecasts;
Government policies affecting the telecoms industry;
Market liberalisation and industry issues;
Telecoms operators – privatisation, IPOs, acquisitions, new licences;
Mobile technologies (GSM; 3G, HSPA, LTE).

Researcher:- Henry Lancaster
Current publication date:- September 2018 (17th Edition)

Executive Summary

Egypt’s unified licences leading to cross-platform access deals

Supported by a population of more than 90 million, Egypt has one of the largest telecom markets in North Africa. There is effective competition in most sectors, while one key development has been the recent award of unified licences to allow operators to offer services in the fixed-line and mobile sectors. The incumbent telco Telecom Egypt secured one of the licenses in August 2016. The three mobile network operators initially failed to bid for the remaining three licenses, which would have enabled them to enter the fixed-line market and provide fully convergent service offerings. This prompted the government to consider opening the bidding process to international operators, but shortly afterwards these network operators secured licences after having renegotiated licence terms. Spectrum was assigned to these licensees in June 2017.

The country’s political crisis following the ‘Arab Spring’ revolution which began in 2011 adversely affected the telecom sector. Although revenue has remained stable, profit margins and capital expenditure have fallen due to a weaker local currency, especially since the beginning of 2013, and international investors have shown considerable caution. The government in recent months has endeavoured to secure billions of dollars in funding to develop technology parks and to extend broadband availability, and in the process to create jobs in ICT and rekindle international investor interest.

Efforts are underway to roll out next-generation networks, offering converged IP-based voice, data and entertainment services. Egypt is well connected by several international submarine fibre optic cables, while it also has an extensive national fibre backbone and some of Africa’s most vibrant FttP deployments.

Egypt has one of the largest mobile telecom markets in Africa, with effective competition and a penetration rate of about 105%. Although the country was among the first countries in the region to launch 3G mobile services, the development of LTE services was delayed to late 2017.

The internet market is relatively developed in terms of the number of users and the availability of services. The country’s geographical position has enabled it to capitalise on the numerous cables which cross through it, interconnecting various parts of Europe with the Middle East and Asia. Egypt also has considerable domestic fibre infrastructure which can tap into cables at several points. The MENA subsea cable came into commercial use in late 2015, augmenting the country’s considerable international bandwidth.

Growth in the number of broadband subscribers slowed briefly at the start of the country’s political crisis in 2011 and continuing social and political disturbances since then have seen some measures imposed to restrict access to content and services.

The extensive bandwidth, together with considerable market competition, has meant that Egypt offers some of the lowest prices for DSL services on the continent. The four mobile network operators also offer mobile internet based on 3G and LTE technologies.

This report outlines the major developments in the Egyptian telecom sector, including updated statistics and profiles of the operators, an assessment of market structures and regulatory measures related to spectrum awards and licensing, as well as emerging mobile and fixed-line technologies and services.

Key Developments

Telecom Egypt to provide Etisalat Misr with virtual fixed voice services;
Telecom Egypt and Liquid Telecom agree to expedite the roll out of fibre networks across North Africa;
Orange Egypt, Vodafone, Telecom Egypt sign $2 billion infrastructure sharing deal;
SEA-ME-WE 5 cable comes online to add additional international internet capacity;
Telecom Egypt signs a three-year wholesale agreement with Vodafone Egypt;
Vodafone Egypt trials fixed-line services;
Central Bank of Egypt approves new regulations to encourage m-payment services;
Orange Egypt contracts NEC Corporation to provide microwave radio system for LTE traffic;
Vodafone Egypt sees subscriber decline into 2018;
MVNO licences issued as part of new unified licensing regime;
Telecom Egypt extends the reach of its fibre networks;
Continuing strong growth of DSL and mobile broadband;
Economic recovery shown in e-commerce market growth;
Report updates include the regulator's market updates to March 2018, telcos' operating data to Q2 2018, recent market developments

Companies mentioned in this report:

Orange Egypt (Mobinil, ECMS, Orascom Telecom, Global Telecom Holding), Vodafone Egypt, Etisalat Misr, Telecom Egypt, Thuraya, Iridium, Inmarsat, Alkan Communications, EgyptSat, MobiServe, Ericsson, Nokia Networks, Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei Technologies, TE Data, EgyNet, LINKdotNET, Nile Online, Yalla, Equant, Noor, Vodafone Data (Raya Telecom), Batelco, Soficom, Egypt Network, Internet Egypt, MenaNet, MenaSat, iSkySat, StormSat Egypt, PLC International, JumpTV, Menatel, NilePhone, Raya Telecom, Zhone Technologies, NEC, Nortel Networks, Qualcomm, ZTE.

