Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday met with Minister of Telecommunication Amro Talaat and the Executive Chief of Egyptian Space Agency Mohammed Afifi to discuss future usage of the “TIBA-1” satellite, the Presidency’s Spokesperson Bassam Radi announced. Sisi called to ensure that the satellite be utilized with the utmost optimization for governmental communications within the administrative body and the New Administrative Capital. The project will help promote governmental services and comes as part of the state’s strategic digitization project. Based on the Eurostar E3000 satellite platform, TIBA-1 was developed by Airbus for operation by Egypt’s government and Thales Alenia Space. It will support all state agencies in the fight against crime and terrorism, and contributes to providing broadband Internet services for government and commercial purposes.

Source: Egypt Independent January 10, 2021 08:59 UTC