Google’s search indicators revealed a marked increase of Egyptians’ highest searches for tech brands in the communication and internet sector between 23 and 28 February.

The indicators revealed a 5% increase in searches related to the sector, while search rates for words related to the sector significantly declined between 12 and 18 July by 12%.

According to Google’s search trends in 2015, the communications and internet sector captured the attention of a wide category of Egyptians within the 23 to 28 February period, using Google search engine the most, followed by Yahoo.

In the same period, Egyptians’ Google searches for Samsung increased by 15%, while searches for Vodafone increased by 15%, in addition to Etisalat and Android by 10% each.

Google’s fastest-growing search term within the communications sector was “Huawei”, with an increase of 200%, followed by “HTC 816” by 120%, “TE Data” by 100%, and “WhatsApp” by 60%.