NOOR: the first steps towards providing advanced technologies in Egypt

Source: Al Gomhuria

A cooperation agreement was signed between NOOR Advanced Technologies, Cisco Systems and NCR Corporation. The details of this agreement will enable NOOR to operate Frame Relay Services, Virtual Private Network (VPN) services, Data transfer and Global Hosting thanks to the communications network to be provided by Cisco and based on multi-service IP & ATM networking technology.

Dr. Basel Dalloul, NOOR’s Chairman and CEO, states that “our mission at NOOR is to provide Free Internet access for Egypt, the Middle East and North Africa in order to encourage other businesses to benefit from the Information Technology era”.
While Eng. Hossam Ragheb, NOOR’s General Manager, added, “NOOR will be supported by the latest technological achievements, and that will ultimately benefit the Internet users.”

Eng. Yasser El Kady, Cisco’s Country Manager, commented, “The Free Internet access project is starting in Egypt because it is here that the relevant experience and expertise can be found. Egypt is a center of Information Technology in the region, and extending e-business cooperation between the Middle East and North Africa is foreseen.”

Providing this enhanced Internet access is a national project that will provide varied benefits such as strengthening the efficiency and skills of Egyptian and Arab youth, thereby enabling them to face the twenty-first century fully prepared.