Egypt Telecoms Market Report

Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Last updated: 17 May 2022 Update History

Report Pages: 182

Analyst: Henry Lancaster

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Egypt progresses with digital transformation projects

Egypt’s large telecom market is supported by a population of about 103 million and benefits from effective competition in most sectors. A liberal regulatory regime allows for unified licenses which permit operators to offer fixed-line as well as mobile services.

In recent years the government has developed a number of digital migration projects aimed at increasing average broadband speeds, delivering fibre broadband to about 60% of the population, developing an in-house satellite program, and creating a knowledge-based economy through the greater adoption of ICTs. The New Administrative Capital being built is only one of more than a dozen smart city projects, which together are stimulating investment in 5G and fibre broadband, as well as the adoption of IoT and AI solutions. The country endeavours to be a significant ICT hub in the North Africa and Middle East regions.

Egypt’s mature mobile market has one of the highest penetration rates in Africa. Progress in the adoption of mobile data services has been hampered by the lack of sufficient spectrum. To address this, the regulator in September 2020 made available 60MHz in the 2.6GHz band, though the spectrum was not allocated until late 2021. The additional spectrum will go far to enabling the MNOs to improve the quality of mobile broadband services offered. Further 5G trials are to be held later in 2022, focussed on the New Administrative Capital.

The international cable infrastructure remains an important asset for Egypt, which benefits from its geographical position. Telecom Egypt has become one of the largest concerns in this segment, being a participating member in numerous cable systems. In mid-2021 the telco announced plans to build the Hybrid African Ring Path system, connecting a number of landlocked countries in Africa with Italy, France, and Portugal. The system will partly use the company’s existing terrestrial and subsea cable networks.

Key developments:

Telecom regulator and the Egyptian Competition Authority jointly regulating competition promoting investment in the telecom market;
Government planning to connection 60 million citizens to fibre broadband;
Etisalat Egypt planning 5G launch in the New Administrative Capital;
Orange Egypt secures data centre contract for the proposed new capital city;
Telecom Egypt begins developing the HARP submarine cable system;
Orange Egypt, Vodafone Egypt, Telecom Egypt sign $2 billion infrastructure sharing deal;
Regulator releases 2.6GHz spectrum to three MNOs;
Report update includes the regulator’s market data to June 2020, government’s ICT indicators to September 2021, telcos’ operating and financial data to Q3 2021, updated Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, assessment of the global impact of the pandemic on the telecoms sector, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Telecom Egypt, Menatel, NilePhone, Raya Telecom, Orange Egypt (Mobinil, ECMS, Orascom Telecom, Global Telecom Holding), Vodafone Egypt, Etisalat Misr, Thuraya, Iridium, Inmarsat, Alkan Communications, EgyptSat, MobiServe, EgyNet, LINKdotNET, Nile Online, Yalla, Equant, Noor, Vodafone Data (Raya Telecom), Batelco, Soficom, Egypt Network, Internet Egypt, MenaNet, MenaSat, iSkySat, StormSat Egypt, PLC International

Key statistics
Regional Africa Market Comparison

Market characteristics
Market Leaders
Market Challengers
Market Emergents
TMI vs GDP
Mobile and mobile broadband penetration
Fixed versus mobile broadband penetration

Country overview
Covid-19 and its impact on the telecom sector

Economic considerations and responses
Subscribers
Infrastructure

Telecommunications market

Market analysis

Regulatory environment

Historical overview
Regulatory authorities

National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA)
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

Fixed-line developments

New Regulatory Framework
Telecommunications Master Plan
Legislative reform
Unified Telecom License (UTL)
Privatisation of Telecom Egypt
Telecom sector liberalisation
International gateway licences
International submarine cable licence
Interconnection

Mobile network developments

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

Mobile market

Market analysis
Mobile statistics
Mobile infrastructure

5G
4G (LTE)
3G
Other infrastructure developments
Mobile data
Mobile broadband

Major mobile operators

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

Mobile content and applications

m-banking

Fixed-line broadband market

Introduction and statistical overview
Free Internet project
National Broadband Plan
Public internet access locations

Multipurpose Community Telecentres (MCTs)

Broadband statistics

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
Other fixed broadband services
Broadband via satellite
Broadband over Powerlines (BPL)

Digital economy

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

Fixed network operators

Telecom Egypt

Services

Etisalat Misr

Telecommunications infrastructure

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

Terrestrial
Submarine fibre
Satellite
Cairo Regional Internet Exchange (CRIX)

