EGYPT Law and Practice Contributed by: Ibrahim Shehata, Hesham Kamel, Hana ElBarbary and Dima Mazen, Shehata & Partners
Application process Media services – applications must include: • applicant’s signature or legal representative; • applicant’s name, nationality and address; • website or media means name, activity, finan - cial resources, editorial and administrative structures; • responsible broadcasting and programme manager’s names, budget and broadcasting location; • identification card (for natural persons) or commercial register (for juristic entities); • newspaper website and broadcasting loca - tion; • proof of fee payment (EGP250,000); and • compliance with the SCMR code of ethics. Websites – applications must include: • commercial register and tax card; • copies of ID cards of website owners; • memorandum and articles of association (for juristic persons); • directors’ names, nationality and IDs; • budget and financial statements (for juristic persons); • trade mark registration certificate; • undertaking to avoid transmitting illegal con - tent; • lease or title deed of management location, notarised; and • proof of fee payment (EGP50,000).
ventions Regulations (Ministerial Decree No 667 of 2017) and Equipment Licensing Requirements (Ministerial Decree No 258 of 2003). Telecommunications Services and Activities These encompass various services and activi - ties: • fixed services – landline and data services, including internet connectivity and global peering services; • wireless services – mobile networks, message services and value-added services; • satellite services – telecommunications via satellite, global mobile communications by satellite and satellite broadcasting services; • international services – establishing and oper - ating international telecoms gateways; • infrastructure leasing – establishing, operating and managing telecoms infrastructure, use of frequencies, and access to closed urban communities; • telecommunications equipment – using, assembling and manufacturing telecoms equipment; and • data hosting and cloud computing – cloud computing service providers and public data centres. Licences and Permits There are two types of authorisation required from the NTRA: • licences – needed for establishing or operat - ing telecoms networks, services, using radio frequencies, and passing international calls; and • permits – required for importing, trading, manufacturing and assembling telecoms equipment.
6. Telecommunications 6.1 Scope of Regulation and Pre- Marketing Requirements
This sector is primarily governed by the Tele - communications Law (see “Legal Framework” in 1.1 Key Challenges ), with additional regulations issued by the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology, such as the Contra -
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