VP for Commercial Affairs

7 Mar 2007 14:13

Telecom Egypt S.A.E07 March 2007 Telecom Egypt appoints VP for Commercial Affairs Cairo, 7th March, 2007: Telecom Egypt's board of directors has appointed Mr.Fouad Yasser El-Badrawy as Vice President for Commercial Affairs. Accordingly,Mr. Ali Gamal El-Din Salama's title will be amended to Vice President forFinancial Affairs. - Ends - For further information: Investor Relations Contacts Tarek Tantawy, CFADirector of Investment, Treasury & Investor RelationsTelephone: +202 5788111Fax: +202 5789314 Eman AnisInvestor Relations ManagerTelephone: +202 5788787Fax: +202 5789314E-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 10.7 million subscribersas at the end of September 2006 representing a teledensity of 14.9 percent. 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 andJordan. TE currently participates in the mobile segment in Egypt by providing mobileinterconnectivity through its current, increased 48.97% holding in VodafoneEgypt, one of the two existing Egyptian mobile operators. TE's shares and GDRs (Ticker: ETEL.CA; TEEG.LN) are traded on the Cairo andAlexandria Stock Exchanges and the London Stock Exchange. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange