New partnership set to boost
cyberawareness in Egypt
I
n line with the Egyptian government’s
vision of delivering efficient services
to the public, the Misr for Government
Technological Services (E-Serve) has
announced a strategic collaboration with
global cybersecurity solution provider
Kaspersky Lab.
The MoU signed between E-serve and
Kaspersky Lab at Cairo ICT 2018 is aimed
at improving government, organisation
and individual preparedness for an
evolving threat landscape, and elevating
cybersecurity awareness in the country as
new technologies present advanced security
challenges.
With this partnership, E-Serve and Kaspersky
Lab will exchange experience of best
practices in the field of cybersecurity to
The MoU between
E-serve and
Kaspersky Lab
was signed at
Cairo ICT 2018
create a cyberimmune community protected
from various cyberattacks and threats.
Both companies will be working closely
on key security programmes, including
technology and information exchange,
training and awareness initiatives, and
enhance co-ordination for future studies on
joint ventures on cybersecurity.
“E-Serve is delighted to welcome Kaspersky
Lab to its growing community of partners,”
said Mohammad Omar, Business
Development Manager at E-Serve.
“We’re proud to be partnering with a
company that already has a global track
record of supporting entities to uplift
their security portfolio and approach.
We are confident that Kaspersky Lab will
contribute to the success of our journey
and provide us with valuable insights to
achieve our goals.”
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Nokia powers optical service on Telecom Egypt’s
Delta Backbone Network
T
elecom Egypt has adopted Nokia’s
Photonic Service Engine (PSE)
technology to double backbone capacity on
its Delta Region DWDM backbone network.
Commercial deployment of the new high-
speed service started in June and represents
the first 200G long distance, single carrier
transmission service in Africa.
With growth in demand for mobile video
and ultra-broadband services, Telecom
Egypt upgraded its current Nokia 1830 PSS
backbone network. The network capacity
increase brings higher-rate broadband
services to fixed customers, as well as higher
data rates for LTE mobile subscribers.
Photonic Service Engine (PSE) coherent
digital signal processor, this programmability
will allow Telecom Egypt to provision and
tune the wavelength capacity per optical
route to ensure that its network is operated
at peak performance, capacity and lowest
cost-per-gigabit.
Ahmed El-Beheiry, Managing Director and
Chief Executive Officer for Telecom Egypt,
said: “Doubling capacity on our existing
backbone allows us to offer high-speed
broadband and LTE services in addition to
100GE services for mobile operators, while
reducing costs.”
Telecom Egypt has
adopted Nokia›s
Photonic Service
Engine technology
Telecom Egypt is upgrading its backbone
network using the Nokia 500G DWDM
Muxponder, a programmable card that
provides wavelength capacities from 50G
to 250G per line port. Based on Nokia’s
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