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Information and Communications Technology Indicators Bulletin – March 2016 1

March 2016


* Growth rates are calculated as the difference between penetration rates in different time intervals.

The number of internet users reached 27.25 Million users with 31.7% penetration rate according to ICT access and use by households and individuals 2014.

Data item Unit January -

March 2015

October -

December

2015

January -

March 2016

Quarterly

growth rate

(%)

Annual

growth

rate (%)

ICT Sector: Infrastructure Indicators

Mobile subscriptions Million 95.99 94.02 95.26 1.32 -0.77

Mobile penetration * % 111.18 107.41 108.33 0.93 -2.84

Fixed line subscriptions Million 6.17 6.24 5.90 -5.34 -4.35

Fixed line penetration * % 7.26 7.23 6.81 -0.42 -0.45

Mobile Internet Subscriptions Million 23.31 26.30 25.88 11.03 11.03

USB Modem Subscriptions Million 4.22 3.82 3.52 4.26 -16.64

ADSL subscribers Million 3.27 3.79 4.00 5.57 22.5

International Internet Bandwidth Gbps

493,632

652,350

829,774 27.20 68.10

Number of post offices Post

office 3904 3918 3924 0.15 0.51

ICT Sector’s Role in Development

Number of Tele centers IT

Houses -- 15 15 -- --

Capacity Building Program Provided by

ITIDA

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nd

Graduat

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17.67 19.17 19.44 3.65 10.38


ICT Sector…Infrastructure Indicators.

Mobile subscriptions (January - March 2016) : 95.26 million

Mobile penetration (January - March 2016) : 108.33%

Fixed line subscriptions (January - March 2016): 5.90 million

Fixed line subscriptions in urban areas(January - March 2016) : 5.02 million, rural areas 0.88 million.

Internet users through mobile(January - March 2016): 25.88 million .

USB Modem users(January - March 2016) : 3.52 million users.

ADSL subscribers (January - March 2016) : 4.00 million.

International Internet bandwidth (January - March 2016): 829,774 Gbps.

Number of post offices (January - March 2016): 3924 Post offices.

Number of Beneficiaries of Pensions’ Payment Service through post offices(January - March 2016) : 5.62 million beneficiary

Fixed Lines and Mobile Subscriptions

The number of fixed line and mobile subscriptions was 101.16 million at the end of January - March

2016, compared to 102.17 million at the end of January - March 2015.

The number of mobile subscriptions was 95.26 million at the end of January - March 2016, compared

to 95.99 million at the end of January - March 2015. The mobile subscriptions recorded 93% of total

telephone service.

6.17 6.64 6.22 6.24 5.90

95.99 95.06 93.24 94.02 95.26

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Fixed lines subscriptions Mobile subscriptions

Source: Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Telecom Egypt, National Telecom Regulatory Authority.

Fixed Line and Mobile Penetration

Mobile penetration reached 108.33% at the end of January - March 2016, compared to 111.18% at

the end of January - March 2015, representing an annual change rate of -2.84% . On the other hand,

fixed line penetration reached about 6.81% by the end of January - March 2016.

111.18 109.60 107.01 107.41 108.33

7.26 7.78 7.25 7.23 6.81

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Source: Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Telecom Egypt, National Telecom Regulatory Authority.


Fixed Lines Subscription and Local Exchange Capacity

Total number of fixed line subscriptions has reached 5.90 million subscriptions at the end of January

- March 2016 compared to 6.17 million subscriptions at the end of January - March 2015.

The capacity of local exchanges increased to 17.19 million lines at the end of January - March 2016,

compared to 16.66 million at the end of January - March 2015. This represents an annual increase of

0.53 million lines and an annual growth rate of 3.19%.

6.17 6.64 6.22 6.24 5.90

16.66 17.22 17.68 17.70 17.19

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Fixed Lines Subscription Total Capacity

Source: Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Telecom Egypt.

International Internet Bandwidth

International Internet bandwidth increased to 829,774 Gbps at the end of January - March 2016

compared to 493,632 Gbps at the end of January - March 2015 representing an annual growth rate

of 68.10%.

The international internet bandwidth per inhabitants reached 9436.7 Bit/sec. per person at the end of

January - March 2016 compared to 5717.0 Bit/Sec. per person at the end January - March 2015 with

and annual growth rate of 65.06%.

