The Communications and Information Technology Ministry is considering increasing the 15 percent sales tax on mobile phone users, Minister Hany Mahmoud said Thursday.
He did not specify by how much.
Mahmoud also said the increase for prepaid phone cards, used by 80 percent of users, would be paid for by the service providers.
There are 90 million subscribers to Egypt's three telecommunications networks, Etisalat, Vodafone and Mobinil, according to the ministry.
Finance Minister Momtaz al-Saeed had in previous statements said that he was discussing the increase with Mahmoud, reports that the latter had initialy denied.
