TE launches Egypt’s 4th mobile network

CAIRO – 20 September 2017: State-owned Telecom Egypt (TE) has launched its mobile network “We” on Wednesday, to become the fourth operating network for mobile phones in Egypt.

Earlier this week, TE CEO Ahmed el-Behery inaugurated the network’s first customer service center in Mohandiseen. The company said that it aims to increase the number of main branches over the next period.

The network, whose numbers begin with 0155, has launched data and call services and began selling phone lines with 4G services.

Behery said that TE will invest LE 7 billion over the next year to develop its cable infrastructure and phone centrals, according to press reports.

There are three other mobile service providers in Egypt, namely Vodafone, Orange and Etisalat.

Telecom Egypt has a monopoly on landlines in the country.