5th-6th October 2011: Don't forget, Egyptian mobile phone numbers are changing overnight, expect some blips in service!


"Egypt's 76 million mobile phone users can expect a temporary blip in services Thursday morning when caller numbers are revised in a drive to meet surging demand. The changes, due to take place in the early hours of 6 October, will make every Egyptian mobile phone number 11 digits in length. The National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has warned of a potential disruption to all mobile services between the hours of 3am and 6am, lasting anywhere from 30 minutes to 3 hours.


http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/23423.aspx


Refer to this post for further info:  http://oldbagofcairo.blogspot.com/2011/09/egyptian-mobile-phone-numbers-changing.html


This probably also means that those of us using USB dongly things for our internets might get some problems too!


The phone providers are probably going to supply you with tools to change the numbers automatically from 6th October, so don't panic into changing them all manually just yet!