Developing the digital infrastructure is one of the foundations on which the three main pillars of Digital Egypt are built. This is the reason why MCIT continues to boost and support vital projects across the country to upgrade its telecom infrastructure, and is concurrent with the efforts of the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) to enhance the service quality provided to citizens. Notable ICT milestones in the country include approving the operation of mobile networks at 40MHz spectrum in the Time Division Duplex (TDD) 2600 MHz band from the total frequencies that Vodafone Egypt, Etisalat Misr and Telecom Egypt obtained for over $1 billion; approving the construction and operation of 2,310 cellular base stations in 2021, an increase of 80% compared with 2020; and approving using voice calls over a 4G LTE network (VoLTE) services for the first time in Egypt.