Vodafone negotiates with TE to exchange services

Stefano Gastaut, CEO of Vodafone Egypt, said that the company is negotiating with Telecom Egypt (TE) to agree on national roaming and the exchange of services between them.

National roaming is an agreement among operators to use each other’s networks to provide services in geographic areas where they have no coverage.

Gastaut said that TE’s share in Vodafone is in the hands of the parent company, expressing his confidence that the government will find a mechanism to control the partnership so as to ensure the shareholders’ equity.

On the other hand, he said that Vodafone Egypt has not resolved its position in the international gateway’s (IGW) share and that they have almost three months to decide.

Vodafone and Orange were given a period of four months by the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) to resolve their position on whether to purchase the IGW licence or not.