EGYPT: ICT Minister Inaugurates NTRA’s Center for ICT Services Quality Control & Monitoring
Within the framework of the Government’s keenness to enhance the quality of services provided to citizens and guarantee citizens’ rights to access high-level telecom and internet services, H.E. Dr. Amr Talaat, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, has inaugurated today the NTRA’s National Center for ICT Services Quality Control and Monitoring at NTRA’s headquarters, in […]
EGYPT: ICT Minister and ITU Secretary General Sign Agreement to Host WRC-19 October 2019
The Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat and the Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Houlin Zhao have signed an agreement to host the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19) and the Radiocommunication Assembly (RA-19) from October 21st to November 26th in Sharm El-Sheikh. The ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) WRC is one of the […]
EGYPT: Membership of ITU Administrative Council Won by Egypt
Entirety reports on November 14, 2018, Egypt has won the membership of the Administrative Council of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) from 2019 till 2022 after being re-elected to the ITU Council membership during the elections held at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (ITUPP) held in Dubai, UAE, during 29 October till 16 November, with the […]
EGYPT: Removal of Bandwidth Restrictions for Indoor WLAN Frequencies
The National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) published ‘Regulations for use of Wireless Devices which states WLAN 802.11ac devices can now be approved and used in Egypt. In addition, NTRA confirmed bandwidth restrictions for indoor WLAN frequencies, which have been removed. The Frequency band 5.470-5.725 GHz isn’t allowed for the commercial use (no change from previous […]
EGYPT: NTRA Requests Information for Establishing a Common Criteria
On October 12, 2017, the Request for Information (RFI) Certification and Accreditation scheme will be released by the Cybersecurity Certification and Accreditation Body (CCAB) since the NTRA wants to establish a “Common Criteria Testing Laboratories or any equivalent Certification body for communication and Information Security systems and components.” NTRA is inviting to submit written response […]
EGYPT: 4G Officially Available September 2017
According to the Daily News of Egypt and Senior official of the National Authority of Telecommunication Regulatory (ANRT), starting September 28, 2017, 4G internet will be available for mobile phones in Egypt. “With the 4G network, the Egyptian government will expand broadband in the country.” Seeing up to 500,000 new internet users within the first […]
EGYPT: New Telecommunications Law Nearly Completed
Minister of Communications and Information Technology Atef Helmy said that the ministry is in the last stages of completing the final draft for the new telecommunications law, which will be sent to the legislature next week. The electronic signature law has also been amended, he said. Helmy explained during a conference held on Tuesday that […]