The fifth generation networks in Egypt are ready and companies are waiting for the release signal

The telecommunications companies in Egypt have finished preparing their networks for the fifth generation, and are ready to provide it as soon as the commercial start -sign is launched by the National Communications Regulatory Authority, and it is expected to be in the first quarter of next year. The Vodafone Egypt enterprises of the South African Vodakum group, “Orange Egypt” of the French “Orange” group, and “E and Egypt” associated with the UAE “& E” group, were signed last October, contracts for the operating licenses of the fifth generation service in Egypt for 150 million for a period of 15 years. And “Telecom Egypt” obtained the service license, with a value of $ 150 million for 15 years, at the beginning of the year, to be the first company in the country to acquire this privilege. Employment at the beginning of 2025 Telecom Egypt Company operations for the network during the last period, and waited to get permission to start commercial operation, according to Mohamed Nasr, managing director and CEO of the company in an interview with “Al Sharq”, on the sidelines of the Cairo International Tology Exhibition. Likewise, Orange Egypt conducted the experiments to run the fifth generation service in some areas in Egypt, to be ready to launch the service for its clients as soon as the National Communications Regulatory Authority announced the beginning of the service, according to Yasser Shaker, CEO and managing director. Ahmed Yahya, CEO of E and End for Financial Technology and Digital Applications of ID Egypt, said in an interview with Al -Sharq, on the sidelines of the exhibition, that the company in the last phase of the network test is to ensure the effectiveness to provide the fifth generation service, and expects the launch to be during the first quarter, according to the first quarter. ‘Vodafone Egypt’ signed agreements worth 30 billion pounds early this month with ‘Telecom Egypt’, with the aim of strengthening its infrastructure, enabling it to provide the services of the fifth generation, according to a statement issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Communications. Continuing investment, telecommunications companies in Egypt pumped large investments during the last period to develop their networks, and plans to continue in the next year to pump investments in billions of pounds to meet the expected demand for telecommunications services in Egypt. ‘I & Egypt’ is aimed at pumping investments of 18 billion pounds into infrastructure projects, networks, digital services and financial solutions, compared to about 10 billion pounds this year, to the largest number of its annual investments, as Yahya has entered the Egyptian market. As for the “Race Al -Hikma” project, Yahya explained that the company is in the planning phase after partnering with the UAE “Cities” to be the provider of telecommunications and technological services for the project, and he expected to implement the first phase next year. He noted that the company also focuses on the expansion of digital services and financial inclusion, to continue its course in this field after launching two businesses in this field, the first is the ‘will’ specializing in financial services and financing, and the second ‘Super Bay’ for electronic payments. ‘Orange Egypt’ also intends to increase its investments by 25% to 10 billion pounds during the next year, in addition to the amount paid by the fifth generation license of 167 million dollars, according to CEO Yasser Shaker. The total investment “Telecom Egypt” in five years is estimated at approximately 100 billion pounds, 30 billion of it, this year, in projects that include the optical fiber network and soil and mobile networks, according to NASR, which does not specify a number for the next year, because the budget is still in the process of preparing, but that it will not continue to pump the be as the last period.