CAIRO, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Vodafone Egypt and Etisalat haverequested fourth-generation mobile phone service licences inEgypt, an official at the telecom regulator said on Saturday.
"Meetings are ongoing between the two companies and theregulator," the official said.
Egypt is selling four 4G licences as part of a long-awaitedplan to reform the telecoms sector and raise money for stretchedgovernment finances.
The country's three existing mobile phone operators -Orange, Vodafone and Etisalat - initially all turneddown the 4G licences saying the amount of spectrum on offer wasnot sufficient to allow them to offer the service efficiently. (Reporting by Asma Alsharif; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
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