Convergence of ICT & Broadcasting Industry in Egypt

Background:

Egypt has got a number of opportunities for convergence in the areas of infrastructure, technology, or services provision. However, the success of those ventures would depend on the availability of a number of critical success factors in the environment where those ventures will be established.

Egypt has got many success factors that rank it among the promising destinations in the field of Convergence of ICT and Broadcasting.

These factors can be summarized as follows

•   Infrastructure providers.

Egypt provides a huge opportunity for establishing backbones and broadband access networks for customers capable of delivering the bandwidth intensive applications. Such opportunity can be success if technological neutrality and access to unbundled network components are to be secured. Regional connectivity is another connectivity that could be explored as harmonized markets becomes a reality.
•   Technology vendors.

Egypt could provide an opportunity for developers of new technologies and software related to digital media processing and wireless technologies provided that an adequate talent pool and a flexible spectrum policy is available. Incubation of concepts and finance for startup companies is another critical factor of success.
•    Service providers.

Companies working in the area of content aggregation and value added services could benefit of the presence of a common market for converged services in terms of customer preferences and regulatory obligations. Reliable regional connectivity is crucial for delivery of interactive and media rich content