What we’re tracking this week

Brace yourselves for price bumps in phone services: Vodafone Egypt will kick off today a series of meetings the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) will be holding with mobile network operators this week to discuss fee hikes, reports Youm7. MNOs want the NTRA to allow them to raise prices for both phone and internet services, claiming their operational costs have gone up after recent fuel and energy price increases, and that costs will only climb as the 14% value-added tax is imposed on the telecoms sector.