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: Research and Markets: Egypt - Internet and Broadband Market Overview, Statistics & Forecasts - 2011Jul 08, 2011 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/7673f9/egypt_internet_a) has announced the addition of the "Egypt - Internet and Broadband Market Overview, Statistics & Forecasts" report to their offering. Despite some restrictions and censorship, which culminated in the 2011 political and social unrest, Egypt is one of the most developed Internet markets in Africa in terms of users, international bandwidth and services offered. The country was again ranked fourth among African countries in the Networked Readiness Index' of the Davos World Economic Forum's 2010/11 Global Information Technology Report. It is well connected through national and international fibre infrastructure and has some of the lowest prices for DSL services on the continent, the result of a highly competitive sector with more than 150 Internet and data service providers. Egypt's three mobile network operators have entered the market with third generation (3G) mobile broadband services, and each of them holds a controlling stake in a leading data and Internet service provider: Orascom/Mobinil (LINKdotNET), Vodafone (Raya Telecom) and Etisalat (EgyNet). Key Topics Covered: 1. Synopsis 2. Internet market 2.1 Overview 2.2 Internet statistics 2.3 Free Internet project 2.4 Affordable Personal Computer (APC) programs 2.5 E-schools 2.6 Public Internet access locations 3. ISP and data service providers in Egypt 3.1 Data service operators 3.2 Data centres 3.3 ISP market 3.4 Internet gateways 3.5 Cairo Regional Internet Exchange (CRIX) 3.6 VSAT networks 4. Broadband market 4.1 Broadband initiative 4.2 DSL 4.3 Wireless broadband 4.4 Broadband via satellite 4.5 Broadband over Powerlines (BPL) 5. Convergence 5.1 VoIP telephony 5.2 Next Generation Networks (NGN) 5.3 IPTV 6. Digital Economy 6.1 E-commerce 6.2 Information Highway Project 6.3 E-government 6.4 E-learning 6.5 GLORIAD (Academic sector) 7. Forecasts Companies featured: - EgyNet - LINKdotNET - Nile Online - TE Data For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/7673f9/egypt_internet_a CONTACT: Research and Markets Laura Wood, Senior Manager, [email protected] U.S. Fax: 646-607-1907 Fax (outside U.S.): +353-1-481-1716 ((M2 Communications disclaims all liability for information provided within M2 PressWIRE. Data supplied by named party/parties. Further information on M2 PressWIRE can be obtained at http://www.presswire.net on the world wide web. Inquiries to [email protected]. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ] |