493.63631.63 649.14 652.35

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Incoming internet bandwidth International internet bandwidth

Source: Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, National Telecom Regulatory Authority .


ADSL Subscriptions

The number of ADSL subscriptions reached 4.00 Million Subscriptions by the end of January - March

2016 compared to 3.27 Million Subscriptions at the end of January - March 2015 with an annual

change rate 22.5 %.

3.273.51 3.64 3.79

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Source: Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, National Telecom Regulatory Authority.

Mobile Internet and USB Modem Subscriptions

The number of mobile internet subscriptions reached 25.88 Million Subscriptions by the end of

January - March 2016 compared to 23.31 Million Subscriptions at the end of January - March 2015

with an annual change rate 20.80%.

The number of USB Modem subscriptions reached 3.52 Million Subscriptions by the end of January

- March 2016 compared to 4.22 Million Subscriptions at the end of January - March 2015.

23.31 24.08 25.0426.30 25.88

4.22 4.11 4.00 3.82 3.52

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Mobile Internet Subscriptions USB Modem Subscriptions

Source: Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, National Telecom Regulatory Authority.


Post Offices

The total number of post offices increased to 3924 at the end of January - March 2016, compared to

3904 at the end of January - March 2015, reflecting an annual growth rate of 0.51%.

The average number of people served by individual post offices was 22,408 thousand persons at the

end of January - March 2016, compared to 22,117 thousand persons at the end of January - March

2015, representing an annual growth rate of 1.32%.

3904 3911 3913 3918 3924

22.117

22.179

22.269

22.341

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Number of Post Offices

Average Number of People Served by Individual Post Office

Source: Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt Post

Number of pensions distributed through postal offices

Number of beneficiaries of pensions distributed through postal offices has increased to about 5.62

million beneficiaries in January - March 2016 compared to about 5.06 million beneficiaries in January

- March 2015 with an annual growth rate of 11.07%.

5.065.30 5.38 5.47 5.62

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Source: Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt Post.


Number of Newly Established ICT Companies and Issued Capital

The total Number of newly established ICT companies reached 844 companies from

April 2015 to March 2016.

The total Number of issued capital of newly established ICT companies reached 364.11

Million EGP at the same period.

Apr 2015-Mar 2016

Total Number of newly established ICT companies

companies 844

Total Number of issued capital of newly established ICT companies

Million EGP 364.11

Source: Ministry of Investment, General Authority for Investment and Free Zones.

CT Services Prices

The cost of ICT services is 2.07 USD for fixed lines* ,2.7 USD for mobile services **

and USD 6.39 for Internet service *** in the first quarter of 2016.

Significant decrease of about 37% is noted in the high-speed internet’s monthly

minimum tariff with the minimum cap in the latest quarter (Jan – March) 2016,

compared to (Jan – March) 2015, while price stability in mobile pre-paid calls, SMSs

and landlines tariffs was sustained during the same period.

Source: Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Central Department for Information and Decision Support.

* The price for residential fixed line is calculated as the monthly subscription charge and the cost of local calls (15 peak and 15 off-beak calls of three minutes each).

** The mobile-cellular sub-basket refers to the price of a standard basket of mobile monthly usage for 30 outgoing calls per month (on-net/off-net to a fixed line and for peak and off-peak times), plus 100 SMS messages3. It is calculated in USD. The mobile-cellular sub-basket is based on prepaid price of the most used package offered by the three mobile operators operating in Egypt.

***The fixed-broadband sub-basket refers to the lowest price of a monthly subscription to an entry-level fixed-broadband plan of the operator with the largest market share. It is calculated in USD.

2.18 2.12 2.09 2.05 2.072.84 2.77 2.72 2.67 2.7

10.08 9.83

6.44 6.33 6.39

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FIXED Telephone MOBILE INTERNET


ICT GDP at Fixed Prices

According to provisional data, ICT GDP in fixed prices is expected to reach 13.70 billion EGP )*( in

the third quarter of the year 2015/2016 realizing a growth rate of about 4.3% compared to the

equivalent quarter in 2014/2015, which generated 13.13 billion EGP of value.

* Estimated

Source: Ministry of Communications and information Technology – Central Department for Information and Decision Support.

ICT Contribution to Real GDP

ICT sector is expected to contribute by 3.1% )*( in the real GDP of the country in the third quarter

of the year 2015/2016. Thereby the sector is expected to exceed its contribution to the GDP

compared to what was achieved in the third quarter of 2014/2015, which was around 3% of the GDP.

