January 31, 2026
In light of the increasing dissatisfaction of users in Egypt with the speed of consumption of Internet packages, the House of Representatives, represented by the Communications and Information Technology Committee, is studying proposals aimed at providing “borderless Internet” that keeps pace with the growing needs of consumers, according to what the committee’s representative, Maha Abdel Nasser, stated to local media.
Citizens complain that they are forced to renew their packages more than once a month because they run out quickly, which raises the cost of service, especially with the increase in Internet consumption resulting from the development of modern devices and screens.
Four main telecommunications companies operate in the Egyptian market: “Telecom Egypt”, “Vodafone”, “Orange”, and “E&Misr”, all of which offer packages limited to a certain amount of data per month. Abdel Nasser explained that providing unlimited internet will enable users to consume data freely without restrictions on size, in exchange for a fixed monthly subscription, similar to what exists in some Gulf countries such as Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, and Kuwait, where open packages are more expensive than limited packages.
For his part, the official spokesman for the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Mohamed Ibrahim, indicated that complaints about packages running out quickly may be related to improving the terrestrial network infrastructure using optical fibers and expanding the scope of fifth generation services, which leads to increased data consumption by users.
In a related context, social media users launched campaigns under the slogan “Unlimited Internet in Egypt” and “Unlimited Internet in Egypt,” demanding the provision of an open Internet service that allows the use of data without limits, noting that Internet speed is often determined after consuming a specific amount of data, even in packages that are advertised as unlimited.
