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Egypt
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Communications
Egypt
Telephone
Country code: 20.
Mobile Telephone
Roaming exist with many international mobile phone companies. Coverage is limited to Cairo, Alexandria and along the north coast line of the Red Sea from Suez to Sharm el-Sheikh and the major towns along the Nile.
Internet
There are Internet cafes in the main cities, including Cairo, Alexandria, Dahab and Luxor. Tourists can also access the Internet in hotels.
Post
The postal system is efficient for international mail. Airmail takes about five days to western Europe, and eight to 10 days to the USA.
Post office hours: Daily 0830-1500 except Friday; the central post office in Cairo is open 24 hours.
Media
The Egyptian press is one of the most influential and widely read in the region, while Egyptian TV and film industry supplies much of the Arab-speaking world with shows from Media Production City, an enterprise launched with a view to creating the "Hollywood of the East". Press laws which allow prison sentences for libel and "insults" have encouraged self-censorship on sensitive issues.
Egypt has two state-run national TV channels and six regional channels. It is a key player in satellite TV. Egypt was the first Arab nation to have its own satellite, Nilesat 101. The country's first private TV stations came on air in 2001, broadcasting via satellite. The state monopoly on radio broadcasting was broken with the arrival of private, commercial music stations in 2003.
Press
The most influential Egyptian daily is Al-Ahram; the oldest English newspaper in the Arab world is the Egyptian Gazette; others include Al-Akhbar and several weekly and periodical publications. The Middle East Observer is the main weekly English-language business paper. Al-Ahram Weekly is also published in English.
TV
• State-run Egypt Radio Television Union (ERTU) operates domestic networks; it also operates satellite networks such as Nile TV International, which broadcasts some programmes in English and Hebrew.
• Dream TV, a privately owned satellite network, operates Dream 1, targeting young viewers, and Dream 2, an entertainment channel.
Radio
• Egypt Radio Television Union (ERTU) operates eight national networks and external services Radio Cairo and Voice of the Arabs.
• Nile FM and Nogoum FM are private stations. Nile FM broadcasts Western pop while Nogoum FM broadcasts Arabic pop.
Telephone
Country code: 20.
Mobile Telephone
Roaming exist with many international mobile phone companies. Coverage is limited to Cairo, Alexandria and along the north coast line of the Red Sea from Suez to Sharm el-Sheikh and the major towns along the Nile.
Internet
There are Internet cafes in the main cities, including Cairo, Alexandria, Dahab and Luxor. Tourists can also access the Internet in hotels.
Post
The postal system is efficient for international mail. Airmail takes about five days to western Europe, and eight to 10 days to the USA.
Post office hours: Daily 0830-1500 except Friday; the central post office in Cairo is open 24 hours.
Post office hours: Daily 0830-1500 except Friday; the central post office in Cairo is open 24 hours.
Media
The Egyptian press is one of the most influential and widely read in the region, while Egyptian TV and film industry supplies much of the Arab-speaking world with shows from Media Production City, an enterprise launched with a view to creating the "Hollywood of the East". Press laws which allow prison sentences for libel and "insults" have encouraged self-censorship on sensitive issues.
Egypt has two state-run national TV channels and six regional channels. It is a key player in satellite TV. Egypt was the first Arab nation to have its own satellite, Nilesat 101. The country's first private TV stations came on air in 2001, broadcasting via satellite. The state monopoly on radio broadcasting was broken with the arrival of private, commercial music stations in 2003.
Egypt has two state-run national TV channels and six regional channels. It is a key player in satellite TV. Egypt was the first Arab nation to have its own satellite, Nilesat 101. The country's first private TV stations came on air in 2001, broadcasting via satellite. The state monopoly on radio broadcasting was broken with the arrival of private, commercial music stations in 2003.
Press
The most influential Egyptian daily is Al-Ahram; the oldest English newspaper in the Arab world is the Egyptian Gazette; others include Al-Akhbar and several weekly and periodical publications. The Middle East Observer is the main weekly English-language business paper. Al-Ahram Weekly is also published in English.
TV
• State-run Egypt Radio Television Union (ERTU) operates domestic networks; it also operates satellite networks such as Nile TV International, which broadcasts some programmes in English and Hebrew.
• Dream TV, a privately owned satellite network, operates Dream 1, targeting young viewers, and Dream 2, an entertainment channel.
• Dream TV, a privately owned satellite network, operates Dream 1, targeting young viewers, and Dream 2, an entertainment channel.
Radio
• Egypt Radio Television Union (ERTU) operates eight national networks and external services Radio Cairo and Voice of the Arabs.
• Nile FM and Nogoum FM are private stations. Nile FM broadcasts Western pop while Nogoum FM broadcasts Arabic pop.
• Nile FM and Nogoum FM are private stations. Nile FM broadcasts Western pop while Nogoum FM broadcasts Arabic pop.
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