Egyptian cell phone users number 76.4 million while Egyptian landlines number 9.2 million, according to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT). Vodafone Egypt held the most subscribers, with 33.8 million, with Mobinil following closely with 30.3 million. Etisalat services 12.2 million mobile users. Last September, MCIT said it was studying issuing a fourth mobile operator license in 2013. The other three operators said granting a fourth license is not economically feasible, saying the market has already reached saturation. Telecom Egypt, which operates most landline telephones, is facing challenges as its subscriptions decline relative to mobile phones, despite the price of landline service being the lowest ever.