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World Bank: Expanding the scope of the geographic coverage of the fourth generation networks achieves balance

The World Bank said that the expansion of the geographical coverage of the fourth generation networks of the broadcast of the mobile phone and the enhancement of access to the wide wide range of optical fiber technology would help to achieve a balance between the various regions in terms of providing broadband services that are necessary for any digital government that worksAt full capacity, and also in order to accept users on these services.

البنك الدولي: توسيع نطاق التغطية الجغرافية لشبكات الجيل الرابع يحقق التوازن

In a report, the bank added that everyone's obtaining fixed and loaded broadband services at an affordable price in Egypt is an important basis for a digital government that operates at full capacity, and to increase the demand of individuals and business institutions for these digital government services, as well as strengthening a vibrant digital economy in general.

The access to high -speed broadband services that can be relied upon is very important for the full operation of digital government services, whether in the back interface (government networks and digital solutions) or at the front end level (in the face of users), as well as for individualsAnd business institutions in order to be able to take advantage of the available government services via the Internet.

The spread of the Internet in Egypt, which is known as the percentage of residents who use internet services, has reached 57.3% in the fiscal year 2020/2019, up from 41.3% in the fiscal year 2016/2015, in addition, there is a digital gap between urban and rural areas (where the Internet spread rate according to the latest reports reached 68.8% and 47.8% in a row) is an issue that the government seeks to address with investments estimated at about 370 million dollars.

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