The National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA) is planning to issue 10 virtual internet service provider (ISP) licences in Egypt by December, 2016. According to sources familiar with the matter, the NTRA will issue four licences by April and the remaining six will be issued before the end of the year. The NTRA is trying to combat the illegal line-sharing phenomenon in most of Egypt’s governorates. The service will be offered through the networks of TE Data, Link DSL, Vodafone Data, Etisalat Internet and Noor for a fixed predefined rate while the NTRA will get 3% of revenues generated from the ISPs. The NTRA says that cEGP1.2 billion is lost each year due to illegal connections. (Al Borsa)