Art. 22 of Law No. 180 of 2018 stipulates that the provision of content transfer services (whether recorded or live broadcast) is not permissible from within the Arab Republic of Egypt to a media outlet or a website operating from outside the Republic, except after obtaining a license from the Supreme Council for Media Regulation and in accordance with the rules and conditions the Authority sets.

According to Art. 59 of Law No. 180, it is not permissible to establish or operate any media outlet or website before obtaining a license from the Supreme Council for Media Regulation, and the Supreme Council shall determine the conditions and requirements for the license. The term "website" is defined in Art. 1 as "the licensed page, link or application through which press, media or advertising content is provided, whether textual, audio, visual, static, animated or multimedia, issued under a specific name, with a specific electronic address and domain and created, hosted or accessed through the International Information Network (Internet)".

Egypt does not have a comprehensive framework in place that provides effective protection of trade secrets, but there are limited measures addressing some issues related to them. Arts. 55–61 of Book One of Law No. 82 of 2002 on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights provide some general information about trade secrets. Moreover, Art. 55 defines undisclosed information and Art. 58 defines what constitutes unfair commercial practices and the illicit acquisition and misappropriation of undisclosed information. However, unlike many other jurisdictions, Egyptian law puts a firm onus on the proprietor and/or owner of the undisclosed information to have adequate safeguards against the acquisition of the information. When no such adequate safeguards are judged to have been in place, the owner or proprietor of the undisclosed information is potentially held to also be liable for any illicit acquisition and misappropriation. Art. 57 states that “the person who is lawfully in control of such (undisclosed) information shall not be exempt from liability when others infringe the information unless he proves that he has exerted reasonable and adequate efforts to preserve such information.

According to Art. 16 of the Resolution No. 418 of 2020, issuing the executive regulations for the law regulating the press and media and the Supreme Council for Media Regulation promulgated by Law No. 180 of 2018, licensed media and websites must retain all broadcast materials for no less than one year from the broadcast date. They must also deposit a copy of it to the Supreme Council on a monthly basis. The term media is defined as any terrestrial or satellite television channel or wired, wireless or electronic radio station. The term website is defined as the licensed page, link or electronic application through which press, media or advertising content is provided, whether fixed, animated or multimedia, issued under a specific name, with a specific electronic address and domain, and created, hosted or accessed through the international information network (Internet).

It is reported that there is an obligation for passive infrastructure sharing in Egypt to deliver telecom services to end users. It is practised both in the mobile and fixed sectors based on commercial agreements.

Art. 8 of Egypt's Law No. 151 of 2020, Promulgating the Personal Data Protection Law, requires any controller or processor to appoint "a competent employee to be responsible for the protection of Personal Data, inside its legal entity and among its personnel structure. This employee shall be registered in the register designated for the Data Protection Officers at the Center" (Data Protection Center). In addition, according to Art. 5.12, processors outside of the Arab Republic of Egypt are required to appoint a representative in the country.

Law No. 10 of 2003 sets restrictions on Telecom Egypt, which is the monopoly operator of the fixed internet services and infrastructure market. Art. 63 stipulates that "the shares of Telecom Egypt can be offered for sale at a partial value of the Company capital upon a decree from the Cabinet with the condition that the greater part of the capital remains State-owned".

Art. 3.5 of Resolution No. 151 stipulates that "The Data Protection Centre shall, upon the request of the national security authorities, notify the controller or processor to amend, delete, not display or provide or handle the personal data, within a specified period of time, according to national security considerations, and the controller or processor shall implement the contents of the notification within the period of time specified therein." It is reported that there are no clear or precise rules as to when the national security authorities can request access to the personal data maintained by the controller/processor. The main requirement is that the request made by the national security authorities to access the personal data must be for the purpose of national security.

It is reported that the government owns 70% of Telecom Egypt's shares, and the rest are free to float. In addition, Art. 63 of Law No. 10 of 2003 stipulates that the shares of Telecom Egypt can be offered for sale at a partial value of the Company capital upon a decree from the Cabinet with the condition that the greater part of the capital remains State-owned.

It is reported that Egypt does not mandate functional separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom market. However, there is an obligation of accounting separation.

Art. 64 of Law No. 10 of 2003 on Telecommunication Regulations requires each operator and provider, at their own expense, to provide within the telecommunication networks licenced to them, all technical possibilities, including equipment, systems, software and communications, to enable the armed forces and national security entities to exercise their powers within the law. This could include capabilities for decrypting encrypted communications. Contravention of this prohibition is a criminal offence punishable by imprisonment and a fine of between EGP 10,000 and 100,000 (approx. 635 and 6350 USD).

Only Egyptian joint-stock companies incorporated in accordance with Egyptian law can apply for and obtain Internet Service Provider (Class A) and Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) Licenses in Egypt. This means that ISPs and VOIP services of foreign providers with no commercial presence in Egypt and minimum Egyptian stocks are not permissible in Egypt.

Egypt has appended the World Trade Organization (WTO) Telecom Reference Paper to its schedule of commitments.

Egypt has a telecommunications authority: The National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Egypt (NTRA). However, it is reported that the decision-making process of this entity is not fully independent from the government.

According to Art. 16 of the Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 418 of 2020 Issuing Executive Regulations for Law No. 180 of 2018 on Press, Media and the Supreme Council for Media Regulation, all companies having a licence from the Supreme Council for Media Regulation (SCoM) to operate and distribute recorded or live content in Egypt, whether through satellite or the internet, are required to store all content for at least one year in a server that is located at a secure location in Egypt. The location may not be changed without prior approval from the SCoM.