Telecommunications Regulatory Authority: 100 Million Telephone Numbering Lines in Egypt

Vodafone, Orange and Etisalat are looking to provide fixed line service to their customers in the local market in the near future after receiving a service license 3 years ago. Only now – but some have questioned the ability of the TRA to provide company land numbers .

In this context, an official of the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) confirmed the system's ability to provide landline telephone numbers to mobile phone companies, revealing the number of fixed lines that can reach 100 million lines .

The source added, in special remarks for "the seventh day", that the Egyptian telecommunications company, the only service provider, has about 16 million lines, adding that the device would provide numbering according to the needs of each company .

The government launched three fixed-line licenses for Orange, Vodafone and Etisalat to provide services alongside Telecom Egypt: the three companies bought these licenses in mid-October 2015 for a license of 11.2 billion of dollars. International Communications Licenses .

Fixed-line services are losing ground worldwide for mobile services, but mobile operators operating in the local market, Vodafone, Orange and Etisalat, are seeking a competitive advantage as the company provides them integrated services.

The three companies provide the service at the beginning of the default operation according to the Egyptian telecommunications network provided only for service since the entry of telecommunications services in Egypt .

The volume of subscriptions per land line rose to 7.24 million, with a penetration rate of 7.64% at the end of March 2018, compared to 6.61 million at the end of February, according to a report from the Ministry of Communications .

The number of subscribers is about 84% of the total number of fixed network subscribers, 13% for commercial subscribers and 3% for government subscribers .

Fixed telephone services began in Egypt in 1881, when the first fixed telephone line between Cairo and Alexandria was established, despite the creation of Telecom Egypt in 1854, one of the oldest telecommunications companies in the world. world, and then called Eastern Telephone and Telegraph Company .]