Telecom Egypt S Regulatory News (TEEG)

11 Apr 2006 07:00

Telecom Egypt S.A.E11 April 2006 11 April 2006 Telecom Egypt (TE) Announces it's Dividends Distributions Dates Cairo, April 11th 2006: Telecom Egypt (TE) (Ticker: ETEL.CA; TEEG.LN), announcesthe dates for dividends payments to shareholders as shown in the followingtable: Shares Purchase Date 20/4/2006Dividends Payment Date 30/4/2006Coupon Number (1)Coupon Amount/Share EGP 0.50 For further information: Investor Relations Contacts Tarek Tantawy, CFADirector - Investment, Treasury & Investor RelationsTelephone: +202 5788826Fax: +202 5789314 Eman AnisAssistant Manager - Investor RelationsTelephone: +202 5788787Fax: +202 5789314 E-mail: investor.relations@telecomegypt.com.eg Notes to Editors: About Telecom Egypt Telecom Egypt (TE), Egypt's incumbent telecommunications operator, started itsoperations in 1854 with the first telegraph line in Egypt. Then it wascorporatized in 1998 to replace the former Arab Republic of Egypt NationalTelecommunication Organization (ARENTO). The Company is the largest provider offixed-line services in the Middle East and Africa with more than 10.4 millionsubscribers as at the end of December 2005 representing a teledensity of 14.6percent. TE provides retail telecommunication services including access, local, longdistance and international voice, Internet and data, and other services. Thecompany also provides wholesale services including bandwidth capacity leasing toISPs, and national and international interconnection services. Telecom Egypt'sservices also include the provision of narrowband and broadband internet accessthrough its subsidiary TE Data. TE Data has current operations in Egypt, Jordan,and Dubai and has ambitious plans in other parts of the MENA region. Telecom Egypt's shares and GDRs (Ticker: ETEL.CA; TEEG.LN) are traded on theCairo and Alexandria Stock Exchanges and the London Stock Exchange. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange