Telephone network in Egypt & Information of
Phone calls to Egypt
As Telephone calls is the preferred way of communication for most
people, we present here some useful information about telephone
communications to/from Egypt. This will help you connect to your
friends, relatives, co-workers or anyone around the world from Egypt
easily at low cost and good quality. You may use this information also
to call your friends in Egypt cheaply and at good voice quality.
Telecom Egypt history
The Telephone network of Egypt has developed through many years since
the 19th century. 1854 witnessed the birth of Egypt's telecommunications industry
with the first telegraph line connecting Cairo and Alexandria
inaugurated early in 1854, forming the company that was later to
become Telecom Egypt.
In 1881 The first telephone line was installed between Cairo and
Alexandria.
In 1918 the Egyptian Government purchased the Eastern Telephone
Company for 755,000 L.E. and created the Telephone & Telegraph
Authority. Until 1996, the Arab Republic of Egypt National
Telecommunications Organization (ARENTO) was the sole provider of all
public telecommunications services in Egypt, and later was renamed
Telecom Egypt.
Now after 150 years of establishment of Telecom Egypt, there are
approximately 12 million fixed telephone line subscribers and over 30
million mobile phone subscribers (till 31 December 2008)
If you want to save on international calls, you might find the
following offer useful:
If you are travelling to Egypt, you should think of how to
call your friends, relatives or anyone you know from Egypt at
low cost. Cheap phone calls from Egypt is achievable in several
ways, You can make phone calls during non-peak hours from
08:00PM-08:00AM through regular phones. During non-peak hours
international phone calls are cost less than the rest of the
day.
But the most cost effective way to make cheap telephone calls
is to use the services of an Internet phone or VOIP providers
that make you use the Internet to make cheap calls to regular
telephones anywhere in the world. Some companies also provide
calling cards that you can use to make phone calls by calling a
specific number and entering a special code.
There are several way you can make cheap phone calls to Egypt or
international phone calls from Egypt. To reduce voice communication cost
you can sign up for an Internet calling service which you can
use to call a regular phone number either from a PC or using a
special kind of equipment like VOIP Phone set.
|
Mobile telephone operator |
calling
codes |
Mobinil |
12 |
17 |
18 |
Vodafone |
10 |
16 |
19 |
Etisalat |
11 |
14 |
|
Starting from October 6th, 2011 There has been a change of Mobile
phone calling code in Egypt. If you have a mobile number in Egypt you
will have to modify the contact number as follows:
Mobile telephone operator |
Mobile calling
codes |
Mobinil |
old |
12 |
17 |
18 |
150 |
|
new |
122 |
127 |
128 |
120 |
Vodafone |
old |
10 |
16 |
19 |
151 |
|
new |
100 |
106 |
109 |
101 |
Etisalat |
old |
11 |
14 |
|
152 |
|
new |
111 |
114 |
|
112 |
City |
Telephone Dialing code |
City |
Telephone Dialing code |
Cairo & Giza |
2 |
Damanhour |
45 |
Alexandria |
3 |
Damietta |
57 |
Aswan |
97 |
El Mahalla |
43 |
Hurghada |
653 |
Kafr el Sheikh |
47 |
Ismailia |
64 |
Mansoura |
50 |
Luxor |
952 |
Marsa Matrouh |
46 |
Port Said |
66 |
Rafah |
68 |
Suez |
62 |
Rosetta (Rasheed) |
45 |
Sharm El Sheikh |
693 |
Safaga |
653 |
Tanta |
40 |
6th October |
2 |
El Arish (North Sinai) |
68 |
10th of Ramadan |
15 |
Asiut |
882 |
|
|
To make an international phone call dial 00 or press the "+" sign
button, then the country dialing
code then the phone number including city or region long distance dialing code.
Country |
Dialing code |
Country |
Dialing code |
Country |
Dialing code |
Algeria |
213 |
Iceland |
354 |
Portugal |
351 |
Argentina |
54 |
India |
91 |
Qatar |
974 |
Australia |
61 |
Indonesia |
62 |
Romania |
40 |
Austria |
43 |
Iran |
98 |
Russia |
7 |
Bahamas |
1242 |
Iraq |
964 |
Samoa |
685 |
Bahrain |
973 |
Ireland |
353 |
Saudi Arabia |
966 |
Bangladesh |
880 |
Italy |
39 |
|Senegal |
221 |
Belgium |
32 |
Jamaica |
1809 |
Sierra Leone |
232 |
Bermuda |
1441 |
Japan |
81 |
Singapore |
65 |
Bolivia |
591 |
Jordan |
962 |
Slovakia |
421 |
Brazil |
55 |
Kenya |
254 |
Slovenia |
386 |
Brunei |
673 |
Korea, South |
82 |
Solomon Islands |
677 |
Bulgaria |
359 |
Korea, North |
850 |
South Africa |
27 |
Canada |
1 |
Kuwait |
965 |
Spain |
34 |
Chile |
56 |
Lesotho |
266 |
Sri Lanka |
94 |
China |
86 |
Luxemburg |
352 |
Swaziland |
268 |
Colombia |
57 |
Macao |
853 |
Sweden |
46 |
Costa Rica |
506 |
Malawi |
265 |
Switzerland |
41 |
Cote D'Ivoire |
255 |
Malaysia |
60 |
Syria |
963 |
Cyprus |
357 |
Malta |
356 |
Tahiti |
689 |
Czech Republic |
42 |
Mauritius |
230 |
Taiwan |
886 |
Denmark |
45 |
Mexico |
52 |
Tanzania |
255 |
Ecuador |
593 |
Monaco |
377 |
Thailand |
66 |
Egypt |
20 |
Nepal |
977 |
Tunisia |
216 |
El Salvador |
503 |
Netherlands |
31 |
Turkey |
90 |
Fiji |
679 |
New Caledonia |
687 |
Uganda |
256 |
Finland |
358 |
New Zealand |
64 |
United Arab Emirates (UAE) |
971 |
France |
33 |
Nigeria |
234 |
United Kingdom (UK) |
44 |
Germany |
49 |
Norway |
47 |
United States (USA) |
1 |
Ghana |
233 |
Oman |
968 |
Venezuela |
58 |
Gibraltar |
350 |
Pakistan |
92 |
Vietnam |
84 |
Greece |
30 |
Panama |
507 |
Zambia |
260 |
Guam |
1671 |
Papua New Guinea |
675 |
Zimbabwe |
263 |
Guatemala |
502 |
Paraguay |
595 |
|
|
Haiti |
509 |
Peru |
51 |
|
|
Hong Kong |
852 |
Philippines |
63 |
|
|
Hungary |
36 |
Poland |
48 |
|
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related links in Egypt gift shop website:
related external links:
Mobile phone operators in Egypt
- Mobinil
(Mobile phone operator company)
- Vodafone
Egypt
- Etisalat
Egypt
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