* Estimated

Source: Ministry of Communications and information Technology – Central Department for Information and Decision Support.

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Growth rate 4.3%

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The ICT Sector’s Role in Development

Proportion of universities using the internet: 94.9%.

Proportion of universities having website :88.9%

Proportion of Universities which use computer in students data management: 94.2%.

Proportion of Universities which use Internet in sending/receiving emails: 88.4%.

Proportion of Universities which accessing the internet through ADSL: 73.20%.

Proportion of Universities which use computer in staff data management: 89.50%

Proportion of Universities with Facebook:68.00%.

Number of graduates to receive software training by ITIDA till September: 19.44 thousand trainees.

Infrastructure and Access by Universities

The proportion of Universities with a fixed line reached about 100% while Proportion of Universities using the Internet reached 94.90% however Proportion of Universities with computers for education purposes reached 86.50% moreover Proportion of Universities with a laptop reached 72.01% and 51.76 was proportion of Universities with a mobile.

Source: "Survey of ICT usage in University Education ", conducted by Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) in cooperation with Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), 2014.

Universities have website / Facebook / e-library

Proportion of Universities with e-library (computer in library) reached 95.80% while Proportion of Universities with a website (or web presence) reached 88.90% and Proportion of Universities with Facebook reached 68.00%.


100.00%

51.76%

72.01%86.50%

94.90%

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100.00%

120.00%

Proportion ofUniversities with a

fixed line


mobile


laptop

Proportion ofUniversities with

computers foreducationpurposes

Proportion ofUniversities using

the Internet

88.90%

68.00%

95.80%

0.00%

20.00%

40.00%

60.00%

80.00%

100.00%

120.00%

Proportion of Universitieswith a website (or web

presence)

Proportion of Universitieswith Facebook

Proportion of Universitieswith e-library ( computer in

library)


Activities Undertaken by University's employees Using computer

The proportion of Universities which use computer in students data management reached 94.20% while in employees data management reached 94% however in staff data management reached 89.50% and in others uses the proportions were between 81.60% in writing regular reports and 48.90% in communicate with students (the smallest proportion).


Activities Undertaken by Universities Using the Internet

88.4% of universities were using the internet in Sending and receiving e-mailو while using internet for access scientific journals sites reached 78.00%, however using internet in Publishing of information about Faculty / Institute tansik reached 77.3%, and using internet in other activities the proportions were between 61.5% in Training of staff / students and 15.3% in chatting (the smallest proportion).


93.50% 94.20%89.50%

81.60%

55.3%48.9% 51.4%

0.00%10.00%20.00%30.00%40.00%50.00%60.00%70.00%80.00%90.00%

100.00%

Employees datamanagement

students datamanagement

staff datamanagement

writing regularreports

training on ICTusage

communicatewith students

communicatewith Faculty /Institute stuff

88.4%

78.0%

77.3%

61.5%

56.6%

55.3%

50.5%

47.8%

47.2%

44.3%

18.8%

15.3%

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Sending and receiving e-mail

Access scientific journals sites

Publising of information about Faculty / Institute tansik

Training of staff / students

Teaching and Educational process

Management information systems (MIS)

Employment

Dealing with government entities

Getting information about government entities

Getting information about goods and services

Audio or video calls Skype

Chatting


Universities connected to the internet by mode of access

The proportion of Universities which use internet through ADSL reached 73.20% while the proportion through Egyptian Universities Network (EUN) reached 23.78% however the proportion of connecting the internet through USB reached 7.8% moreover other proportions were between 9.30% through leased line and 0.40% through dial-up.


Universities deal with e- government and e-commerce

Proportion of Universities using e_ government reached 47.8%, while proportion of Universities using e-commerce reached 8.8%.


5.95% 7.80% 9.30%

23.78%

73.20%

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10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

80.00%

Mobile USB Leased Line (EUN) ADSL

8.8%

47.8%

0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0%

Proportion of Universities usinge_commerce

Proportion of Universities using e_government


Places of using Computer

The proportion of professors using computers at homes reached 98.2% while at college / institute reached 91.8% however the proportion reached 20.8% in public libraries, and using internet in other places the proportion were between 15.2 % between relatives, friends and neighbors.


