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Egypt
Internet Usage and
Marketing Report
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Country
Profile:
Egypt, officially the People’s officially the Arab Republic of Egypt,
is a Middle Eastern country in North Africa. Egypt is geographically situated in Africa,
with the Sinai Peninsula, east of the Suez Canal, connecting as a land bridge to Asia.
Egypt borders Libya to the west, Sudan to the south, and Israel and the Gaza Strip to
the northeast; on the north and the east are the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea,
respectively. Egypt is the sixteenth most populous country in the world.
Internet Usage Statistics:
6,000,000
Internet users as of August/07, 8.3% of the population,
according to ITU.
Latest Population
Estimate:
72,478,498
population for 2007, according to world-gazetteer.
Gross National
Income:
GNI per
capita ('03) is US$ 1,250 ('06) according to the World
Bank.
Country Area:
1,001,450 sq
km
Internet Usage and
Population Growth:
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YEAR
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Users
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Population
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% Pen.
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Usage
Source
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2000
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450,000
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66,303,000
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0.7
%
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ITU
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2006
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5,100,000
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71,236,631
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7.0
%
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ITU
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2007
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6,000,000
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72,478,498
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8.3
%
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ITU
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Egypt -
Telecommunications Reports
Egypt - Convergence, Broadband and
Internet Markets Report
Due to the successful implementation of a free Internet strategy in 2002, Egypt
now has the largest Internet market in Africa with more than five million users
in early 2006. However, Internet penetration is still relatively low and the vast
majority of users are located in urban areas. The sector is highly competitive with
around 300 Internet and data service providers. A broadband initiative launched by
the government in 2003 will increase the number of broadband connections ten-fold
within three years and has brought 24Mb/s ADSL2+ access to residential households.
VoIP Internet telephony has been liberalised and several companies are rolling out
Next Generation Networks (NGN) to provide converged voice and data services.
Egypt - Key Statistics, Regulatory and Fixed-Line Telecoms
Overviews
Egypt’s telecom sector is performing consistently well with most sub-sectors being
open to competition. Around 3,000 new fixed lines are installed in the country every
day which has helped to reduce the waiting list by around 90% in recent years. The
incumbent telco, Telecom Egypt, is highly profitable and was partially privatised
through an IPO at the end of 2005. The end of its fixed-line monopoly in 2006 will
open up new opportunities for competitive service providers, as will the award of
a third mobile licence. Efforts are underway to roll out Next Generation Networks
(NGN), offering converged IP-based voice and data services.
Egypt - Mobile Market, Overview and Statistics
Report
Egypt’s mobile market has consistently grown at around 30% per year but accelerated
to 67% in 2005 in anticipation of the country’s third mobile licence which was awarded
in July 2006, including a concession for both 2G and Third Generation (3G) mobile services.
The record price that was paid for the licence indicates the potential that is seen in
the Egyptian mobile market, at less than 20% market penetration which is about equally
shared between two GSM operators. Both existing networks have launched a range of mobile
data and information services. This report outlines the major developments in the market,
with relevant statistics and profiles of the countrys mobile operators.
Africa Market
and Telecommunications Reports
The latest and most complete information about Africa Telecommunications
sector in exclusive research reports prepared by Paul Budde Communications.
Further reading about Egypt:
Arabji Egypt
Website
Egypt news, lifestyle, money, news, sports, politics,
top stories, and important links can be found here.
Egypt Newspapers
Links
Most important daily news and information from
Egypt here.
Egypt Country
Analysis Brief
Energy will continue to play an important role in Egypt’s
economy in coming years. Though Egypt’s net exports of crude oil and petroleum
products have declined in recent years, higher prices on world markets have pushed
Egypt’s oil revenues upward. The country also began exports of liquefied natural
gas (LNG) in January 2005, adding to its hydrocarbon revenues. Additionally,
Egypt’s economy is continuing its gradual recovery from the declining growth
rates it experienced in 2001 and 2002, but with a growth rate still far below
what was achieved in the 1990s. The country’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
grew 4.9 percent in 2005, after achieving real growth of 3.6 percent in 2004.
Real GDP growth is forecast at 5.7 percent for 2006.
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