National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
NTRA main campus at Smart Village, Egypt | |
| Abbreviation | NTRA |
|---|---|
| Formation | 29 December 2003 |
| Type | Statutory corporation |
| Legal status | Established in accordance with the Egyptian Telecom Regulation Law No. 10/ 2003 |
| Purpose | Regulator and Competition Authority anticipate and lead the reform of the telecommunication market and develop the telecom industry. |
| Headquarters | Cairo, Egypt |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 30°04′02″N 31°01′18″E / 30.067260°N 31.021605°E |
Region served | Egypt |
Official language | Arabic |
Chairman (President) | Eng. Amr Talaat |
Executive President | Eng. Hossam El-Gamal |
| Website | tra |
The National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Arabic: الجهاز القومي لتنظيم الإتصالات, Al-Gehaz Al-Qawmy l-Tanzeem Al-Etisalat), commonly known as NTRA, is the Egypt government-approved regulatory and competition authority that was established in accordance of the Egyptian telecommunication regulation law No. 10/ 2003 as the national Authority equipped to regulate and administer the telecommunications region. Regulating the competition environment between the operators inside the industry according to the Egyptian constitution was a huge mandatory case after the huge rate of telecommunication technology growth, as well as ensuring the availability of qualitative and green telecommunications services.
The Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) corporations have supported the Egyptian constitutions rules through a selection of channels, of strong nationwide telecommunications infrastructure paved the manner for the development of a number of important telecommunications sectors.