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development of their numbers to 99.50 million lines in August 2017, compared
to 95.8 million lines in 2014. The number of internet users through cell phones
increased to 31.8 million users in 2017, compared to 20.3 million users in 2014,
with a percentage increase of 56% between the two years. This is what stated
in target 9.C (significantly increase access to information and communications
technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the
Internet in least developed countries by 2020).

Table (2): Some Indicators of the ITC Sector in Egypt, August 2014 - August 2017.

August August August August
Item
2014 2015 2016 2017
Subscribers of Cell phone (million 95.84 93.50 96.25 99.50
line)
Prevalence rate of cell phone (%) 112.19 107.47 108.64 110.34
Users of internet through cell phones 20.28 25.24 28.77 31.78
(million users)
Users of USB Modem (million user) 4.02 4.03 3.36 3.28
International Capacity for Internet 406.5 649.14 961.62 1213.8
(billion b/s) 6
Users of ADSL (million user) 2.93 3.65 4.35 4.92
Percentage of users of internet
through cell phones to total users of 21.16 26.99 29.89 31.94
mobile phones (%)
Total capacity of PBX (million line) 15.42 17.50 15.88 19.21
Number of fixed/land line subscribers 6.85 6.00 6.33 6.27
(million subscriber)
Prevalence rate of fixed/land line (%) 8.15 7.0 7.19 6.8
Number of centrals 1668 1580 1496 1550
Source: Summary Report on Indicators of ITC. Cairo: Ministry of ITC. Issues Dec. 2017, Sept.
2016, and Sept. 2015).

4. Discussion and Conclusion
1. It is proposed to develop a national strategy for big data and to benefit
from international experiences, aiming to reflect cooperation with partners
in the statistical system and partners in the big data issues.
2. It is proposed to form a national team representing the public and private
sectors, civil society organizations and NGOs on the use of big data for
official statistical purposes and production of official data.
3. Activate the use of big data to serve sustainable development goals from
all partners in Egypt.

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