Information and Communications Technology Indicators ... · Information and Communications Technology Indicators Bulletin – December 2015 2 * Growth rates are calculated as the

Information and Communications Technology Indicators Bulletin – December 2015 1


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

** MCIT has activated Telecenters for community development new initiative

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

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ICT Sector: Infrastructure Indicators

Mobile subscriptions Million 95.32 93.24 94.02 0.83 -1.36

Mobile penetration * % 110.90 107.01 107.41 0.40 -3.49

Fixed line subscriptions Million 6.32 6.22 6.24 0.23 -1.28

Fixed line penetration * % 7.47 7.25 7.23 -0.02 -0.24

Mobile Internet Subscriptions Million 21.77 25.04 26.30 5.04 20.80

USB Modem Subscriptions Million 4.05 4.00 3.82 4.26 -5.61

ADSL subscribers Million 3.03 3.64 3.79 4.10 25.2

International Internet Bandwidth Gbps

471,339

649,141

652,350 0.49 38.40

Number of post offices Post

office 3893 3913 3918 0.13 0.64

ICT Sector’s Role In Development

Number of Telecenters ** IT

Houses -- 15 15 -- --

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16.96 18.06 18.72 3.65 10.38


ICT Sector…Infrastructure Indicators.

Mobile subscriptions (October - December 2015) : 94.02 million

Mobile penetration (October - December 2015) : 107.41%

Fixed line subscriptions (October - December 2015): 6.24 million

Fixed line subscriptions in urban areas(October - December 2015) : 5.00 million, rural areas 1.23 million.

Internet users through mobile(October - December 2015): 25.04 million .

USB Modem users(October - December 2015) : 4.00 million users.

ADSL subscribers (October - December 2015) : 3.79 million.

International Internet bandwidth (October - December 2015): 649,141 Gbps.

Number of post offices (October - December 2015): Post offices.

Number of Beneficiaries of Pensions’ Payment Service through post offices(October - December 2015) : 4.72 million beneficiary

Fixed Lines and Mobile Subscriptions

The number of fixed line and mobile subscriptions was 100.25 million at the end of October - December

2015, compared to 101.63 million at the end of October - December 2014.

The number of mobile subscriptions was 94.02 million at the end of October - December 2015,

compared to 95.32 million at the end of October - December 2014. The mobile subscriptions recorded

93% of total telephone service.

6.32 6.17 6.64 6.22 6.24

95.32 95.99 95.06 93.24 94.02

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

Fixed Line and Mobile Penetration

Mobile penetration reached 107.41% at the end of October - December 2015, compared to 110.90% at

the end of October - December 2014, representing an annual change rate of -3.49% . On the other hand,

fixed line penetration reached about 7.23% by the end of October - December 2015.

110.90 111.18 109.60 107.01 107.41

7.47 7.26 7.78 7.25 7.23

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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 6.24 million subscriptions at the end of October -

December 2015 compared to 6.32 million subscriptions at the end of October - December 2014.

The capacity of local exchanges increased to 17.70 million lines at the end of October - December 2015,

compared to 15.15 million at the end of October - December 2014. This represents an annual increase

of 2.55 million lines and an annual growth rate of 16.81%.

6.32 6.17 6.64 6.22 6.24

15.1516.66 17.22 17.68 17.70

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

International Internet Bandwidth

International Internet bandwidth increased to 652,350 Gbps at the end of October - December 2015

compared to 471,339 Gbps at the end of October - December 2014 representing an annual growth rate

of 38.40%.

The international internet bandwidth per inhabitants reached 7452.6 Bit/sec. per person at the end of

October - December 2015 compared to 5484.0 Bit/Sec. per person at the end October - December

2014 with and annual growth rate of 53.03%.

260.84 272.29342.51

394.30 431.21471.34 493.63

631.63 649.14 652.35

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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 3.79 Million Subscriptions by the end of October -

December 2015 compared to 3.03 Million Subscriptions at the end of October - December 2014 with

an annual change rate 25.2 %.

3.033.27

3.51 3.643.79

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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 26.30 Million Subscriptions by the end of October

- December 2015 compared to 21.77 Million Subscriptions at the end of October - December 2014

with an annual change rate 20.80%.

The number of USB Modem subscriptions reached 3.82 Million Subscriptions by the end of October -

December 2015 compared to 4.05 Million Subscriptions at the end of October - December 2014.

21.7723.31 24.08 25.04 26.30

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


Post Offices

The total number of post offices increased to 3918 at the end of October - December 2015, compared

to 3893 at the end of October - December 2014, reflecting an annual growth rate of 0.64%.

The average number of people served by individual post offices was 22,341 thousand persons at the end

of October - December 2015, compared to 22,077 thousand persons at the end of October - December

2014, representing an annual growth rate of 1.20%.

3893 3904 3911 3913 3918

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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 5.47

million beneficiaries in October - December 2015 compared to about 5.03 million beneficiaries in

October - December 2014 with an annual growth rate of 8.75%.

5.03 5.065.30 5.38 5.47

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


Number of Newly Established ICT Companies and Issued Capital Number of newly established ICT companies reached 236 companies in October - December

2015 compared to 160 companies in October - December 2014 with increase of 76 companies.

Number of issued capital of newly established ICT companies reached 117.2 Million EGP in

October - December 2015 compared to 97.85 Million EGP in October - December 2014 with

growth rate of 19.77%

160 210 211 158 236

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Issued Capital of newly established ICT Companies

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

ICT Services Prices

The cost of ICT services in Egypt is the monthly cost in Egypt in October - December 2015 was USD

2.67 for mobile services * and USD 6.33 for Internet service **.

