Egypt’s Mobile Operators "Reroute Network" Traffic After Ramses Central Office Fire

Egypt’s three major mobile network operators—Vodafone Egypt, Orange Egypt, and Etisalat by e& Egypt—have begun rerouting their network traffic to alternative switching centers across the country following a fire that broke out early Wednesday at the Ramses Central Office in downtown Cairo.

The fire, which disrupted core telecommunications infrastructure, prompted an immediate emergency response from telecom providers to safeguard service continuity. Key alternative hubs currently handling redirected traffic include El Obour and El Hosary switching centers, among others.

Sources within the telecom sector confirmed to The Journal that the operators activated contingency plans designed for critical outages. These measures involve the technical redistribution of voice call routing and data services (network traffic) to backup facilities to prevent widespread service degradation.

“The network load has been successfully distributed across other central exchanges with minimal impact on end users,” said a senior telecom engineer involved in the process, who requested anonymity due to lack of authorization to speak publicly. “The goal is to maintain stability while the damaged facility is being assessed and repaired.”