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| industry = | | industry = Telecommunications | ||
| founded = | | founded = 2003 | ||
| founders = | | founders = | ||
| ownership = Government | | ownership = Government | ||
| headquarters = | | headquarters = Smart Village, Km 28<br> | ||
| country = | Egypt-Alexandria Desert Road<br> | ||
Building 4 | |||
| country = Egypt | |||
| businesses = | | businesses = | ||
| products = | | products = Mobile and Landline Services<br> | ||
Broadband, WiFi | |||
| employees = | | employees = | ||
| revenue = | | revenue = | ||
| email = | | email = Info[at]tra.gov.eg | ||
| website = | | website = [http://www.tra.gov.eg TRA], [http://www.ntra.gov.eg NTRA] | ||
| blog = | | blog = | ||
| facebook = | | facebook = | ||
| linkedin = | | linkedin = | ||
| twitter = | | twitter = | ||
| keypeople = [[ | | keypeople = Dr. [[Amr Badawi]], Executive President<br> | ||
[[Manal Ismail]], Director of International Technical Coordination Dept.<br> | [[Manal Ismail]], Director of International Technical Coordination Dept.<br> | ||
[[Christine Arida]], Director of Telecom Planning and Services | [[Christine Arida]], Director of Telecom Planning and Services<br> | ||
[[Eng Rasha Sabry]], Alex Office Branch Manager | |||
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'''NTRA''' is the National Telecom Regulatory Authority of Egypt. It provides telecommunication and internet services to its users.<ref>[http://www.mcit.gov.eg/MediaPressSer_Details.aspx?ID=716&TypeID=3 mcit]</ref> It has been governing Internet affairs of Egypt since 2006.<ref>[http://www.ntra.gov.eg/english/dpages_dpagesdetails.asp?ID=397&Menu=7 NTRA]</ref> The company is working actively to increase the number of high speed internet users in Egypt.<ref>[http://www.balancingact-africa.com/news/en/issue-no-318/internet/ntra-cuts-adsl-price/en BalancingAct]</ref> It claims to have 9,652,171 subscribers as of September 2011.<ref>[http://ntra.gov.eg/english/DPages_DPagesDetails.asp?ID=352 NTRA]</ref> To promote the use of landline in Egypt NTRA banned international calls made via Skype in 2010.<ref>[http://itknowledgehub.com/tag/ntra/ ITKnowledgeHub]</ref><ref>[http://www.iana.org/reports/2010/misr-report-21apr2010.html IANA]</ref> | |||
Further NTRA is working for Arabic [[TLD]]s and is the operator for [[???.]]<ref>[http://blog.icann.org/2011/01/status-report-on-the-dns-in-egypt/ ICANN Blog]</ref> It is affiliated with [[ICANN]], [[IGF]], [[IANA]], [[ISOC]] and [[afriNIC]]. | |||
==Events== | |||
NTRA hosted [[ICANN33]] in Cairo from 2 to 7 November 2008 and [[ICANN]] regional meeting from 1 to 3 April 2008.<ref>[http://www.ntra.gov.eg/english/Events_EventsDetails.asp?PID=19&ID=274 NTRA]</ref><ref>[http://www.ntra.gov.eg/english/Events_EventsDetails.asp?PID=19&ID=268 NTRA]</ref> It organized an [[IDN]] workshop in 2006.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-02nov06.htm ICANN]</ref> | |||
The company arranges ICT related seminars, conferences and meetings throughout the year. A complete list of International events by NTRA can be found [http://www.ntra.gov.eg/english/Events_GetEventsList.asp?ID=19 here]. | |||
==External Links== | |||
* NTRA subscribers [http://ntra.gov.eg/english/DPages_DPagesDetails.asp?ID=352 list]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||