Vodafone Egypt begins testing fixed line services

Vodafone Egypt has begun testing its fixed line services with state-owned landline monopoly Telecom Egypt, External Affairs and Legal Director Ayman Essam said. Vodafone has yet to reach a final decision on whether or not it will offer fixed line services at all, according to Essam, since they are not particularly lucrative. The National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) is currently investigating why the nation’s three private mobile network operators are facing delays in offering fixed line services since they received their operating licenses two years ago, as we noted yesterday. Orange Egypt had said in December last year that it would begin offering fixed line services as of 2018.