Is 5G coming to Egypt in 2020? The National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) could start selling 5G spectra to Egypt’s four mobile network operators as early as 2020, NTRA acting head Mostafa Abdel Wahed said at the Cairo ICT expo on Sunday, Al Masry Al Youm reported. Abdel Wahed did not disclose further details on the planned offering of the service, including the expected cost of 5G licenses. Orange Egypt CEO Yasser Shaker, Telecom Egypt CEO Ahmed El Beheiry, Etisalat Misr CEO Hazem Metwally, and Vodafone Egypt’s External Affairs and Legal Director Ayman Essam each said that Egypt has yet to fully make use of its 4G spectrum.

MNO service quality to be assessed, monitored by global company: This comes as the government is set to sign soon a contract with an unnamed global company to evaluate the quality of services offered by the country’s four MNOs and conduct regular performance assessments, Minister Amr Talaat told Masrawy on Sunday. The quality reviews are due to start next year, he said.

State-owned telecom operator inks infrastructure upgrade agreement: State-owned telecoms operator We (aka: the Company Formerly Known as Telecom Egypt) signed yesterday an MoU with Ericsson to upgrade We’s infrastructure and run tests ahead of rolling out 5G services, Al Shorouk reports. Ericsson Egypt’s then-CEO, Helene Henriksson, had said last year that the company was offering consulting services to Egypt’s MNOs as they prepare for a future upgrade to 5G services.