Alcatel Egypt signed an agreement with the National Telecom Institute of Egypt (NTI) on Saturday, August 31, 2002, to deliver a technical program to NTI students covering general telecommunication topics as well as instruction on Alcatel specific products.
The program will be carried out on a five-year period starting from the date of the signing of the agreement. The plan is to train a number of students per year whereby each year will consist of six sessions with each session lasting six weeks.
The session will be further divided into two parts: three weeks theoretical training at NTI premises, three weeks practical training at Alcatel Regional Training Center in Cairo. lcatel will also make available its experts to train the trainers.
Furthermore and as a part of the training program, Alcatel will also undergo to train two of NTI staff at Alcatel University in France. This training session will last for a period of six weeks and will take place within the frame of a multi-course training at the University.
This agreement is signed in line with the Egyptian Ministry of Communication and Information Technology's (MCIT) plan to develop the skills of young Egyptian graduates, MCIT hopes to train 5,000 graduates per year during the next five year period.
Alcatel, in the frame of its activities in Egypt and more particularly with the Nile Vision Plus Project, is eager to extend its partnership with MCIT in order for it to realize its training initiatives and address the critical need to build human capacity and skills in the public and private sectors, reported a company press release.
The France-based Alcatel designs, develops and builds communications networks, enabling carriers, service providers and enterprises to deliver content, such as voice, data and multimedia, to consumers anywhere in the world.
With sales of EURO 25 billion in 2001 and 99,000 employees, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries.
Alcatel Egypt, the Egyptian subsidiary of Alcatel, is a telecommunications company that delivers integrated end-to-end voice and data solutions to established and new operators, as well as enterprises and consumers. The company maintains the highest presence of a foreign telecommunication company in Egypt with more than 1,000 employees. – (menareport.com)
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