Vodafone, Telecom Egypt pump $1.2B into spectrum

Vodafone Egypt and Telecom Egypt acquired new frequency bands for a combined $1.17 billion, with …

Blog: Can new rules rouse mobile money giants?

During MWC19 Barcelona, the GSMA released its annual mobile money report, which showed further astounding …

Orange appoints new execs in Africa

Orange Egypt appointed Yasser Shaker as its new CEO to “accelerate the digitalisation of the …

Vodafone appoints Egypt CEO as IoT head

Vodafone Group named Stefano Gastaut, current CEO of its Egyptian business, as the new global …

Egypt minister says 4G launches imminent

Egypt’s long-running 4G deployment saga looks to be at an end, as the country’s telecoms …

Egypt 4G launches approach after frequencies readied

Egypt’s communications minister Yasser al Kadi confirmed 4G frequencies are now ready for use, with …

Prosecutors probe Vodafone, Orange over Egypt 4G ads

Vodafone and Orange’s 4G advertising in Egypt led to the companies being referred to the Public …

Orange Egypt changes mind on 4G licence

Orange Egypt applied for a licence to run a 4G network, after not bidding in …

Egypt mulls international 4G licence auction

Following a rejection to buy 4G licences by all three of Egypt’s operators – Vodafone …

Egypt’s Free Basics ban may have been about surveillance – report

Facebook not allowing Egypt’s government to spy on its users via its Free Basics initiative was the reason the service was banned in December, according to a Reuters report.