Smart infrastructure

Appendix – Historic data
Glossary of abbreviations
Related reports

List of Tables

Table 1 – Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities – Egypt – 2021 (e)
Table 2 – Decline in the number of mobile number portings – 2011 – 2017
Table 3 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration – 2011 – 2026
Table 4 – Development in the market share of mobile subscribers by operator – 2013 – 2021
Table 5 – Change in SMS traffic – 2010 – 2019
Table 6 – Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2011 – 2026
Table 7 – Change in the number of dedicated mobile (USB) broadband subscribers and penetration – 2010 – 2021
Table 8 – Development in the number of Orange Egypt’s mobile subscribers – 2010 – 2021
Table 9 – Change in Orange Egypt’s financial results (EGP billion) – 2009 – 2018
Table 10 – Change in Orange Egypt’s financial results (€ million) – 2012 – 2021
Table 11 – Development of Vodafone Egypt’s financial data (€ million) – 2016 – 2022
Table 12 – Growth in Vodafone Egypt’s financial data (EGP million) – 2012 – 2021
Table 13 – Growth in Vodafone Egypt’s mobile data traffic – 2013 – 2021
Table 14 – Growth in the number of Vodafone Egypt’s mobile subscribers – 2010 – 2021
Table 15 – Change in Vodafone Egypt’s monthly ARPU (EGP/month) – 2012 – 2021
Table 16 – Development of Etisalat Misr’s financial data (AED billion) – 2011 – 2021
Table 17 – Change in Etisalat Misr’s revenue by segment (AED million) – 2017 – 2021
Table 18 – Change in the number of Etisalat Misr’s mobile subscribers – 2013 – 2021
Table 19 – Growth in the number of Telecom Egypt’s mobile subscribers – 2017 – 2021
Table 20 – Growth in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration – 2011 – 2026
Table 21 – Growth in the number of DSL subscribers – 2011 – 2021
Table 22 – Growth in the number of Vodafone Egypt’s fixed broadband subscribers – 2013 – 2021
Table 23 – Decline in the number of Orange Egypt’s fixed broadband subscribers – 2013 – 2021
Table 24 – Growth in the number of Telecom Egypt’s DSL subscribers – 2010 – 2021
Table 25 – Growth in the number of Telecom Egypt’s fixed-line voice subscribers by sector (million) – 2014 – 2021
Table 26 – Development of Telecom Egypt’s financial results (EGP million) – 2010 – 2021
Table 27 – Change in Telecom Egypt’s residential fixed voice and broadband ARPU (EGP / month) – 2011 – 2021
Table 28 – Growth in the number of fixed lines and teledensity – 2011 – 2026
Table 29 – Increase in international internet bandwidth – 2010 – 2021
Table 30 – Historic - Fixed lines in service and teledensity in Egypt – 1995 – 2010
Table 31 – Historic - International bandwidth in Egypt – 2003 – 2010
Table 32 – Historic - Dial-up internet subscribers in Egypt – 2003 – 2012
Table 33 – Historic - Internet users and penetration rate in Egypt – 1999 – 2010
Table 34 – Historic - DSL subscribers in Egypt – 2002 – 2010
Table 35 – Historic - Fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration in Egypt – 2002 – 2010
Table 36 – Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2000 – 2010
Table 37 – Historic - Mobile numbers ported – 2008 – 2010

List of Charts

Chart 1 – Africa Telecoms Maturity Index – Market Leaders
Chart 2 – Africa – Market Leaders global ranking
Chart 3 – Africa Telecoms Maturity Index – Market Challengers
Chart 4 – Africa – Market Challengers global ranking
Chart 5 – Africa Telecoms Maturity Index – Market Emergents
Chart 6 – Africa – Market Emergents global ranking
Chart 7 – Africa – Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per capita
Chart 8 – Africa – Mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 9 – Africa – Fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 10 – Decline in the number of mobile number portings – 2011 – 2017
Chart 11 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration – 2011 – 2026
Chart 12 – Development in the market share of mobile subscribers by operator – 2013 – 2021
Chart 13 – Change in SMS traffic – 2010 – 2019
Chart 14 – Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2011 – 2026
Chart 15 – Change in the number of dedicated mobile (USB) broadband subscribers and penetration – 2010 – 2021
Chart 16 – Development in the number Orange Egypt’s mobile subscriber base – 2010 – 2021
Chart 17 – Change in Orange Egypt’s financial results – 2009 – 2018
Chart 18 – Change in Orange Egypt’s financial results – 2012 – 2021
Chart 19 – Development of Vodafone Egypt’s financial data – 2016 – 2022
Chart 20 – Growth in Vodafone Egypt’s financial data – 2012 – 2021
Chart 21 – Growth in Vodafone Egypt’s mobile data traffic – 2013 – 2021
Chart 22 – Growth in the number of Vodafone Egypt’s mobile subscribers – 2010 – 2021
Chart 23 – Change in Vodafone Egypt’s monthly ARPU – 2012 – 2021
Chart 24 – Development of Etisalat Misr’s financial data – 2011 – 2021
Chart 25 – Change in Etisalat Misr’s revenue by segment – 2017 – 2021
Chart 26 – Change in the number of Etisalat Misr’s mobile subscribers – 2013 – 2021
Chart 27 – Growth in the number of Telecom Egypt’s mobile subscribers – 2017 – 2021
Chart 28 – Growth in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration – 2011 – 2026
Chart 29 – Growth in the number of DSL subscribers – 2011 – 2021
Chart 30 – Growth in the number of Vodafone Egypt’s fixed broadband subscribers – 2013 – 2021
Chart 31 – Decline in the number of Orange Egypt’s fixed broadband subscribers – 2013 – 2021
Chart 32 – Growth in the number of Telecom Egypt’s DSL subscribers – 2010 – 2021
Chart 33 – Growth in the number of Telecom Egypt’s fixed-line voice subscribers by sector – 2014 – 2021
Chart 34 – Development of Telecom Egypt’s financial results – 2010 – 2021
Chart 35 – Change in Telecom Egypt's residential fixed voice and broadband ARPU – 2011 – 2021
Chart 36 – Growth in the number of fixed lines and teledensity – 2011 – 2026
Chart 37 – Increase in international internet bandwidth – 2010 – 2021

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1 – Map of Telecom Maturity Index global ranking among countries in Africa
Exhibit 2 – Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
Exhibit 3 – Africa – Market Leaders and market developments
Exhibit 4 – Africa – Market Challengers and market developments
Exhibit 5 – Africa – Market Emergents and market developments
Exhibit 6 – 2Africa landing stations

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Egypt Telecoms Market Report

Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

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Egypt progresses with digital transformation projects

Key developments:

Companies mentioned in this report:

Key statistics

Regional Africa Market Comparison

Country overview

Covid-19 and its impact on the telecom sector

Telecommunications market

Regulatory environment

Mobile market

Fixed-line broadband market

Digital economy

Fixed network operators

Telecommunications infrastructure

Appendix – Historic data

Glossary of abbreviations

Related reports

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