Egypt

Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris has said he is considering further investments into European telecoms operators, according to Egyptian newspaper al-Ahram. Sawiris' holding company,... 2010-07-15

Talks between MTN and Orascom Telecom have now officially broken down. Negotiations between the two companies over a potential acquisition by MTN of some of Orascom's assets had... 2010-06-10

In a speech in Lebanon, Naguib Sawiris, chairman of Orascom Telecom, has made clear that his company aims to stay in the global telecoms space, despite the potential that much of its... 2010-06-03

The news in late May 2010 that Telecom Egypt (TE) was looking into buying Vodafone out of the two operators' joint venture mobile network, Vodafone Egypt, has led BMI to look... 2010-05-24

Reports have emerged that incumbent operator Telecom Egypt (TE) has approached Vodafone about acquiring its majority stake in their mobile joint venture, Vodafone Egypt. The deal is... 2010-05-21

Egypt has launched its first Arabic domain name. There was much excitement in the Arabic press when it was revealed in mid-2009 that new systems that would allow non-Latin domain... 2010-05-10

Trading of Trading of Orascom Telecom shares on the London Stock Exchange has been suspended pending an announcement form the Egypt-based company on the future of its African assets,... 2010-04-23