CAIRO –
Eco:The National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) and the mobile operators
in Egypt have agreed on promoting e-transactions by offering promotions on
their services to citizens charging their balance using e-payment ...
either
through the mobile application of each company or through the e-cash service.
Citizens shall receive 30 times the charged balance as free minutes and units
when using e-payment, with the offer being valid for a month and maybe more.
The aim is to encourage citizens to charge
their mobiles using e-payment methods, without having to leave the house, and
promote working from home. This comes in light of the Minister of
Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat’s directives for
supporting education, with school as university being suspended.
This also comes within the framework of the
policies that target encouraging citizens to rely on e-transactions, and
providing alternative technological solutions that save them from having to
leave the house except when necessary. This is in addition to supporting school
and university students to pursue their coursework, online, during the suspension
period, as part of the precautionary measures taken by the state to face
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
The Ministry of Communications and
Information Technology (MCIT) launched a number of initiatives for supporting
education during the suspension period, in coordination with the Ministry of
Education and Technical Education, the Ministry of Higher Education and
Scientific Research, NTRA and the mobile operators in Egypt.
Initiatives include increasing home
internet monthly download quota for all subscribers by 20%, at a cost of EGP
200 million, borne by the state; enabling free access to the Ministry of
Education and Technical Education, and the Ministry of Higher Education and
Scientific Research’s websites that provide the educational content for students,
and providing special e-platforms for this purpose.
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