Egypt doubles up on spectrum with $3.5bn national strategy

Cameron Page2026-02-09T16:38:00

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e&, Orange, Telecom Egypt, and Vodafone to acquire additional spectrum under government’s new, multi-year National Spectrum Strategy, with operators set to renew existing licenses and pick up a trove of further frequencies in the coming years…

This article includes:

Organisations: e&; Egyptian government; Ministry of Communications & Information Technology (MCIT); National Telecoms Regulatory Authority (NTRA); Orange; Telecom Egypt; Vodacom; Vodafone Egypt; Vodafone Group.
Geographies: Africa; Egypt; Europe; Middle East.
People: Shameel Joosub; Amr Talaat.
Themes: 3.5GHz spectrum; 4G; 5G; AI; Bandwidth; Communications technology; Frequency allocation; Government strategy; Internet of Things; Licences; Mobile network operators (MNO); Mobile services; National investment; Network upgrades; Revenue growth; Service quality; Smartphone penetration; smart cities; Spectrum asset; Spectrum governance; Spectrum licence renewal; Spectrum strategy; Spectrum trading; Telecommunications market; Wireless infrastructure.

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