Second Cairo mobile phone service to begin

Misr Phone company began today to receive the bids for participation in the second Egyptian mobile phone network, where the company presented discounts on duties for starting the service to 900 Egyptian pounds on the basis that it will return to 1,500 Egyptian pounds after two weeks with a monthly participation fee of 130 pounds.

The cost of calls is 50 pisaters per minute from 8 a.m to 8 p.m., and 40 pisaters per minute from 8 p.m to 8 a.m.

The first mobil phone company, Mobinil, began the actual service a year ago.