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Sunday, December 19, 2010

Egypt to spend $4bn on broadband services in 2011 | Technology | AMEinfo.com

The Egyptian telecom minister has announced plans to spend more than $4bn to enhance the country's broadband services in 2011, which will entail revitalising plans for WiMax service in the country, Daily News Egypt has reported. The ministry will announce strategic details in the first half of 2011, the minister said during a workshop with the telecom regulator and the World Trade Organisation.

About ITIDA

The Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) is a governmental entity affiliated to Egypt's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

It is responsible for growing and developing Egypt's position as a leading global outsourcing location by attracting foreign direct investment to the industry and maximizing the exports of IT services and applications.

Located in the heart of the modern business environment at Smart Village, the six hundred acre business park on the outskirts of Cairo, ITIDA is a self sustainable entity that drives the IT industry in Egypt and raises awareness among the Egyptian people of the benefits and use of ICT to advance socio-economic welfare of the whole community.

Testimonials

“Egypt is a rising star of contact center offshore destinations”
Frost and Sullivan

“It’s like the United Nations in Xceed’s call center!” Karim Ramadan, General Manager, Microsoft Egypt

“Egypt is vital to our Middle East and Africa business, and with a strong base in this dynamic marketplace, we see great
e-business potential” Stanley Krasnow Chairman for sales operation, IBM software group

“Reducing income and corporate taxes and custom duties of course is very positive. A more favorable tax system helps us invest further. We consider Egypt as
being even more attractive now” Vincenzo Nesci, Chairman, Alcatel-Lucent Egypt and President Regional Unit Middle East

“Egypt continues to make significant progress against software piracy, helping to build the country’s position as a leading outsourcing destination and improve the wider economy” Dr. Tarek Kamel, the Egyptian Minister of Communications and Information Technology

“ITIDA provided SQS with valuable, concrete support in founding our subsidiary in Egypt” Axel Bartram, Managing Executive, SQS Egypt

“Even though in Cairo I’m in a city of 20 million people, I can walk around at any time of night in any area and I’d feel absolutely safe” Chris Larter Hill & Knowlton

“The climate, the quality of the food, the diversity of the entertainment, it’s a melting pot for the Arabic world – all these things make life exciting here” Jerome Nestlé

“Egypt has skilled workers… there are over 500 Egyptian resources working with our partners and customers in Saudi alone” Sales Director, US software company, Middle East

“Today Egypt is one of Microsoft’s fastestgrowing subsidiaries. Our entirely Egyptian local staff shares my pride in this accomplishment” Bill Gates Chairman, Microsoft

“We looked at different countries around the world to select a location to establish Oracle’s eighth global product center. We chose Egypt for a number of factors, including its talent pool, political support from the Egyptian government, telecom infrastructure, and the flexibility of the labor law”
Assem Khalil Director of Support, Oracle

“Egypt’s foreign language skills, relatively competitive labor costs, and proximity to Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East make it a prime contender to be the next outsourcing hotspot” Shri Kamal Nath Minister of Commerce and Industry, Government of India

“Egypt has built an entire ecosystem to support the country’s ICT industry and pave the way for the growth in outsourcing. Our ICT sector is emerging as a role model of deregulation and privatization as well as a catalyst for reform in other sectors” Dr. Hazem Abdelazim CEO, ITIDA

Egypt as an Outsourcing Destination

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Egypt to spend $4bn on broadband services in 2011 | Technology | AMEinfo.com

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