Who owns WE?
WE is owned by Telecom Egypt (Egypt, EGX: ETEL).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Telecom Egypt — Consolidated financial statements for the financial year ended 31 December 2025, Telecom Egypt Company, 25 February 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Telecom Egypt Company reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇪🇬 Egypt, Cairo
- Origin
- 🇪🇬 Egypt, Cairo
- Founded
- 2017
- Category
- Telecom › Mobile › Mobile carriers
- Parent ticker
- EGX: ETEL LSE: TEEG
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About WE
WE is the consumer brand Telecom Egypt launched in September 2017 with its own mobile network. The company said this made it the first fully integrated operator in Egypt, selling fixed and mobile voice and data together. Home internet is sold through WE Data, a wholly owned subsidiary. In 2025 Telecom Egypt's mobile, fixed broadband and fixed voice customer bases grew 10%, 8% and 7%, and its home and consumer revenue rose 45% to EGP 52.1 billion.
Ownership timeline of WE
- Current owner Telecom Egypt [1] reported
Where WE sits in Telecom Egypt
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Telecom Egypt ownership tree →
Other brands in mobile carriers, and who owns them
The 26 brands in mobile carriers on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is Maroc Telecom, with 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Gabon Telecom | Maroc Telecom | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
| Safaricom | Vodafone | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| DIGI Portugal | Digi | 🇷🇴 Romania |
| C&W | Liberty Latin America | 🇧🇲 Bermuda |
| Tigo | Millicom | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg |
| by.U | Telkom Indonesia | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| A1 Bulgaria | América Móvil | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| One NZ | Infratil | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
About the owner: Telecom Egypt
Telecom Egypt is a publicly listed company headquartered in Cairo, Egypt, founded in 1998. Brandtree records 1 brand under its control, and it is listed as EGX: ETEL and LSE: TEEG.
Telecom Egypt is Egypt's state-controlled telecoms operator. It took its current form on 27 March 1998, when ARENTO, the national telecommunication organisation set up in 1980, became a joint-stock company. The government owns 70%, after selling 20% in a December 2005 public offering and 10% in 2023; the rest trades in Cairo and as GDRs in London. Its revenue rose 31% in 2025 to EGP 106.7 billion. Besides its own WE network, it holds 44.95% of Vodafone Egypt, which it accounts for by the equity method, and it runs submarine cable and data-centre businesses.
Telecom Egypt: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇪🇬 WE and other Egyptian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 56 brands that began in Egypt. 8 of them (14%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; WE is not one of them.
- Abu Auf — Agthia 🇦🇪
- Air Cairo — EgyptAir 🇪🇬
- Al Borg — IDH 🇪🇬
- Al Shorouk Hospital — Cleopatra Hospitals Group 🇪🇬
- Alexandria Container & Cargo Handling — ACCHCo 🇪🇬
- Bake Rolz — Edita 🇪🇬
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of WE?
The parent company of WE is Telecom Egypt, a publicly listed company headquartered in Egypt.
Is WE Egyptian?
Yes. WE originated in Egypt in 2017 and its owner, Telecom Egypt, is also headquartered in Egypt.
Is WE still owned by Telecom Egypt?
Yes. As of 27 October 2026, WE is still owned by Telecom Egypt. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (3) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Telecom Egypt — Consolidated financial statements for the financial year ended 31 December 2025 — Telecom Egypt Company, Annual report, published 25 February 2026; retrieved 27 October 2026.
- [2] Telecom Egypt Launched its Mobile Operation under the New Brand WE — Telecom Egypt Company, Official press release, published 20 September 2017; retrieved 27 October 2026.
- [3] Telecom Egypt — FY 2025 Earnings Release — Telecom Egypt Company, Official press release, published 26 February 2026; retrieved 27 October 2026.
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