Mobinil

Type	Public
Founded	May 1998
Headquarters	Cairo, Egypt
Industry	Telecommunications
Products	Mobile phone services
Website	www.mobinil.comwww.mymobinil.com

Mobinil (The Egyptian Company for Mobile Services) is Egypt's first mobile phone operator. Founded in 1998. The company is a joint venture between France Telecom (Orange) and Orascom. Mobinil was the first telecom company to receive ISO 14001 certificate in Egypt and the Middle East. It has also obtained official renewal of the ISO 14001 for the fifth consecutive year and also obtained the certification of OHSAS 18001.^[1]

[edit] Market share

By April 2009, Mobinil had more than 21 million^[1] subscribers.

[edit] Network and coverage

Mobinil has:^[1]

• 4201 sites
• 37 switches
• 26 mobile BTSs with:
  • 1. Built-in echo cancellers on all switches
  • 2. EFR voice clarity enhancement
  • 3. State-of-the-art antennas

Mobinil was the first GSM in Egypt to extend its network services to:^[1]

• Underground stations, having installed 17 Micro BTSs covering stations in Cairo.
• Al Azhar Tunnel
• Coverage extends to more than 99% of the Egyptian population.
• Mobinil has international roaming agreements with 348 operators in 135 countries
• Mobinil was the first to establish roaming agreements with the US and Canada, as well as non-GSM Operators in South America extending its services to countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and The Philippines, to name a few.
• Mobinil offers roaming with satellite operators such as Al-Thuraya.

[edit] 3G

On October 17, 2007, Tarek Kamel (Minister of Communication and Information Technology & Chairman of NTRA) as well as Dr. Amr Badawy (NTRA’s Executive President) signed the 3G license agreement, giving Mobinil the green light to start 3G services. Representing Mobinil, the agreement was signed by its Chairman Mr. Naguib Sawiris at that time and Mr. Iskander (Alex) Shalaby (Mobinil’s President & CEO). ^[2]

As of September 1, 2008, Alex Shalaby has been appointed Chairman and Mr. Hassan Kabbani CEO of Mobinil.

On September 1, 2008, Mobinil has officially announced the start of its 3G operations and the launch of the Largest and Newest mobile network in Egypt, after teaming up with the global telecommunication manufacturers Nokia Siemens Networks and Huawei for the 3G roll out

[edit] See also

• Vodafone Egypt
• Etisalat Egypt

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Mobinil

	Mobile network operators of Egypt
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