The Egyptian Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology, Mohamed Salem, said it's necessary to pay all technology companies debts before the next year. The minister said all the bids released this year will be a priority for small local and medium companies, according to the Council of Ministers' instructions. Salem assured the ministry is encouraging Open Source Software (OSS) to support local companies to expand their sources. He added the discussion is always rich and beneficial, and priority always goes to small local and medium companies to enhance them.