Note: No actual increases in any of the services' prices have been monitored, only there has been a change in

methodology of calculation according to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) since October 2013

* 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.

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

2.95 2.84 2.77 2.72 2.67

10.49 10.08 9.83

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ICT GDP at Fixed Prices

According to provisional data, ICT GDP in fixed prices is expected to reach 14.24 billion EGP in the

second quarter of the year 2015/2016 increasing by 970 Million EGP in comparison to second quarter

of 2014/2015. This represents the real value added of the sector, resulting from growth rate of about

7.3% for the same period; adding around 13.27 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 second 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 second quarter of 2014/2015, which was around 2.9% of the GDP.

* Estimated

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

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The ICT Sector’s Role in Development

Proportion of households with computers: 56.41%.

Proportion of households using the internet" 43.58

Proportion of households that accessing the internet at home: 39.24%.

Proportion of households that accessing the internet at home using fixed broadband access: 98.4%.

Proportion of households that accessing the internet at home using mobile broadband access: 33.27%.

Proportion of individuals that using the internet: 33.9 %.

Proportion of households who deal with E-government: 15.17%

Number of graduates to receive software training by ITIDA till September: 18.72 thousands trainees.

ICT Access and Use by Households

The proportion of households with Computers 56.4% while 43.6% of households using the internet,

and 39.2% with Internet access at home.

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

Proportion of Households with Internet Access at Home by Mode of Access

The Proportion of households with Internet access at home using fixed broadband is 98.4, while 33.3% of households using mobile broadband, and only 0.02% of households using narrowband.


56.41%43.58% 39.24%

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Fixed broadband Narrowband Mobile broadband

Multiple answers allowed

Fixed Broadband: Accessing the internet using speed greater than or equal 256 kb/s via fixed connection such as (ADSL – Leased Lines).

Mobile Broadband: Accessing the internet using speed greater than or equal 256 kb/s via mobile network connection such as (Mobile Internet – USB Modem)

Narrowband: Accessing the internet using speed less than 256 kb/s


Proportion of households deal with E-government and E-commerce

The Proportion of households who deal with E-government is 15.2, while 1.1% of them are dealing with e-commerce.


ICT Access and Use by Individuals *

The proportion of individuals who are using a computer reached 40.9% in 2014, while the proportion of individuals who are using the internet reached 33.9% and 81% of individuals are using cell phones for the same year.

* Refers to individuals aged 6 years and older (76.44 Million) according to ITU methodology.


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using computer using internet using cell phone


Activities Undertaken by Individuals Using Computer

The proportion of Individuals who use computer in surfing internet is 27.8%, while the proportion of Individuals who use computer in education is 21.1%, proportion of Individuals use computer in entertainment is 23.8%, and those who use computer in work is 6.2%.


Activities Undertaken by Individuals Using the Internet

The proportion of household who use internet in Communicate with others through social networks such as twitter- Facebook is 22.3%, while proportion of household who use internet in send information and messages via e-mail is 24.2%, for (voice calls over the Internet) is 12.1, for obtain information on health and health services is 11.3, for obtain information about government agencies through the site 5.2%, and 6% for Obtain information on goods and services.


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governmentagencies through

the site

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goods andservices




Location of Individuals Using the Internet

the proportion of Individuals who access internet at home is 29.4, while the proportion of Individuals

who access internet from (friends/neighbors) is 25.1, and 18.1 % of those who access internet at

educational places.

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

Individuals Using Computer by Gender

The proportion of males who using computer is 43.8% from total male population in Egypt, while the

proportion of females who using computer is 38% from total female population in Egypt.


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Individuals Using Internet by Gender

The proportion of male who using internet is 36.6%, while the proportion of female who using internet

is 31.1%


Periodicity of Using the Internet by Individuals

Around 20% of individuals using internet at least once a day, while 9.5% using internet at least once a week but not every day, and 2.6% using internet less than once a week


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less than once a week


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 Convergence6.91%

Multimedia / CGFP4.65%

GIS3.13%

VLSI / EM-SYS2.14%

Others2.00% Mechatronics

1.92%

Mobile Application Development

1.82%

Cloud Computing1.50% Biomedical

Informatics0.61%

Data Warehousing / Database Designing / Database

Administration0.45%

Game Development / Game Designing

0.38%

Civil Engineering Informatics Specialist

0.14%

Wireless Communications Engineer

0.13%

Nano-Electronics0.07%


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

competence Center (SECC).

The percentage of households accessing the internet at home reached 39.24% .

The percentage of households that has access to the internet Fixed broadband reached 98.4% .

The percentage of households that has access to the internet Fixed broadband reached 33.27%.

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

22178 graduates by the end of October - December 2015.

The number of graduates to receive software training till September 2015: 18.72 Thousands graduates.

ICT sectors role in Development

Mobile subscribers increased to 94.02 million in October - December 2015, compared to 95.32 million

in October - December 2014, representing an annual change rate of -1.36%.

Mobile penetration increased to 107.41 % in October - December 2015, compared to 110.90% in

October - December 2014, representing an annual change rate of -3.49%.

Mobile Internet subscriptions increased to 26.30 million in October - December 2015, compared to

21.77 million in October - December 2014, representing an annual change rate of 20.80 %.

USB Modem subscriptions increased to 3.82 million in October - December 2015 compared to in 4.05

million in October - December 2014 representing an annual change rate of -5.61 %.

ADSL subscribers increased to 3.79 million in October - December 2015, compared to 3.03 million in

October - December 2014, representing an annual change rate of %

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