SIM cards: NTRA rules for foreigners
In person at a branch, passport plus residence, and at most 5 voice and 5 data lines per operator.
A foreigner’s SIM, as the regulator’s page puts it
This is a reading of public pages. It is not legal advice and it is not a Wang Fu price. Figures, fees, and documents follow the linked page on the day you open it.
The National Telecom Regulatory Authority page on SIM sales to individuals:
www.tra.gov.eg/en/mobile-sim-cards-sales-regulations-for-individuals/
A foreigner goes in person to an operator branch, with the original valid passport and a residence document, signs the contract, keeps a copy, and the operator keeps color copies.
The same page’s cap: at most 5 voice lines and 5 data lines per operator on that passport. The SIM follows the residence. If the residence is not updated, the line is disconnected one month after the residence ends.
An Egyptian national ID allows up to 10 voice lines and 5 data lines per operator. The My NTRA app shows “my lines.” Operators named on the app page: Vodafone, Orange, Etisalat, and WE.
No package prices are written here.
Read it together with residence and the bank
Bring the residence document. A tourist visa alone may not be accepted at the branch. The rule is what that branch applies that day under the regulator’s page, not a sidewalk agent.
The number should receive bank texts. When the residence is renewed, update the operator so the line is not cut.
Emergencies do not depend on that SIM: police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180. Sources are in the numbers guide.