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The one-time EGP 50 duty on new lines \u2014 which was introduced as part of a package of new administrative services meant to help diversify the state\u2019s sources of income \u2014 has been blamed for the <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2019\/01\/13\/egypt-loses-mobile-subscribers-in-october-penetration-rate-falls-to-102-48\/\">decline in Egypt\u2019s mobile phone penetration<\/a> rate in October. The MNOs are expected to push for the levy to be scrapped altogether, another senior official tells us.<\/p>\n<p><b>Background:<\/b> The Finance Ministry had said last year that it could raise the stamp tax on mobile phone bills by 2-4x or introduce an entirely different fee to replace the EGP 50 levy, a senior government official <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2018\/10\/28\/egypts-finance-ministry-considers-canceling-levy-on-new-mobile-phone-lines-for-hampering-mno-sales\/\">had told us at the time<\/a>. 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