Investment in telecommunications and information technology for the 2011/2012 fiscal year was estimated to be 13.9 billion EGP (U.S. $2.34 billion) by a report from the Egyptian Ministry of Planning. Telecommunications investment reached 11.3 billion EGP (U.S. $1.9 billion), while information technology accounted for 2.6 billion EGP (U.S. $430 million) of investment. Private investors made up 85 percent of investment at 11.8 billion EGP (U.S. $2 billion). The report said the private sector is aiming to develop a mail service, including the establishment of post offices across the country. According to the report, the telecommunications and information technology sector has suffered since the January 25 Revolution. Mobile phone service was shut down on January 28 and Internet service was cut for 5 days. When government investment stopped last February and March, fears for the industry increased, especially that services would be outsourced. According to the report, the National Plan for Communications has a set of general goals, including increasing exports to two billion dollars by 2013, expanding large investments in infrastructure, and developing human resources in the telecommunications and information technology sector. Finally, the report underlined the importance of increasing Egypt's share of programming exports by developing Egyptian relations with the EU and South East Asia countries. Arabic here