Internet Users in Egypt to Get Double by 2012


Egypt has become one of the leading Internet markets in Africa, in terms of users, international bandwidth, and services offered. The country is connected with several international submarine fiber optic cables together with a national fiber backbone infrastructure. VoIP Internet telephony has been liberalized, and in near future several companies will be rolling out Next Generation Networks (NGN) to provide converged IP-based voice and data services. One of the most important factors contributing to the rise of IT sector is the successful expansion of Internet and broadband infrastructure.

According to our research report