Telecommunications in Egypt
From Wikipedia
Radio
Radio in Egypt
is almost all government controlled, using 44 short-wave frequencies, 18
medium-wave stations, and four FM stations. There are seven regional radio
stations covering the country. Egyptian Radio transmits 60 hours daily overseas
in 33 languages and three hundred hours daily within Egypt. In 2000, Radio
Cairo introduced new specialized (thematic) channels on its FM station. So far,
they include news, music, and sports. Radio enjoys more freedom than TV in its
news programs, talk shows and analysis.
Starting 2003,
Nile Radio Production a private company was given license to operate two radio
stations, Nile FM and Nogoom FM. Nile FM broadcasts in English and Nogoom FM
broadcasts in Arabic. Both stations mostly broadcast mainly to the Greater
Cairo region. In the early 2009, Radio Masr was launched, broadcasting popular
Egyptian songs, news & other programs.
Television
Egyptian
ground-broadcast television (ERTU) is government controlled and depends heavily
on commercial revenue. ETV sells its specially produced programs and soap
operas to the entire Arab world. ETV has two main channels, six regional
channels, and three satellite channels. Of the two main channels, Channel I
uses mainly Arabic, while Channel II is dedicated to foreigners and more
cultured viewers, broadcasting news in English and French as well as Arabic.
Egyptian
Satellite channels broadcast to the Middle East, Europe, and the U.S. East
Coast. In April 1998, Egypt launched its own satellite known as NileSat 101.
Seven specialized channels cover news, culture, sports, education,
entertainment, health, and drama. A second, digital satellite, Nilesat 102, was
launched in August 2000. Many of its channels are rented to other stations.
Three new
private satellite-based TV stations were launched in November 2001, marking a
great change in Egyptian government policy. Dream TV 1 and 2 produce cultural
programming, broadcast contemporary video clips and films featuring Arab and
international actors, as well as soap operas; another private station focuses
on business and general news. Both private channels transmit on NileSat.
In addition to
Egyptian programming, the Middle East Broadcast Company, a Saudi television
station transmitting from London (MBC), Arab Radio and Television (ART),
Al-Jazeera television, and other Gulf stations as well as Western networks such
as CNN and BBC, provide access to more international programs to Egyptians who
own satellite receivers.
Landline Telephony
Cellular Communications
Currently, there
are three companies which offer cellular communication service: Mobinil,
Vodafone Egypt and Etisalat Egypt. These companies are providing services
surpassing voice communication such as 3G and 3.75G services.
Internet
The Internet companies market is dealt to two:
infrastructure providers and service providers. There are 5 infrastructure
companies:- 1-Raya2-NileOnline3-TEData4-EGYNet5-LINKdotNET
There are 8 major Service
Provider companies which sell their services to smaller ISPs. The highest
available speed through ADSL technologies was upgraded to 8MB in download in
February 2008 and then to 24MB later that year. The Egyptian ISP market is
fully liberalized and highly competitive, at least in Cairo and Alexandria,
with over 220 ISPs offering a range of services, including dedicated, dial-up,
pre-paid and premium services. With the introduction of ADSL for homes and
businesses, more subscribers are introduced into the market. It is expected
that by the end of 2010 high-speed Internet access will be available across the
entire country.
Orascom, one of
the shareholders in the leading cellular operator MobiNil, is also the biggest
player in the Internet service provision market and owns 75 per cent of Egypt’s
largest ISP, LINKdotNET. The tie-up with the mobile operator is significant in
that WAP services were introduced in May for a trial period, making Egypt one
of the first countries in Africa to have introduced WAP.
NileOnline and
Egynet has been recently sold to Etisalat, increasing Etisalat access into the
broadband market. with this acquisition all class I tier ISPs mentioned above
are owned by the major telecommunication companies operating in the country.
Raya is owned by
Vodafone Egypt, Nileonline and Egynet are now owned by Etisalat, TEdata is
owned and operated by the oldest telecom company in the region telecom Egypt
and link.net is owned by Orascom telecom.
Wireless Internet
Egypt is
following closely the efforts to standardize WiMax technologies as they permit
simpler and faster access to Internet services, especially as WiMax receivers
are integrated into PC processors. The government is still also holding
discussions with relevant stakeholders to determine the best policy framework
for introducing WiMax into the market through existing or new operators.
