Egypt Daily News – The Egyptian Telecom Company (We) announced a price increase of about 31% for home internet and 32% for recharge cards, starting today, Friday.
Mohamed Shamroukh, head of the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority in Egypt, said last October that increasing service prices “has become a must.” Mobile companies operating in the country have been demanding for several months to be allowed to raise the prices of their services after increasing fuel prices and liberalizing the exchange rate of the pound.
The prices of the new Internet services – excluding value-added tax – will range between 210 pounds for 140 gigabyte speed and 1,360 pounds for 1 terabyte speed, instead of 160 pounds and 1,050 pounds, respectively, according to the “We” website.
The prices of the new pre-paid cards – excluding value-added tax – will range between 13 and 38 pounds instead of 10 and 29 pounds.
Internet prices do not include VAT:
-The speed of 140 GB speed increased from 160 pounds to 210 pounds
-The speed of 200 GB increased from 225 pounds to 290 pounds
-The speed of 250 GB increased from 280 pounds to 360 pounds
-The speed of 400 GB increased from 440 pounds to 570 pounds
-The speed of 600 GB increased from 650 pounds to 850 pounds
-The speed of 1 TB increased from 1050 pounds to 1360 pounds
Shipping card prices do not include VAT:
-The price of a 10-pound recharge card increased to 13 pounds
-The price of a 12.5-pound recharge card increased to 16.5 pounds
-The price of a 15-pound recharge card increased to 19.5 pounds
-The price of a 20-pound recharge card increased to 26 pounds
-The price of a 29-pound recharge card increased to 38 pounds
