The Egyptian Minister of Communications for Al -Sharq: the launch of the fifth generation services during the first half of the year
Egypt can see the launch of the fifth generation services during the first half of this year, according to Communications and Information Technology Minister Amr Talaat, to Al -Sharq, and added that the ministry is currently completing the final onslaught of the necessary technical tests before the launch to ensure that the service will reach the desired goals as soon as it starts. The telecommunications companies in Egypt completed the preparation of their networks for the fifth generation, and they were ready to provide it as soon as the commercial beginning signal by the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority. The ‘Vodafone Egypt’ of the South African ‘vodacomer’ group of companies, ‘Orange Egypt’ of the French ‘Orange’ group, and ‘E and Egypt’, associated with the UAE ‘& e group, signed contracts for the operating licenses for the fifth sex service in Egypt for a period of 15 years last October. And ‘Telecom Egypt’ obtained the service license for the same amount for 15 years at the beginning of the year. The fastest growing sector has noted Talate that “the telecommunications sector is the highest and stable growth sector of the state, and it has been growing by 14% – 16% since 2018.” He pointed out that the sector’s part of the National Product of Egypt was 3.2% in 2018, and it will reach 6% by the end of the current financial year, adding: “We look forward to reaching 8% soon, which is the number in most of the leading countries in the field of communication.” He also touched on the digital exports of the country, which rose from 5.5 billion in 2022, to $ 6.2 billion in 2023, and then to $ 6.9 billion in 2024, while it was intended to reach $ 9 billion by the end of 2026. On the outskirts, the minister said that the target produced the number of pupils in the centers up to 500 thousand, comparing to 4 thousand, comparing this year, comparing this year, comparing to 4 thousand. Draw worldwide businesses in Egypt. He added that it contributed to the growth of Egypt’s exports in the outsourcing of different countries of the world by 54% in one year, to cover different fields from the communications centers, which started 25 years ago, to software services, and later the most valuable services such as the design of electronic circuits, semi -guiders and software.