Broadband access
Broadband Internet
access was introduced commercially to Egypt in 2000 as ADSL. The service was
offered in select central offices in big cities such as Cairo and Alexandria
and gradually spread to cover more Governorates of Egypt. There are numerous
(220 according to regulatory authority numbers) Internet service providers
(ISPs) in Egypt offering an ADSL service. Four companies own the infrastructure
and they are called class A ISPs: (Egynet,LINKdotNET, TE Data, and NOL).
Etisalat Egypt has bought both NileOnline and Egynet to expand their Internet
presence. They sell to class B ISPs
(8 major companies)which, in turn, sell to the rest of
the 208 ISPs.
Broadband
connections in Egypt vary in quality. The quality depends on the distance from
the central loop office, the presence of the ISP in that local loop, and the
quality of the copper telephone line on which the broadband connection is
carried. Internationally, Egypt is currently served with three international
submarine cables. namely, FLAG, SEA-ME-WE 3 and SEA-ME-WE 4.but after the mass
information blackout of early 2008, with the announcement of Telecom Egypt
owned cable TEnorth and Orascom telecom owned MENA. several other projects are
planned to improve the resilience of the international broadband.
Censorship
A number of
Egyptian ISPs offer optional filters to block pornography; TE Data offers
Internet services with content controls which eliminate “all of the Internet’s
indecent content that might affect your children”
VSAT INTERNET FOR EGYPT
Egypt is within our satellite KU band service coverage via SES-4, AM44 and ARABSAT. See footprints below
See above the Middle East Map and trace Syria to the satellite coverage below. This means Egyptians can avail of a two way data, voice, video and internet communications to the rest of the globe via any of these covering communication satellites.
What will be required are an ODU (Out Door Unit) composed of satellite
dish antenna (VSAT), penetrating or non penetrating mount which can be
aligned to the serving satellite by qualified engineer in no time; and
an IDU (In Door Unit) composed of satellite modem
or receiver/transmitter and a connection to the end user LAN (Local Area
Network).
List of cities in Egypt
Cairo (الاهرة ) Cairo Governorate, Alexandria(الإكندرية ) Alexandria
Governorate, Gizeh (اجيزة ) Giza Governorate, Shubra
El-Kheima (شبرا اخيمة ) Qalyubia Governorate,
Port Said (بور سعيد) Port Said
Governorate, Suez (السويس ) Suez Governorate, Luxor
(الأقصر) Luxor Governorate, al
Mansura(المصورة ) Dakahlia Governorate,
El-Mahalla El-Kubra(المحلة الكبرى) Gharbia Governorate,
Tanta (طنا) Gharbia Governorate, Asyut (أسيط) Asyut Governorate, Ismailia(الإسمالية ) smailia Governorate, Fayyum (الوم) aiyum Governorate, Zagazig (الزقازيق) Sharqia Governorate, Aswan (أسوان) Aswan
Governorate, Damietta(ديط) amietta Governorate, Damanhur (دمنهور) eheira Governorate, al-Minya
(اليا) inya Governorate, Beni Suef (بنى ويف ) Beni Suef
Governorate, Qena (قنا) Qena Governorate, Sohag (سوهج) Sohag
Governorate, Hurghada(الغرقة) ed Sea Governorate, 6th
of October City (مدينة السادس من أكتوبر ) Giza Governorate, Shibin El Kom (شبين اكوم) onufia Governorate, Banha
(بنا) Qalyubia Governorate, Kafr el-Sheikh (كفر اشيخ ) Kafrel-Sheikh Governorate, Arish(العري) North Sinai
Governorate, Mallawi (ملى) Minya Governorate, 10th
of Ramadan City (العاشر من رمضان) Sharqia Governorate,
Bilbais (بلبيس) Sharqia Governorate,
Marsa Matruh (مرسى مطروح) Matrouh Governorate,
Idfu (إدفو) Qena Governorate, it
Ghamr (ميت غمر) Dakahlia Governorate,
l-Hamidiyya(الحوامدية) Giza Governorate, esouk (دسوق) Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate, alyub(قليوب) alyubia Governorate, bu Kabir(أبو كبير ) harqia
Governorate, afr el-Dawwar (كفر الدوار) Beheira Governorate,
irga (جرجا ) ohag Governorate, khmim
(أخميم) ohag Governorate, Matareya
(المطرية) Dakahlia Governorate.
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