Henry Lancaster
September 2018

Key statistics

Country overview

Telecommunications market

Historical overview
Market analysis

Regulatory environment

Historical overview
Regulatory authorities

Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

New Regulatory Framework
Telecommunications Master Plan
Legislative reform
Unified Telecom License (UTL)
Privatisation of Telekom Egypt
Telecom sector liberalisation

International gateway licences
International submarine cable licence

Interconnection

Fixed network operators

Telecom Egypt

Services

Telecommunications infrastructure

Overview of the national telecom network
Public payphones
Next Generation Networks (NGNs)
International infrastructure

Terrestrial
Submarine fibre
Satellite

IT developments

Data service providers
Data centres
Internet gateways
Cairo Regional Internet Exchange (CRIX)
VSAT networks

Smart infrastructure

Broadband market

Introduction and statistical overview

Market analysis
Free Internet project
National Broadband Plan
Public internet access locations
Broadband statistics
Forecasts – broadband subscribers – 2019; 2021; 2023

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks

Vodafone Egypt
EgyNet
LINKdotNET
Nile Online (NOL)
TE Data
Other ISPs

Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
Other fixed broadband services

Wireless broadband
Broadband via satellite
Broadband over Powerlines (BPL)

Digital economy

E-commerce
Information Highway Project
E-government
E-learning
GLORIAD (Academic sector)

Digital media

Videostreaming
Communications

VoIP

Mobile communications

Market analysis
Mobile statistics

General statistics

Mobile infrastructure

Other infrastructure developments
Mobile data
Mobile broadband
Forecasts – mobile subscribers - 2018; 2020; 2022

Regulatory issues

Third mobile licence
Fourth mobile licence
International gateways
Mobile Termination Rates (MTR)
Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
SIM card registration
Infrastructure sharing

Major mobile operators

Orange Egypt (Mobinil, ECMS)
Vodafone Egypt
Etisalat Misr
Telecom Egypt

Mobile content and applications

m-banking

Mobile handsets

List of Tables

Table 1 – Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities – Egypt – 2018
Table 2 – Average price for telecom services in Egypt – 2012 – 2016
Table 3 – Telecom Egypt fixed-line voice subscribers by sector – 2014 – 2018
Table 4 – Telecom Egypt financial data – 2003 – 2018
Table 5 – Telecom Egypt residential fixed voice and broadband ARPU – 2010 – 2018
Table 6 – Historic - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Egypt – 1995 – 2009
Table 7 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Egypt – 2010 – 2018
Table 8 – Public payphones by operator in Egypt – 2002 – 2014
Table 9 – International bandwidth in Egypt – 2003 – 2018
Table 10 – Fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration in Egypt – 2002 – 2018
Table 11 – Historic - Internet users and penetration rate in Egypt – 1999 – 2009
Table 12 – Internet users and penetration rate in Egypt – 2010 – 2018
Table 13 – Dial-up internet subscribers in Egypt – 2003 – 2016
Table 14 – Forecast – broadband subscribers in Egypt – 2019; 2021; 2023
Table 15 – DSL subscribers in Egypt – 2002 – 2018
Table 16 – Vodafone Egypt broadband subscribers – 2013 – 2018
Table 17 – Orange Egypt broadband subscribers – 2013 – 2018
Table 18 – TE DSL subscribers – 2003 – 2018
Table 19 – Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2000 – 2009
Table 20 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2010 – 2018
Table 21 – Mobile market share of subscribers – 2014 – 2018
Table 22 – Mobile internet and USB internet connections (regulator data) – 2009 – 2018
Table 23 – Active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2009 – 2018
Table 24 – Dedicated mobile (USB) broadband subscribers and penetration – 2009 – 2018
Table 25 – Forecast – mobile subscribers in Egypt – 2019; 2021; 2023
Table 26 – Mobile numbers ported – 2008 – 2015
Table 27 – Orange Egypt subscribers – 2000 – 2018
Table 28 – Orange Egypt consolidated financial results (EGP) – 2002 – 2018
Table 29 – Orange Egypt financial results (€) – 2012 – 2018
Table 30 – Orange Egypt blended monthly ARPU (€) – 2012 – 2017
Table 31 – Vodafone Egypt financials (£) – 2013 - 2019
Table 32 – Vodafone Egypt financials (EGP) – 2012 – 2018
Table 33 – Vodafone Egypt mobile data traffic – 2013 – 2018
Table 34 – Vodafone Egypt subscribers – 2000 – 2018
Table 35 – Vodafone Egypt blended monthly ARPU – 2003 – 2018
Table 36 – Etisalat Misr financial data – 2011 – 2018
Table 37 – Etisalat Misr mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2018
Table 38 – Telecom Egypt mobile subscribers – 2016 – 2018

List of Charts

Chart 1 – Telecom Egypt key performance indicators – 2003 – 2018
Chart 2 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Egypt – 2005 – 2018
Chart 3 – Fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration in Egypt – 2002 – 2018
Chart 4 – Internet users and penetration rate in Egypt – 2003 – 2018
Chart 5 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2002 – 2018
Chart 6 – Orange Egypt financial results (EGP) – 2002 – 2018
Chart 7 – Vodafone Egypt financials (£) – 2013 – 2018
Chart 8 – Vodafone Egypt financials (EGP) – 2012 – 2018

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Egypt’s unified licences leading to cross-platform access deals

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