Egypt March mobile subscriptions up 25 pct

The number of mobile phone subscriptions in Egypt grew by 25 percent to 91.9 million in the year to March, government figures showed on Thursday.

The number of mobile phone subscriptions in February was 91.8 million.

In March 2011, Egypt's three mobile operators, Etisalat Egypt, Mobinil and the Egyptian unit of Vodafone, had 73.65 million subscriptions.