Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled El-Anany issued a decision obligating all hotel establishments to raise their minimum internet speed.
The minimum internet speed for each hotel is determined according to its classification — whether five, four, or three stars or floating hotels.
This decision comes within the framework of the ministry’s keenness to raise the efficiency of infrastructure and communication services in hotels and tourist resorts in Egypt.
The decision stipulated that a contract with any of the telecommunication service providers licensed to operate in Egypt should be concluded for a period not exceeding one month from the date of Telecom Egypt’s completion of the connection of fibre-optic cables to connect the company’s external network to the communication room of the facility.
The decision also obligates all hotel establishments to provide the minimum standard specifications and technical equipment necessary for internal networks that allow fast connection to the HSIA internet, following the applicable technical specifications and quality standards approved by the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority.
This must be done within a period not exceeding six months from the date of the enforcement of the provisions of this decision for hotel establishments in Sharm El-Sheikh, while the deadline for hotel establishments in the rest of Egypt is 31 December 2022.