Telephone network in Egypt - Information of Phone calls to Egypt

• Egypt dialing code: +20
• Cheap phone calls to Egypt
• Egypt Mobile phone operators codes
• Egyptian cities dialing codes
• International dialing codes

History of Telecom Egypt

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)

Egypt international dialing code: +20

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Dialing codes of Mobile phone operators

List of long distance dialing codes of major cities in Egypt

International dialing codes

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.

 related links in Egypt gift shop website:

• Egypt travel guide
• Egypt history

related external links:

• Egypt Ministry of communications Information Technology
• Telecom Egypt (national phone company)

Mobile phone operators in Egypt

• Mobinil (Mobile phone operator company)
• Vodafone Egypt
• Etisalat Egypt