Cobertura de Egipto

Qué significan las cifras de Egipto

Importan dos números y solo uno es el que cita todo el mundo. La velocidad habitual, 29 Mbps, te dice cómo es un buen momento.

El percentil diez, 6 Mbps, es el que conviene leer. Es la velocidad en la peor décima parte del día, cuando la antena de encima de la estación está llena y todos los que te rodean están en ella. Un país con mediana alta y suelo bajo es un país que funciona de maravilla hasta el momento en que de verdad lo necesitas.

Si el viaje depende de videollamadas o de compartir conexión, planifica con la cifra de hora punta y no con la habitual.

Qué pasa en Egipto cuando la red se satura

La congestión no es una avería, es un martes por la tarde. La pregunta es qué puede hacer tu eSIM al respecto, y en la mayoría de las eSIM de viaje la respuesta es nada: un acuerdo mayorista por país, una red y ninguna salida salvo comprar una segunda eSIM a otro mientras estás de pie en la calle.

Aquí el tráfico de Orbislo va por Vodafone y Orange. Cuando la red en la que estás se degrada te movemos a otra, en mitad del viaje, sin que lo pidas, y te lo contamos después en lugar de interrumpirte en ese momento.

Operadores móviles en Egipto

• Vodafone Egypt: Under the 2026 to 2030 spectrum roadmap, Vodafone Egypt is being assigned 20 MHz in the 1800 MHz band and 100 MHz in the 3.5 GHz band in phases, with the assignments running until 2039.
• e& Egypt: e& Egypt is being assigned 20 MHz in the 1800 MHz band and 100 MHz in the 3.5 GHz band between 2026 and 2030, valid until 2039.
• Orange Egypt: Orange Egypt is being assigned 10 MHz in the 2600 MHz band and 100 MHz in the 3.5 GHz band between 2026 and 2030, valid until 2039.
• Telecom Egypt (WE): Telecom Egypt, which sells mobile service as WE, is being assigned 50 MHz in the 3.5 GHz band under the roadmap, half the 3.5 GHz allocation of each of the other three operators.

El 5G en Egipto

• The regulator NTRA launched 5G on 4 June 2025 across all four operators. Telecom Egypt received its 5G licence in January 2024, and Vodafone Egypt, Orange Egypt and e& Egypt received theirs in October 2024.
• The 2026 to 2030 roadmap adds 410 MHz of spectrum: 40 MHz at 1800 MHz, 20 MHz at 2600 MHz and 350 MHz at 3.5 GHz, the core 5G band. It doubles all spectrum given to mobile since service began in Egypt.
• Egypt first used TDD mobile technology when 130 MHz of 2.6 GHz spectrum was awarded in 2020 and 2022, a band since extended to 2039. Early 5G trials ran at 3.5 GHz in the New Administrative Capital.

Notas sobre la red en Egipto

• Egypt had 126.12 million mobile subscriptions in April 2026, a penetration rate of 112.88 percent, up 8.54 percent on a year earlier, according to the communications ministry and NTRA.
• Since January 2025 all four operators offer Wi-Fi Calling, which carries ordinary mobile calls over Wi-Fi at the same plan prices with no extra charge. It is aimed at high rise buildings and other indoor spots with weak signal, and is switched on in the phone's settings.
• More than 3,000 mobile towers were built in 2024 under a national coverage plan, and the ministry set mid 2025 as the target for full coverage of all major highways and all villages in the Hayat Karima programme.
• NTRA imposes double penalties on operators that fail to meet quality standards, as part of its rules to improve coverage and service performance.
• NTRA runs its own monthly field tests of all four networks in Cairo, Giza, Alexandria, the Delta, the Canal area, the Red Sea and Upper Egypt, including main roads, measuring blocked and dropped calls, speech quality, data speeds and video streaming.