Egypt- Vodafone invests EGP 4.5bn to develop its technological sector: Tech Director

Vodafone Egypt's technology sector invested over EGP 4.5bn, of the total investments estimated by EGP 9.5bn, over the last 15 months in developing and improving the company's services in Egypt, Technology Director Osama Said, said.

Said added that the technology sector invested more than EGP 420m for the network development sector, to ensure that the network is completely developed. Moreover, networks will be provided with alternative energy solutions to face the electricity outage crisis. Stations were provided with more than 600 electric generators, 50,000 batteries, and 150 solar energy stations, which the company aims to increase to 180 by the end of this year.

Said declared that 85% of the company's network depends on commercial electric current, while the other 15% depends on alternative energy. He pointed out that Egypt changes the network's batteries every two years, while this is done in the UK every seven years, due to the regular outages in Egypt, which sometimes last for several hours.