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Thursday, 24 November 2016

4G data services to launch at Cairo ICT?

Egypt will officially launch 4G services in “the coming few days,” said the acting head of the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA), Al Mal reports, likely timing the move to coincide with the Cairo ICT industry association.

The catch: Not all mobile operators have received their 4G spectrum yet. That’s one of the takeaways from a media roundtable with Orange Egypt CEO Jean-Marc Harion yesterday. Harion also told us that Orange could consider listing on the EGX, that it is keeping an eye on next year’s auction of additional 4G spectrum, that there’s still no agreement with TE on 2G and 4G infrastructure sharing and that TE owning a stake in archrival Vodafone Egypt is “weird.” Tap here to read the full rundown on Harion’s remarks, including a look at whether Orange Egypt plans to enter mobile banking.

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