The number of mobile phone subscriptions in Egypt grew to 71.5 million as of January last year, 28.03 per cent up from a year earlier, according to government figures. Egypt's three mobile operators -- Etisalat Egypt, Mobinil and Vodafone Egypt -- had 55.848 million subscriptions in January 2010, the figures showed. Egypt is the Arab world's most populous country, with about 79 million people.