Places of using Internet

The proportion of using internet at homes reached 94.7% while at college / institute reached 75.8% however the proportion reached 16.7% in public libraries, and using internet in other places the proportion were between 15. % between relatives, friends and neighbors.


2.9%

9.8%

10.6%

15.2%

20.8%

91.8%

98.2%

0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 60.0% 80.0% 100.0%

youth centers

Net cafes

Clubs / IT houses

Relatives ،friends and neighbours

Public libraries

College /institute

House

2.7%

7.0%

7.0%

15.0%

16.7%

75.8%

94.7%

0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 60.0% 80.0% 100.0%

Youth Centre

Net cafes

Clubs / IT houses

Relatives ، friends and neighbours

Public libraries

College /institute

Houses


ICT impact on College / institute administration

The ICT impact on college / institute administration was 93.8% in carrying out administrative work quickly, while ability to planning and monitoring reached 70.1%, however decision-making based on information reached 58.9%, moreover the proportion of there is no change (there is no ICT impact on college/institute administration) reached 1.2%.


Periodicity of Using the Internet by Individuals

Proportion of professors specialized in ICT reached 8.1% while proportion of students enrolled in subjects related to ICT reached 32%.


93.8%

70.1%

58.9%

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10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

80.0%

90.0%

100.0%

carrying outadministrative work

quickly

ability to planing andmonitoring

decision-makingbased on information

No change

8.1

32.2

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proportion of professors specialzed in ICT

proportion of students enrolled in subjectsrelated to ICT


Capacity Building Program Provided by Information Technology Institute (ITI)

Training Track 2014 2015

Software Development / Software Engineer / E-Business / E-Learning 6116 6672

Computer Networks / Cyber Security / Information Security / Media Convergence 757 829

Multimedia / CGFP 510 520

GIS 343 354

VLSI / EM-SYS 235 246

Others 219 219

Mechatronics 210 224

Mobile Application Development 200 348

Cloud Computing 164 198

Biomedical Informatics 67 67

Data Warehousing / Database Designing / Database Administration 49 66

Game Development / Game Designing 42 68

Civil Engineering Informatics Specialist 15 29

Wireless Communications Engineer 14 26

Nano-Electronics 8 8

Total 8949 9874 *According to the latest figures.

Source: Ministry of Communications and Information Technology - Information Technology Institute.

Training Track18.37%

Software Development / Software Engineer / E-Business / E-Learning

55.79%

Computer Networks / Cyber Security /

Information Security / Media Convergence

6.91%

Multimedia / CGFP4.65%

GIS3.13%

VLSI / EM-SYS2.14% Others

2.00%

Mechatronics1.92%

Mobile Application Development

1.82%

Cloud Computing

1.50%

Biomedical Informatics

0.61%

Data Warehousing / Database Designing

/ Database Administration

0.45%

Game Development / Game Designing

0.38%

Civil Engineering Informatics Specialist

0.14%

Wireless Communications

Engineer0.13%

Nano-Electronics0.07%


: Ministry of communications and Information Technology, Information Technology Industry Development Authority, Software engineering competence

Center (SECC).

The percentage of universities using computer reached 86.5 while the percentage of universities

using laptop 72.07%.

The percentage of universities using computer in employees data management reached 93.5% while

percentage of universities using it in staff data management reached 89.50%

The percentage of universities dealing with e-government reached 47.8% while The percentage of

universities dealing with e-commerce reached 8.8%.

The total number of graduates from the International Computer Driving License (ICDL) program

reached 22178 graduates by the end of January - March 2016.

The number of graduates to receive software training till March 2016: 19.4 Thousands graduates.

Mobile subscribers increased to 95.26 million in January - March 2016, compared to 95.99 million

in January - March 2015, representing an annual change rate of -0.77%.

Mobile penetration increased to 108.33 % in January - March 2016, compared to 111.18% in January

- March 2015, representing an annual change rate of -2.84%.

Mobile Internet subscriptions increased to 25.88 million in January - March 2016, compared to 23.31

million in January - March 2015, representing an annual change rate of 11.03 %.

USB Modem subscriptions increased to 3.52 million in January - March 2016 compared to in 4.22

million in January - March 2015 representing an annual change rate of -16.64 %.

ADSL subscribers increased to 4.00 million in January - March 2016, compared to 3.27 million in

January - March 2015, representing an annual change rate of %

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