National Telecom Regulatory Authority and the Arab Republic of Egypt Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

The eMisr National BroadbandPlanis a two staged plan to address the development of the broadband market in Egypt. Its first phase, “A Framework for Broadband Development”,proposes a list of strategic options and recommendations to achieve set targets byaddressingsupply and demand constraints. As a second phase, a“Broadband Action Plan”, is to follow in Q22012and will be the execution arm of eMisr. It will detail, based on eMisr, a list of action items with timelines and responsibilities needed for the execution of the plan.This is expected to be done, through different task forces and in collaboration with all stakeholders of the Egyptian broadband industry. The plan is envisaged to create a robust national broadband ecosystem to meet Egypt‟s needs for 21st century.

ICT has been a part of Egypt‟s national development strategy for the past decade, and the Government has been developing a framework to move the country into the information age, through promoting partnerships of public, private, civil society and multilateral stakeholders. However, the reform wave has stimulated the Egyptian government to speed up the deployment of services and enhance the currentbroadband infrastructure. The tremendous demand for more bandwidth coupled with consumers‟ appetite for video-content, news, and multi-media services have led the NTRA to introduce a new ICT strategy for broadband: the“eMisr National Broadband Plan”.