Telecom Egypt will have replaced 95% of internet copper cables with fiber optic cables by 2020 for faster internet connection, House ICT Committee head Ahmed Zidane, tells Youm7. So far the state-owned company has replaced 60% of the cable network, he said. Egypt had expected to be done with 70% of the network by the end of 2018.
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