Vodafone Egypt, TE discuss Infrastructure Rental Prices this Week

Vodafone Egypt intends to hold a meeting with Telecom Egypt (TE) this week to discuss the infrastructure rental prices including fiber cables, Khaled Hegazy -External Affairs and Legal Director- stated Saturday.

The meeting will discuss lowering infrastructure rental prices to provide internet services, Hegazy said, refusing to reveal the targeted prices or the volume of expected discounts.

Telecom Egypt has started a series of meetings with Internet providers to discuss lowering infrastructure prices to decrease internet prices for the final user.

The infrastructure rental prices are expected to be lowered among communication ministry’s steps to lower internet prices after the rental prices were increased by 800% in October 2014.

Moreover, the increase in rental prices came in line with upgrading Egypt’s communications’ infrastructure and depending on fiber optic cables instead of Copper cables to provide internet services.