Dr. Amr Talaat, Egypt’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology, witnessed the signing of key contracts for the design and development of cutting-edge CPE-VDSL Router peripherals.
These contracts, a collaboration between the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), Telecom Egypt, and the winning local companies, mark a significant stride in Egypt’s commitment to ICT development. The project, aligned with the Egypt Makes Electronics (EME) presidential initiative, aims to introduce locally designed and manufactured high-speed internet routers, deepen local manufacturing, and diminish reliance on imports of electronic products.
ITIDA, in collaboration with Telecom Egypt, aims to develop and manufacture electronic products locally, primarily high-speed internet routers (CPE), to meet Telecom Egypt’s local and regional demand through domestic manufacturing.
The collaborative efforts of ITIDA and Telecom Egypt involved a call for proposals, resulting in the selection and support of three innovative projects presented by highly qualified enterprises in the Egyptian market, namely El Sewedy Electrometer Group (EMG), ElAraby Group, BioBusiness Egypt, and HitekNOFAL OPTIX Alliance, tasked with designing of the CPE routers for manufacturing.
Contracts were officially signed by ITIDA’s CEO, Engineer Ahmed ELZaher, Managing Director and CEO of Telecom Egypt, Engineer Mohamed Nasr, Engineer Emad El Sewedy, CEO of El Sewedy Electro-meter Egypt, Dr. Mamdouh Mahmoud ElAraby, Vice Chairman of The Board of El-Araby Group, and CEO of BioBusiness Egypt, Engineer Mostafa El Wakeel, and Dr. Mohamed Nofal Chairman of HitekNOFAL OPTIX.
