CAIRO: The number of mobile phone subscriptions in Egypt grew by 22 percent to 81.7 million users in the year to November, government figures showed on Sunday.
The number of mobile phone subscriptions in October was 80.9 million.
In November 2010, Egypt’s three mobile operators, Etisalat Egypt, Mobinil and the Egyptian unit of Vodafone, had 66.87 million subscriptions.
Egypt is the Arab world’s most populous country, with more than 85 million people.
