An Increasing Demand for Bandwidth in Egypt Has Led To the Development of Several Additional Submarine Fibre Optic Cable Systems to Go On-Line In 2009.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/6e0708/egypt_key_statis) has announced the addition of the "Egypt - Key Statistics Regulatory & Fixed-Line Telecoms Overviews" report to their offering. Egypt's telecom sector is performing consistently well with all sub-sectors being open to competition. Around 1,500 new fixed lines are installed in the country every day which has helped to reduce the waiting list by 95% and has made Egypt the largest fixed-line market in Africa and the Arab region. The incumbent telco, Telecom Egypt Telecom Egypt or Telecom Egypt SAE (TE) (LSE: TEEG), is Egypt’s main Telephone company. It started in 1854 with the first telegraph line in Egypt. In 1998 it replaced the former Arab Republic of Egypt National Telecommunication Organization (ARENTO). , is highly profitable and was partially privatised through an IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. at the end of 2005. The end of its fixed-line monopoly in 2006 has opened up new opportunities for competitive service providers, and a second national fixed-line licence to be awarded in mid 2008 has received strong interest from international bidders. Efforts are underway to roll out Next Generation Networks (NGN (Next Generation Networks) An umbrella term for mixed voice and data networks running over the IP protocol. See IP Multimedia Subsystem. ), offering converged IP-based voice and data services. An increasing demand for bandwidth has led to the development of several additional submarine fibre optic cable Noun 1. fibre optic cable - a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light fiber optic cable transmission line, cable, line - a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power systems to go on-line in 2009. Key Topics Covered: 1. Synopsis 2. Key statistics 3. Overview of Egypt's telecom market 4. Regulatory environment 4.1 Background 4.2 Creation of a new regulatory framework 4.3 Telecommunications Master Plan 4.4 Legislative reform 4.5 Regulatory authority Noun 1. regulatory authority - a governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest regulatory agency administrative body, administrative unit - a unit with administrative responsibilities 4.5.1 National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority 4.5.2 Ministry of Communications & Information Technology 4.6 Telecom sector liberalisation n. 1. Same as liberalization. Noun 1. liberalisation - the act of making less strict liberalization, relaxation alleviation, easement, easing, relief - the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse in Egypt 4.6.1 International gateway licences 4.6.2 International submarine cable See Telegraph. See See also: Cable Submarine licence 4.6.3 Second fixed-line licence 4.7 Privatisation of Telecom Egypt 4.8 Interconnection 5. Fixed network operators in Egypt 5.1 Telecom Egypt 5.2 Orascom Telecom 6. Telecommunications infrastructure 6.1 National telecom network 6.1.1 Public payphones 6.1.2 Wireless local loop (WLL See wireless local loop and PHS-WLL. ) 6.1.3 Next Generation Networks (NGN) 6.2 International infrastructure 6.2.1 Submarine cable networks 6.2.2 Satellite networks 7. Fixed voice market 7.1 National and international call traffic 8. Related reports Table 1 - Country statistics - 2008 Table 2 - Telephone network statistics - February 2008 Table 3 - Internet provider statistics - 2008 Table 4 - Internet user statistics - February 2008 Table 5 - Mobile statistics - March 2008 Table 6 - National telecommunications authorities Table 7 - Telecom Egypt key performance indicators Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are financial and non-financial metrics used to quantify objectives to reflect strategic performance of an organization. KPIs are used in Business Intelligence to assess the present state of the business and to prescribe a course of action. - 2003 - 2007 Table 8 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1995 - 2008 Table 9 - Public payphones per operator - 2002 - 2008 Exhibit 1 - Major licences issued - 2008 Exhibit 2 - National and regional fibre networks For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/6e0708/egypt_key_statis. |
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