Posted on 30 October 2008. Tags: Guide, internet, Mobile, Reviews
Mobile Internet is the internet in your hand… It’s your Facebook, Yahoo!, MSN, YouTube, MySpace and Google maps on the move…
Want to access the internet while you are not at home? Worried about not having you PC on you? Tired of having to stay in your hotel room to get what you want out of the internet. From now on, you don’t have to worry any more! Now with Mobile Internet, you have a 24/7 access of the internet whenever and wherever you need it. You can check your mail, surf the net, stay up and alert with all the breaking news, sports reports and stock market rates. Also, now you can stay hand in hand with your friends with a full-time access to Facebook. That’s not all! You can also check the weather forecasts, cinema guides, as well as world time zone with just one click…
Surf the web now with the best browsing experience!
Mobile internet in Egypt (covered perfectly in Hurghada and all around red sea) is available for low rates from the three major mobile networks; Vodafone, Mobinil and Etisalat.
You may need to check the coverage in your current stay.
For prices, specifications and latest offers check these websites:
Vodafone Egypt
Etisalat
Mobinil
Posted in Lifestyle, Reviews
Posted on 04 September 2008. Tags: Egypt, Mobile, mobinil, network, Yellow Book
At the beginning of this month Egypt’s leading mobile operator Mobinil launched 3G services, covering large cities, tourist, industrial and corporate centres in Cairo, Alexandria, Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada, Dahab, Taba, Safaga, Marsa Alam, Luxor and Aswan.
Mobinil has been hard at work revamping its network in preparartion for the launch 3G earlier this month
Since agreeing to purchase the 3G licence, Mobinil has since increased the number of installed base stations to more than 6,500, out of which 700 3G base stations and more than 2,100 EDGE-enabled base stations are in place.
Nokia Siemens Networks, along with Huawei has developed Mobinil’s 3G network, while Alcatel-Lucent and Motorola cooperated with Mobinil to establish the 2G portion of the network. This is in addition to the cooperation with Cisco Systems and Ericsson to develop and enhance the network infrastructure.
In April this year Mobinil did say it would delay the introduction of 3G services and payment of an EGP750 million (US$138 million) instalment on the licence fee by about two and a half months. At the time, the operator said the delay was necessitated because the regulatory authorities were late in handing over the frequency band needed for Mobinil to conduct the necessary tests before commercial service began.
Mobinil had been meant to receive the frequency band on January 17 but the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) did not say it was available until March 27, according to Mobinil.
Mobinil is the last of Egypt’s three mobile operators to launch 3G services, having initially refused to pay the licence fee asked by the NTRA.
“The licence condition set the value of a 3G licence (for the incumbents Mobinil and Vodafone Egypt) at 20 per cent of the price of the 2G/3G licence awarded to the third operator,” explained Alex Shalaby, CEO of Mobinil at the beginning of last year. “We thought this was high and elected not to bid for 3G at this time.” Etisalat bid US$2.9 billion to win Egypt’s third mobile licence, valuing the amount required to be paid by the incumbents for 3G licences at US$580 million each.
Posted in News, Yellow Book
Posted on 06 May 2008. Tags: Apple, Egypt, iPhone, Mobile, Vodafone
Vodafone today announced it has signed an agreement with Apple to sell the iPhone in ten of its markets around the globe. Later this year, Vodafone customers in Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey will be able to purchase the iPhone for use on the Vodafone network.
Visit Vodafone Egypt official website or read more about Apple iPhone .
Posted in Featured, News