MOBISERVE Holding, (www.mobiserveholding.com), a leading solutions provider for telecommunication infrastructure and engineering services in the Middle East and Africa, predicts continued growth in Egypt's telecom sector as well as the Middle East. Growth is expected to be driven by demand for data services and new technologies such as long-term evolution (LTE) and mobile payment solutions. In Egypt, despite recent political events, Egypt's telecom sector still remains robust and is one of Africa's most developed. The country has more than 80 million subscribers, following year on year growth of 26 percent. Latest figures now estimate Egypt reaching 100 percent subscriber saturation levels. “Building towers constitutes nearly 50 percent of total capital expenditure for Egyptian operators faced with the dual challenge of maintaining profit margins while ensuring rapid rollout to keep pace with growth in subscriber numbers. Network tower sharing enables operators to overcome this challenge by reducing duplication of the costliest elements the network. Resulting savings can be from 20 percent to 50 percent of an operator's capex and opex,” said Eng. Sameh Atalla, CEO, Mobiserve Holding. Network investment in the next few years is expected to be substantial in order to support subscriber levels as well as projected growth in mobile broadband. As a result, operators are looking for innovative ways to reduce costs while rolling out next generation networks and increasing profitability. This includes network tower sharing, where multiple operators can share a single tower, reducing the cost of ownership and maintenance while increasing network coverage.
