An effective and efficient telecommunications infrastructure is crucial for the development of a modern society and strong economy. Egypt has embarked on the journey of upgrading and improving its telecommunications infrastructure as technology evolves, traffic grows and the usage of modern communication devices increases in the country. In this direction, Egypt has been witnessing an aggressive development of telecommunication projects educational infrastructure and bandwidth allocation for past some years. Thus, these developments are attracting several ICT companies from different corners of the world, looking to establish major global service delivery centers in the country.

Our new research report “Booming Egypt Telecom Market” provides an in-depth analysis of the telecommunication market in Egypt, and updates clients with the current and past market trends, recent developments and strategies adopted by key players to stay in competition with their rivals. The research report also gives forecast for various telecom segments based on realistic telecom industry environment. These include telecommunication industry, fixed-line, mobile subscribers, Internet subscribers and broadband subscribers. Moreover, our research presents thorough analysis of the current and potential outlook of emerging technologies, such as 3G and WiMAX.

We have also examined the Egyptian mobile market and found that it posses a huge untapped potential since the penetration rate was just around 50% at the end of 2008. With rapidly improving mobile infrastructure and intense competition among the three mobile operators, the mobile subscribers will grow at a CAGR of around 18% between 2010 and 2012 and the penetration rate will exceed 100% by 2012 end.

In line with improving education level and increasing business activities in the country, the demand for Internet services is also surging as people have started realizing its importance to make their day-to-day lives more smooth and comfortable. On the back of strong government initiatives, Egypt has become one of the leading ICT markets in Africa in terms of subscriber base, services offered and international bandwidth. Our research forecasts that there will be around 22 Million Internet users in the country by the end of 2012.

Our research report also offers rational analysis of telecom operators in the country. This includes in-depth research and extensive information of their business activities, recent developments and SWOT analysis with regard to the Egyptian telecom industry.

1. Analyst View
2. Research Methodology
3. Egypt Telecom Market - An Overview
4. Telecommunications Infrastructure
4.1 National Telecom Network
4.1.1 Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
4.1.2 Next Generation Networks
4.2 International Infrastructure
4.2.1 Submarine Cable Network
4.2.2 Satellite Networks
5. Industry Performance
5.1 Mobile Telephone Market
5.1.1 Present and Future Outlook
5.1.1.1 By Subscriber
5.1.1.2 By Operator
5.1.2 Trends and Developments
5.2 Fixed-line Telephone Market
5.2.1 Present and Future Outlook
5.2.1.1 By Subscriber
5.2.2 Trends and Developments
5.3 Internet Services Market
5.3.1 Present and Future Outlook
5.3.1.1 By Subscriber
5.3.1.2 By Technology
5.3.2 Trends and Developments
5.4 Broadband Services Market
5.4.1 Present and Future Outlook
5.4.1.1 By Subscriber
5.4.2 Trends and Developments
6. Potential Growth Areas
6.1 3G
6.2 WiMAX
6.3 Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
7. Government Initiatives
7.1 Laptop for Child Project
7.2 PC for Every Top Student
7.3 IT Clubs
7.4 Free Zones
7.5 Smart Village
8. Telecom Regulatory Framework
9. Competitive Landscape
9.1 Egypt Telecom
9.1.1 Business Overview
9.1.2 Recent Developments
9.1.3 Swot Analysis
9.2 The Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (Mobilin)
9.2.1 Business Overview
9.2.2 Recent Developments
9.2.3 Swot Analysis
9.3 Vodafone Egypt Telecommunications
9.3.1 Business Overview
9.3.2 Recent Developments
9.3.3 Swot Analysis
9.4 Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat)
9.4.1 Business Overview
9.4.2 Recent Developments
9.4.3 SWOT Analysis

List of Figures:

Figure 3-1: Telecom Market (Billion US$), 2009 & 2012
Figure 5-1: Number of Mobile Subscribers (Million), 2007-2012
Figure 5-2: Penetration Rate of Mobile Subscribers (%), 2007-2012
Figure 5-3: Share of Prepaid and Postpaid Mobile Subscribers (2009)
Figure 5-4: Forecast for Mobile Subscribers by Operator (%), 2012
Figure 5-5: Number of Fixed-line Subscribers (Million), 2007-2012
Figure 5-6: Penetration Rate of Fixed-line Subscribers (%), 2007-2012
Figure 5-7: Number of Internet Users (Million), 2007-2012
Figure 5-8: Penetration Rate of Internet Users (%), 2007-2012
Figure 5-9: Dial-up Internet Subscribers by Region (%), 2008
Figure 5-10: Internet Users by Mode of Access (%), 2008
Figure 5-11: Number of Broadband Users (Million), 2007-2012
Figure 5-12: Penetration Rate of Broadband Subscribers (%), 2007-2012
Figure 5-13: Share of Broadband Users in Total Internet Users (2012)
Figure 6-1: Number of 3G Subscribers (Million), 2009-2012