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mustafabay
Joined: Sep 27, 2004
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From: Egypt
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I haven't seen too many egyptians around esato, but if there are any I'd like them to unite here. If nobody shows up I'll just have to hold a monologe till sombody does:-) |
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BobaFett
Joined: Jan 06, 2004
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From: Kamino (wish it would be Lund)
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Salaam! Are /// fones still in usage in egypt? Sukran.
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OluYom
Joined: Oct 27, 2004
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From: Nigeria
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@mustafa: Regards to the people of Egypt from the Proudly Nigerian thread.
Tell us a little about GSM services in your country. Also, which manufacturer has the strongest footing in the land of the great pyramids?
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govigov
Joined: Jul 30, 2004
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From: Back home - Cochin
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Alekum islam! Regards to all egyptians from the SE india thread. Perhaps you could tell me about the curse of the tomb of tutakamen, is it true?
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mrao
Joined: Nov 11, 2004
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From: Mumbai, India
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Salaam..Warm welcome to everyone in the Egyptian thread.
 t610 > k700i > p800 > p900 > p910 > k750i > I-mate Jam > Blokia 6681 > HTC Prophet > HTC Wizard & Nokia N73 > E71 > BB 9000 > HTC Desire > Samsung Galaxy S > Samsung Galaxy S II & the Motorola Xoom <br /> Still Shiny but not so n |
brix25
Joined: Aug 20, 2003
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From: Cape Town, South Africa
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Greetings from all at the South African mobile discussion. I know Egypt is one of the biggest mobile markets on the African continent.
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mustafabay
Joined: Sep 27, 2004
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From: Egypt
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Walaikum-issalam everyone.
Ok one quetion at a time. Yes all phones are still in use in Egypt. People don't throw away phones,they sell them. You can find almost any phone still in use. A2618, 3210, 5110, T10 anything.
We have a nice big duopoly here in Egypt, Mobinil and Vodafone. Last year they jointly bought the third license since nobody else in the world seemed interested. The compition is very funny here in Egypt because there is a goverment agency that has to approve anything companies want to do, so basically you get the exact same offers from both companies and its just amatter of do you want orange or is red your color. Vodafone leads intech but Mobinil has more subscribers, although the gap is usually about 500000 subscribers and I don't think its going to change soon. The compitition is so laughable, Voda announces Vodafone Live!, 6months later you get Mobinil Life, and of course in arabic they're spelled the same 
Yes, I suppose we're one of the biggest markets in Africa but thats of course because we're one of the biggest populations too. To bad we mostly just buy nokias 
And still no Egyptians here.
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mustafabay
Joined: Sep 27, 2004
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From: Egypt
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This monologue is very fun. I should talk till my jaw is stiff (or my fingers). |
govigov
Joined: Jul 30, 2004
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From: Back home - Cochin
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Interesting situation. There is no place for a 3rd player if monopoly/duopoly exists. May be thats why?
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brix25
Joined: Aug 20, 2003
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From: Cape Town, South Africa
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Quite strange that there's is a duopoly in Egypt...I think Orascom is one of the biggest telecoms company's on the continent but they're focusing mostly on the Middle Eastern market.
Explain how it's possible that the two existing companies bought the third licence...that's quite bizarre. |
mustafabay
Joined: Sep 27, 2004
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From: Egypt
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Telecom Egypt(TE) was supposedly going to build a GSM1800 network. Vodafone and mobinil both use GSM900 and supposedly jointly bought the exclusive use of the 1800 band for a few years. Of course TE is gouvernment owned and paying them is like paying the gouvernment  and so TE recieved 2bil LE for giving them the exclusive use of the frequency. Heck why build a new network when you can make heaps of money just by planning to  Of coure if you make 800mil+ LE annually in net profits, what's a billion LE to not have compition and have to lower your prices and then you'll make less profits??
I think Orascom prefers the Middle East so it can only have one or two competitors per country, any more than that would be too much of a pain in the ass and would be hard to make comfortable profits 
Personally I prefer vodafone but I stay away from voda branded phones, but since we don't have contracts with phones and a voda branded phone is the same as a Sim free so why even think of branded phones |
mustafabay
Joined: Sep 27, 2004
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From: Egypt
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This is my first from wap and still nobody else egyptian here yet :-)
So far this thread has been exactly like egypt relying on tourism :-D
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coolapostle
Joined: Oct 15, 2004
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From: Abuja, Nigeria
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Welcome Egypt! Africa's third country @Esato. About getting more of your folks, try posting about it at popular Egyptian Forums on the net. Then there is Prodigits wap site. Somehow, more wap subscribers find Prodigits b4 Esato. Not sure about the links though... |
mahora
Joined: Feb 15, 2005
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From: Egypt
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Hello mustafabay,
I am another fellow Egyptian that is glad to share views- hopefully- on regular basis with you. I like the way you follow up on teleocm issue here in Egypt. I also once read a post by you in which you described the dilemma of buying a k700i. Strangely we share the same dilemma because I too want to buy a k700i, but was held back by many things:
1- The firmware available on the stock of k700i handsets in Egypt, since as you know, I want to be R2AE (the latest), and not R2AA, which had problems.
2- SE service centers in Egypt suck, as far as firmware upgrades are concerned (they have no clue about the issue, and when asked, they wondered why I was interested in f/w upgrades 
3- The availability of the SE DSS-30 (or even 25) docking stations for file transfer and f/w updates.
So that's our Egypt, you can never be sure of anything in it, of course u know what I'm talking about
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Davo_169
Joined: Sep 06, 2004
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From: perth/thredbo
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ive always wanted to go to egypt
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Posted: 2005-02-22 10:24
t610 > k700i > p800 > p900 > p910 > k750i > I-mate Jam > Blokia 6681 > HTC Prophet > HTC Wizard & Nokia N73 > E71 > BB 9000 > HTC Desire > Samsung Galaxy S > Samsung Galaxy S II & the Motorola Xoom 
