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Phone and Internet Networks Are Being Replaced Across More Than 30 Hurghada Areas, From El Hadaba to the Mamsha

Red Sea Governorate has listed the Hurghada areas where telecom cabling and coverage are being replaced or upgraded — among them El Hadaba, El Kawther, Abu Ashara, the Mubarak housing blocks, the Mamsha and the Tourist Centre. No timetable and no outage warning were published.

14 October 2026

Red Sea Governorate has set out the Hurghada areas where telephone and internet networks are being replaced or upgraded, in an account published by Youm7 on 14 October. The works are described as under way and as part of a governorate-wide push on digital infrastructure for residents and visitors.

For anyone living or working in the city, the practical value is the list itself — whether your street is on it.

Residential and central areas

  • Beirut and El Wafaa
  • El Hadaba
  • El Kawther
  • El Mowazafeen
  • Abu Ashara
  • El Salam
  • El Taqwa
  • El Mallaha
  • El Amal
  • Sheikh Shehat
  • The Bazaars
  • Arabia
  • El Helal
  • The El Furqan Mosque area
  • Zahran
  • The stadium area
  • The youth hostel area
  • El Sayadin, the fishermen's quarter
  • The subdivision behind the Education Directorate on Hegaz Street

Housing schemes and areas around public facilities

  • The 144-unit low-cost housing blocks
  • Mubarak 12
  • Mubarak 5 and the Mubarak 5 extension
  • Mubarak 8
  • Behind the bus station
  • Behind Go Bus
  • Behind Royal Hospital
  • Abu Nawas
  • Abu El Abbas
  • El Qiyadat

Tourist areas

  • The Mamsha, the tourist promenade
  • The Tourist Centre
  • Behind the tourist telephone exchange
  • Toroq El Qura, the villages road
  • Midan Akl
  • El Louloua
  • Princess Talal
  • El Alam

What the announcement does not say

It gives no start or finish dates, does not name the operator carrying out the work, and says nothing about whether phone or internet service will be interrupted while cabling is replaced. No outage warning has been published.

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Sources

Reported by Youm7 on 14 October 2026, from Red Sea Governorate's account of telecom network replacement and upgrade works under way in Hurghada.

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