Egypt’s three private mobile network operators will reportedly launch fixed line services before the end of 2018, unnamed sources tell Al Mal. MNOs finished testing fixed line services with state-owned landline monopoly Telecom Egypt and are currently negotiating final terms, they add. Vodafone Egypt began testing its fixed line services last week but the company said it was uncertain about moving ahead with the launch, since the service is not particularly lucrative. The national telecom regulator 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. Orange Egypt had said in December last year that it would begin offering fixed line services as of 2018.

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