Iridium begins services in Cairo

As of Saturday a service providing satellite telephone communications to Egypt through the Iridium company is going to start, where there are 66 satellites to cover the globe, transferring knowledge, data, and sonic messages.

Moreover the Egyptian company for communications specified the cost of the service at 1,900 Egyptian pounds for local communications and 2,200 for international communications, while a monthly subscription will cost 230 pounds for local communications and 285 for international.

The price of a minute is specified for 8.8 pounds for local calls, while the per-minute cost for international communications is specified according to the region by which they are communicating.