GETTING conservative Egyptians to make the move online has proved to be a difficult and frustrating task for many companies, but Fawry, the country’s Electronic Bill Payment and Presentment (EBPP) network announced on Tuesday that it has seen over 400 000 customers in the past six months.
Fawry launched in March and hopes to make [...]

VIETNAM and Egypt are looking at ways to increase the two countries’ information technology cooperation, Vietnam’s visiting deputy minister of information and communications has said.
Nguyen Minh Hong said his country was looking into how Egypt has centralised IT centers across the country in an effort to build the IT sector for the future.
He told ITNewsAfrica.com [...]

Already established as a world leader in global outsourcing and offshoring, Egypt is now focusing its investments and resources towards technology innovation and entrepreneurship.
Egypt’s Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) will be showcasing the country’s innovation offerings and collaborative multinational projects at the 2010 CIO 100 Symposium and Awards Ceremony on August 22-24 in Rancho [...]

Telecommunication markets in North Africa present diverse opportunities and challenges. These markets have been growing at a CAGR of 20% during 2007-2009 and are expected to continue growing at a CAGR of around 7% over the next five years. The blend of strong mobile voice together with mobile broadband explosion is expected to ensure the [...]

In a bid to expand its footprint, Etisalat will invest about $1.4 billion dollars in its Egyptian operations, this according to Bloomberg. Etisalat, is the third mobile operator in Egypt behind Mobinil and Vodafone.
Commenting on the plans Etisalat chairman Mohammad Omran said: ‘Our investment in the network has reached EGP8 billion [to] date, and we [...]

EGYPTY’S mobile cellular giant, Orascom has confirmed talks with MTN aimed at taking over its Algerian unit, Djezzy, an official confirmed.
If the MTN, Orascom Group negotiations reach fruition, then MTN has still another hurdle in facing Algeria’s government laws which stipulate that any foreign company wishing to invest in their country should cede a 51% [...]

EGYPT’S fixed line operator, Telecom Egypt is looking to boost its internet business through its new cable that will be launched in the near future, the company said.
It is seeking to enter an already competitive market, which has already seen the landline industry contract in recent years.
According to Telecom Egypt, the Internet sector is the [...]

MTN South Africa has reportedly been in discussions with Egypt’s Orascom Telecom, over purchasing its African mobile operations on the continent.
MTN has shown interest in Orascom’s assets in Algeria, Burundi, Central Africa Republic, Tunisia, Namibia and Zimbabwe.
Contacted by ITNewsAfrica.com, Nozipho January-Bardill, MTN Group Executive: Corporate Affairs, said “In line with its vision to be the [...]

Egypt’s telecom regulator has received bids from two consortia for new licenses to supply voice, cable and Internet services in the country.
Egypt’s National Telecom Regulatory Authority did not however disclosed the names of the companies involved in the consortia, according to globaltelecombusiness.com.
The regulator announced the bidding process in September last year, with offers due [...]

France Telecom and Orascom Telcom Holdings have ended their legal dispute over Egyptian operator, Mobinil.
Both parties, who jointly share control of Mobinil, have agreed to pursue a new shareholder agreement that would end the two year long dispute, according to BusinessWeek.com.
France Telecom agreed to change its accounting methods to fully consolidate Mobinil under the agreement, [...]

France Telecom’s offer to buy shares in Egyptian Company For Mobile Services (ECMS), also known as Mobinil, from Orascom Telecom Holding, has been blocked by an Egyptian court.