SICO Technology is an Egyptian company which manufactures mobile phones, tablets, and a range of 3G/4G mobile phones and smartphones which include the Nile X smartphone manufactured in Egypt. It was founded in 2003 with its headquarters in downtown Cairo, Egypt.[2][3] The name of the company resembles its nature of business: a silicon industries company for manufacturing telecommunication technologies and products.
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Mobile phones |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 3 Cairo, Egypt Nairobi, Kenya Dubai, UAE |
Area served | Africa and Middle East [1] |
| Products | Cell phones, Smartphones, Tablets |
Number of employees | 150 [1] |
| Parent | ElSayed Salem Group |
| Website | www |
In December 2017, the company announced during the CairoICT annual conference the production of locally manufactured 4G Android smartphones in its Egypt plant located in the industrial zone of the city of Assiut.[4][5][6][7]
Company history edit
SICO has its roots in an old privately held soft drink company founded in 1948 and famous for its soft drinks. In the 1960s, however, it went public and as SICO Egypt and became the local bottler for Coca-Cola, which it remains today.[8]
In 2003, engineer Mohamed Salem, son of the old company's founder, reestablished it with a focus on electronics. It initially provided electronic security and automation services to private and public sector companies and banks in Egypt.[9]
In 2013, the company began entering the electronic device market by manufacturing devices in factories in China under the SICO brand and training Egyptian engineers there and in Germany, until it began partnering with the Silicon Oasis Company, a public firm affiliated with Egypt's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. The factory was set up in the new Asyut Technology Park and currently produces 45% of the components for mobile phones released under the brand with the help of 500 engineers, of whom nearly 200 are residents of Asyut Governorate.[10][11]
References edit
- ^ a b "About us". sico.com.eg. SICO Technology. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ "Sico Nile X Smartphone online announcement". Youtube. SICO Technology. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ "Meet first Egypt-made smartphone NILE X". Think Marketing Magazine. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ "What you need to know about Egypt's first smart phone 'SICO'". Egypt Today. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ "Egypt Launches First Indigenous Smartphone". All Africa. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ "Talk Like An Egyptian". Huffington Post. Huffington Post South Africa. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ "First Egyptian smartphone unveiled at Cairo technology fair". Africa News. africanews.com. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ Yassin, Maysar (December 3, 2017). "حكاية "سيكو".. من "إزازة كازوزة" لأول موبايل "صنع في مصر"". El Watan News. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ Assem, Khaled (October 24, 2020). "موبايل سيكو … التفاصيل الكاملة لأول هاتف ذكي يحمل علامة صنع في مصر". Arageek. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ Al-Sayed, Heba (December 11, 2017). "محمد سالم رئيس شركة "سيكو" لصناعة السيلكون فى ندوة "اليوم السابع": ضخ 1.2 مليار جنيه استثمارات فى أول مصنع لإنتاج الهواتف حتى 2020..موديلات للهاتف المصرى سيتم طرحها بداية من الأسبوع الثالث من ديسمبر, photography by Ahmed Hendy". Youm7. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ Doaa, Jamal (December 3, 2017). "6 معلومات عن الشركة الصانعة للموبايل سيكو المصري "بالصورة"". L2Tat. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
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