Egypt April Mobile Subscriptions 23% Up

The number of mobile phone subscriptions in Egypt grew by 23 percent to 92.04 million in the year to April, government figures showed on Sunday.

In April 2011, Egypt’s three mobile operators, Etisalat Egypt, Mobinil and the Egyptian unit of Vodafone, had 74.58 million subscriptions.

Egypt is the Arab world’s most populous country, with more than 80 million people, some of whom have more than one mobile subscription.reported by Reuters.

The number of subscriptions in March was 91.92 million.