Mobinil

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Mobinil

Type	Private
Founded	May 1998
Headquarters	Cairo, Egypt
Industry	Telecommunications
Products	Mobile phone services
Parent	France Télécom/Orange Group and Orascom Telecom Holding
Website	www.mobinil.com

Mobinil is an Egyptian mobile phone operator. Founded in 1998. The company is partly held by France Telecom (Orange) and Orascom Telecom. 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]

1 Market share
2 Network and coverage
3 3G
4 See also
5 References
6 External link

[edit] Market share

By the end of April 2008, Mobinil had 16.4 million^[2] subscribers.

[edit] Network and coverage

Mobinil has:^[3]

3335 sites
28 switches
25 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:^[4]

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, Dr. 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 and Mr. Iskander Shalaby (Mobinil’s President & CEO). ^[5]