The Egyptian Government nationalized the Eastern Telephone Company, which preceded the establishment of Telecom Egypt, for 755,000 L.E. and turned it into Telephones and Telegraph Authority.

King Fouad I inaugurated City Exchange in Ramsis st. (previously Queen Nazly st.).

Markoni Corporation established two wireless stations in Maadi and Abu Za’bal.

Telecom Egypt landlines reached 62000 lines in Egypt

Held the first meeting of the Egyptian Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Authority.

Operated the first international marine cable connecting Egypt and Italy.

Launched the car wireless phone service in Cairo with a capacity of 160 subscribers. Launched the first microwave network between Cairo, Alexandria and As-Salloum to interconnect the Egyptian governorates.

Established the first earth satellite station linking in Maadi with an initial capacity of 120 channels.

Operated the first fiber-optic cable connecting Cairo’s telephone systems.

Subscribed to the international marine cable that connects Asia, Africa and Europe (SEA-ME-WE 1).

Launched Internet services in Egypt.

The first GSM technology for mobile phone was launched through Telecom Egypt.

Transformed the National Telecommunications Authority into Telecom Egypt, a joint stock company.

Introduced the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), the Intelligent Network (IN) services, and the value added services (VAS).

Launched the free internet service in Cairo, which was later extended to all Egyptian governorates. Launched the joint initiative “A Computer for Every Home”, sponsored by Telecom Egypt and the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

Established the largest call center serving Telecom Egypt’s customers across all governorates.Inaugurated the “Phone Boutique” project, that provides manifold services to Telecom Egypt’s customers, and opened 92 branches all over the country.

The public offering of 20% of the company’s total shares for individuals and institutions through the Egyptian government represented by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

Signed a new partnership agreement between Telecom Egypt and Vodafone Egypt to prolong the cooperation agreements between the two parties.

Purchased around 370,000 shares of Vodafone Egypt increasing Telecom Egypt’s shareholder stake to reach 44.95%.

Partnered with IMEWE to extend marine cables.

Telecom Egypt and Alcatel Lucent announced the operation of TE North cable with a capacity of 40 G. /sec. The cable extended across the Mediterranean Sea to provide commercial services using the latest G40 technology system.

: Developed TE’s marine cable by signing an agreement with Seacom/ TATA “2010”, EIG “2010”, and CYTA “2010”.

Launched Telecom Egypt’s re-branding project that marked the start of its journey to become an integrated services provider.

TE celebrates 160 years in the Egyptian market.

TE, in cooperation with the UNESCO, celebrates the Year of Light and adopting the fiber optics technology, which coincides with the company's implementation of its ambitious plan to change its copper network to a fiber optics network, thus providing better voice services and top Internet speed.

Telecom Egypt set a Guinness Record for the largest blood donation campaign.