Telecom Egypt is Egypt's primary telephone company. It started in 1854 with the first telegraph line in Egypt. In 1998, it replaced the former Arab Republic of Egypt National Telecommunication Organization. The company has a fixed-line subscriber base in excess of 6 million subscribers. Telecom Egypt acquired TE Data in late 2001 to act as its data communications and ISP arm. The company has another IT arm, Xceedcc - Xceed contact center - located in Egypt's Smart Village. Telecom Egypt also owns 44.95% of Vodafone Egypt. Telecom Egypt has adopted the contemporary quality integration trends and established the quality sector in 2001, which is now preparing the whole company to take the ISO 9001-2000 certificate. Its main operational offices are in Cairo, Al Mansurah, Ismailia, Alexandria, Suez, and Tanta. On August 31, 2016, Telecom Egypt became a fully-fledged mobile operator after agreeing to pay E£7.08 billion for a 4G license. On September 18, 2017, Telecom Egypt launched its mobile service, branded as WE. In February 2019, Telecom Egypt signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Nokia for the development of 5G use cases in Egypt. Wikipedia