| The National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) will amend licenses to enable Internet service providers to obtain international bandwidth.
Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Tareq Kamel added that the license amendment was a bid to restructure the broadband system. The NTRA will offer two international licenses in March for international call services to expand incoming and outgoing telecommunication traffic, Kamel added. The above measures will be carried out in two phases, the minister said.
During the first phase (2006 to mid-2008), the two licenses will allow the new companies to operate international gateways based on the infrastructure provided by Telecom Egypt (TE). Companies will be permitted to build their own infrastructure during the second phase.
"These two initiatives are a bid to liberalise the telecommunication sector in Egypt in line with WTO agreements," Kamel said.
Source: Egyptian Gazette - WDR/Intelecon Regulatory News |