SICO has received orders for its mobile phones from European countries, including the UK and the Netherlands, due to their low costs, company president Mohamed Salem said in a televised interview, according to Al Mal. There are already plans to export phones to West Africa and the Middle East first, Salem said. SICO is looking to begin manufacturing its own batteries within the next few months, according to Salem. This comes as the Interior Ministry arrested yesterday the “gang” responsible for stealing a shipment of SICO batteries, which delayed the launch of its first batch of locally produced phones, Al Masry Al Youm reports.

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