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Fines over telecommunications equipment: from EGP 100,000 to EGP 5 million
Fine ranges under Article 77 of the Telecommunications Regulation Law, by category of act
"Imprisonment of one to five years and a fine of two million to five million pounds ... for import, manufacture, assembly and marketing, and imprisonment and a fine of one hundred thousand to three hundred thousand pounds ... for possession, use, installation and operation."
Import, manufacture, assembly and marketingplus one to five years in prison
EGP 2 to 5 million≈$41,410 to $103,520
Possession, use, installation and operationplus imprisonment
EGP 100,000 to 300,000≈$2,070 to $6,210
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20×The minimum fine for import and manufacture is 20 times the minimum fine for possession and use.
US dollar figures at EGP 48.30 to the dollar.
Sources: Egyptian Human Rights Forum, 'Programming Silence' report; Article 77 of the Telecommunications Regulation Law as amended by Law No. 172 of 2022