Overview

ZTE establishes training, grants tech to Egypt National Telecommunication Institute

Commitment Year•2010Country of Activity•EgyptSector•CommunicationsFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Sep 30, 2010

Geospatial footprint

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ZTE will set up a training and systems research development center at the NTI premises in the Smart Village. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/648005282.

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

State-owned companies

ZTE Corporation (formerly Zhongxing Telecommunication Equipment Corporation)

Implementing agencies

Miscellaneous Agency Types

National Telecommunication Institute (NTI)

State-owned companies

ZTE Corporation (formerly Zhongxing Telecommunication Equipment Corporation)

Loan desecription

ZTE establishes training, grants tech to Egypt National Telecommunication Institute

Narrative

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Project narrative

On September 30, 2010, Egypt's Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Tarek Kamel, and China's Minister of Industry and IT, Li Yizhong, witnessed the signing of a cooperation protocol between the Chinese company ZTE and the National Telecommunication Institute (NTI). Through this agreement, ZTE will set up a training and systems research development center at the NTI premises in the Smart Village. The center will be equipped with technical devices produced by ZTE, covering the fields of telecommunications, broadband networks and LTE technology. ZTE will also offer training for NTI engineers and teaching staff at its headquarters in China. The project was completed. The amount and start and end dates are unknown.