The National Telecom Regulatory Authority has approved granting mobile operators 6 million new phone lines — 2 million for each operator — with the new numbering system (015).
This brings the total number of new lines granted in October and November of 2010 to 9 million, reported Al Alam Al-Youm.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Telecommunications said that total mobile subscribers reached 63.9 million at the end of September, with 28.8 million subscribers for Vodafone Egypt, 27.9 million subscribers for Mobinil and 7.3 million subscribers for Etisalat.
