Telecommunications in Egypt prepare them to launch the 'fifth generation' in 6 months

Telecommunications companies in Egypt, which have a license to operate the fifth generation services (5G) to complete the infrastructure and technical equipment needed to launch the service within a maximum of six months. Hazem Metwally, CEO of “E and Egypt”, said in a statement to “Al -Sharq” that his company is committed to the date set by the National Communications Regulatory Authority, and expects to provide services for the fifth generation in the first quarter of next year. Similarly, the company “Vodafone Egypt” completes the necessary networks and technical equipment to launch this service within the time limit specified by six months, according to Ayman Essam, the vice president of the company for foreign relations and legal affairs during an interview with “Al -Sharq”, which explains that the work is currently underway to determine the areas in which the company will start. Vodafone Egypt, attached to the South African Vodakum group, signed the ‘Orange Egypt’ of the French ‘Orange’ group, and ‘E and Egypt’ of the UAE ‘& E group, early this week, contracts for operating the fifth generation service in Egypt for 150 million for a period of 15 years. ‘Telecom Egypt’ obtained a license for service operations at the beginning of the year, at a value of $ 150 million for $ 15, to be the first company in the country to acquire this privilege. On the sidelines of signing the licensing contracts in Cairo, the Egyptian Minister of Communications, on Monday, revealed to Al -Sharq that the total of his country’s collection of sales licenses for the fifth -generation services to the four mobile companies working in Egypt amounted to $ 675 million. Mitwalli does not see that “E and Egypt” were late with the acquisition of a 5G service license, as “commercial operation has not yet begun in the Egyptian market, given the problems associated with the exchange rate of the pound during the last period that impeded the launch.” In turn, Essam attributes the lack of ‘Vodafone Egypt’ to obtain the license at the time of its availability, in January by the Ministry of Communications, to ‘the lack of clarity of the vision of the pound exchange rate, the lack of difficult currency to equip the network and buy the equipment needed to run the service.’ Two people were earlier familiar with the ‘Al -Sharq’ that the licenses of the fifth generation networks (5G) in Egypt without new frequencies mean that companies will work on the frequencies they have.