Egypt’s ICT : TE’s Experiments On Mobile Services Are Unofficial

Eng. Atef Helmy, Egypt’s Information and Communication Technology ICT Minister, has asserted that Telecom Egypt’s experiments which are currently conducted to test mobile phone services are unofficial, pointing out that till now it hasn’t get to green light in order to launch the service.

Helmy added that the Ministry doesn’t determine the deadline to launch the service, asserting that TE’s statements said it will begin the service in conjunction with Ramadan (holy Islamic month), and not the confirmation on the launching time.

Helmy has emphasized that the Ministry and National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA) work with a timetable within the early of this year, Helmy has noted that the time of offering license specified in the second half of this year which associated with the finalizing of Detacon German services from the pricing process.