State tackles change shortage with coin ATMs at metro stations
Machines to be standardised at metro stations in future
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E-wallet, EGN Banking services have room for growth if rules get established: Aman CEO
Aman agrees with Telecom Egypt to provide instalment services at its POS, says Moghazy
Samsung tops August smartphone market share
Huawei continues to push forward with 16.4% of market
Government, CBE moves contribute to shifting towards cashless society: Fawry managing director
We are negotiating with ministries of transport, justice, interior to provide electronic payment solutions for their services, Okasha
Etisalat Misr investments this year up to EGP 3.5bn
Data Services main engine of telecommunications sector, accounting for 30% of revenues, says Hegazy
MCIT targets 10% growth, increasing ICT sector GDP share to 3.1%: minister
We will do number of investment incentives, mainly tax exemption of 50% for investors in technological parks, says Talaat
MINT platform graduates 12 new start-ups
We help develop start-ups to continue growing, says Samir
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Fawry targets EGP 40bn worth of financial transactions by end-2018
Egypt’s electronic payment network Fawry aims to increase the value of its financial transactions to EGP 40bn by the end of this year, compared to EGP 25bn last year, said Mohamed Okasha, managing director of Fawry. He added that the company plans to increase its outlets to 100,000 by the end of 2018 compared to …
Orange lost 677,000 clients in May, Vodafone lost least amount
The three mobile operators—Vodafone, Orange, and Etisalat—lost many clients in May, as mobile users fell to 96.4 million from 97.6 million, a loss of over 1.1 million users. Vodafone was the company to lose the least amount of its clients in May, with only 104,300 users lost. The company’s clients dropped from 42.1 million in …
Mobile market loses 1.45% users, internet gains 800,000 new users
The number of mobile subscribers decreased during May by 1.45% month-over-month. According to a report from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, the number of mobile users fell from 107 million in April to 105.6 million in May. The report noted that the internet market saw 800,000 more clients join in May, rising from …
Egypt has always been a strategic choice for foreign investors: president, CEO of Lava Technology
Company aims at occupying leading place in Egyptian market mobile industry by 2020
Internet market adds 500,000 new customers through April 2018
Strong growth in numbers of USB modem users, mobile internet users decline
Smartphone sales map changes in 2018
Since the end of last year, the map of market share of smartphone sales has been changing little by little, especially with Huawei’s launch of Mate 10 Series, as well as the P20, which was launched early this year. Huawei has launched a wide range of smartphones to suit the various uses and different segments …
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2% decline in mobile subscribers in Q1 2018
The number of mobile subscribers decreased during the first quarter (Q1) of this year by 2.1% year-over-year. According to a report by the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, the number of mobile users fell from 100 million last year to 99.1 million in Q1 this year. According to the report, the penetration of mobiles …
Telecom Egypt is investing in infrastructure to secure long-term returns
Wholesale activity revenues exceed EGP 18bn through 2022
Etisalat Egypt revenues up 18% in Q2 2018
Revenues register EGP 3.3bn, capital expenditure at EGP 723.5m
Vodafone Egypt revenues reached EGP 5.3bn in Q2 2018
Vodafone customers in Egypt consumed 68,200 TB of internet
Mobile market loses 1.5 million clients in April
Vodafone lost 969,000 subscribers
We scores ADSL revenues growth of 42%
Enterprise sector revenues up by 11%
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Vodafone is testing landlines with TE
Vodafone Egypt started testing landline services in cooperation with Telecom Egypt (TE), according to Ayman Essam, head of Vodafone Egypt’s foreign and legal affairs department. Essam told Daily News Egypt that the company has not made a decision about the introduction of landline services, but is still studying it, given that landline services are not …
NAT calls six companies to prepare documents to implement rehabilitation of Raml tram station
The National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) has offered a limited tender for the selection of an advisory office to prepare the tender documents and supervise the implementation of the rehabilitation project of Raml tram in Alexandria. The list of companies invited to the limited tender includes six foreign and Egyptian alliances. The first is the …
Egypt Post increases wages by EGP 400m in FY 2018/2019
Egypt Post expects an increase in profits of EGP 700m this year
Talks between Uber, Careem to merge their services in Middle East
We do not comment on rumours: Careem
SIM card prices after imposing development fee
Khebrat to intensify cooperation with government to share technological solutions for national projects
Our technology solutions are used to implement several New Administrative Capital projects, says El-Khatib
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Link Development’s Count Big redefines quality of census data used by governments in EMEA
Link Development, a global technology solutions provider and an A15 company, unveiled on Tuesday an update of its flagship digital census platform, Count Big, to help government agencies worldwide, and specifically in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), in conducting cost-efficient censuses, surveys, and inspections to build the future based on accurate data and …
2.8% increase in cargo volume at Damietta Port in May
A report issued by the Damietta Port Authority showed an increase in the number of ships at the port during May 2018 compared to May 2017. According to the report, the number of ships at the docks of Damietta Port amounted to 281 vessels in May, compared to 254 vessels in the same period of …
Lenovo exits smartphone market in Egypt
Lenovo has left Egypt’s smartphone market, according to an official from Nile Engineering Group, an agent of Lenovo. The official said that Lenovo advised they exited the smartphone market in Egypt and terminated the agency contract. Daily News Egypt contacted Yasser Shaheen, director of Lenovo Egypt, and he said he left work at the company …
21% increase in volume of cargo handled in Damietta Port in April
A report issued by the Damietta Port Authority showed an increase in the number of ships at the port during the month of April compared to April 2017. The number of ships docked at the Damietta Port amounted to 281 vessels during April, compared to 229 ships in the same period of 2017—a growth rate …
18% increase in handled cargo at Damietta Port in March
A report issued by the Damietta Port Authority (DPA) showed that the number of docked ships at Damietta Port in March 2018 was rather steady compared to March 2017. The number of ships at the port in March 2018 reached 230, and the number increased by 27% compared to the same period in 2017. According …