Telecom licence to be activated:Egypt Telecom Minister

Egypt Telecommunications Minister, Atef Helmy said that the country's unified telecom licence for both mobiles and landlines will be activated within three months, according to a media report.

"The unified telecom licence will be activated before June 30, 2014 and the Cabinet has approved the licence and that details will be revealed at a news conference on Wednesday, " said Helmy.

The unified telecom licence would allow telecommunication companies to operate fixed-line and mobile networks, which would in turn allow Egypt's fixed-line monopoly Telecom Egypt to offer mobile services.