TE - Announces a Change to its Board of Directors

Cairo, 14 November 2011: Telecom Egypt (TE) (Ticker: ETEL.CA; TEEG.LN), today announced a change to its Board of Directors with immediate effect. 

Mr. Moaz Kamel Helfaya has been appointed to Telecom Egypt's Board of Directors as the employees' representative, replacing Mr. Adel Hussein Abdel Aziz. The change has been made in compliance with a court ruling to dissolve the existing employee syndicate representation on the board of directors and instead to appoint an interim committee to manage the syndicate's affairs.

Mr. Helfaya has been a board member of the Company's loyalty fund since 2009 and has also acted as the long-standing Deputy Secretariat of Bani Sweif employees union. Helfaya joined the Company in 1972.

 Commenting on the changes, Mr. Akil Beshir, Chairman of Telecom Egypt said:

"We would like to thank Mr. Adel Hussein for his contribution to the board of directors. In addition, the board of directors looks forward to the valuable input of Mr. Moaz Kamel Helfaya, who is one of the most prominent syndicate members in the Company and will undoubtedly be an effective employee representative."

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Notes to Editors:

Within this statement, we may make forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future performance of the Company. By their very nature, forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, and risks exist that the predictions, forecasts, projections and other forward-looking statements will not be achieved. You should be aware that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the plans, objectives, expectations, estimates and intentions expressed in such forward-looking statements. When relying on forward-looking statements, you should carefully consider the political, economic, social and legal environment in which Telecom Egypt operates. Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the time of this release today. Accordingly, Telecom Egypt does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any of them, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise other than as required by applicable laws, the Listing Rules or Prospectus Rules of the United Kingdom Listing Authority, the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority or The Egyptian Exchange. The documents filed from time to time with these authorities may identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.

About Telecom Egypt

Telecom Egypt (TE), Egypt's incumbent telecommunications operator, started its operations in 1854 with the first telegraph line in Egypt. Then it was corporatized in 1998 to replace the former Arab Republic of Egypt National Telecommunication Organization (ARENTO). The Company is the largest provider of fixed-line services in the Middle East and Africa with 8.6 million subscribers as at 30 September, 2011.

TE provides retail telecommunication services including access, local, long distance and international voice, Internet and data, and other services. The company also provides wholesale services including bandwidth capacity leasing to ISPs, and national and international interconnection services. Telecom Egypt's services also include the provision of narrowband and broadband internet access through its subsidiary TE Data. TE Data has active operations in Egypt and Jordan.

TE currently participates in the mobile segment in Egypt by providing mobile interconnectivity through its current, increased 44.95% holding in Vodafone Egypt, one of the three existing Egyptian mobile operators. TE's shares and GDRs (Ticker: ETEL.CA; TEEG.LN) are traded on the Egyptian Exchange and the London Stock Exchange.