Orange Egypt said that Egypt's telecommunications regulator has set the price of a licence to provide 4G mobile services at EGP 3.54 billion (EUR 342.6 million), half of which must be paid in dollars. It said in a statement on the Egyptian stock exchange that the regulator had set the cost of acquiring a fixed line licence at EGP 100 million and the cost of a licence to offer customers international calls at EGP 1.8 billion.
Orange said it was looking into the licence offers and had yet to make a decision, Reuters reported. A spokesman for the regulator has confirmed that it approached the three companies that currently offer mobile services in Egypt about applying to buy 4G licences but did not give details or prices. The other mobile operators in Egypt are Vodafone and Etisalat.
Telecom Egypt (TE) also said it had received a letter from the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) concerning its right to obtain a licence to provide 4G services. The final terms and conditions of the licence must be decided by the first week of August, the operator said. The spectrum award will allow TE to realise its goal of becoming an integrated operator, offering both fixed and mobile services.
