Although the domestic market for IT products has grown in the past few years, the National Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Strategy 2013-17 recognises that supporting expansion will require a renewed focus on exports. The kingdom’s companies have been quite successful in marketing their wares abroad. Export revenues rose from just...
In 1961, Jordan’s first automatic telephone service was introduced, with roughly 5000 lines in operation. Since then, the country has come a long way, becoming the second in the region to launch GSM services, after Qatar. Until the 1990s, the government was the sole telecoms operator in the country, after which time the authorities began to open the...
The mobile sector in Jordan is marked by stiff competition. Indeed, in its 2012 Cellular Competition Intensity Index Amman-based Arab Advisors Group said the kingdom had the most competitive mobile telephony market in the region after Saudi Arabia, having evaluated the number of operators and services available in 19 Middle East and North Africa (...
The calibre of Jordan’s human resources is a key factor behind its emergence as a regional IT centre, but the sector faces challenges on the labour front, including the need to ensure that the country’s universities continue to produce graduates up to speed with the latest technology. The government and the private sector are undertaking a range of...
The telecoms market in Jordan benefits from being largely liberalised and highly competitive, particularly in the mobile sector, which dominates the voice and internet segments in terms of subscriptions. In the early days of mobile phone technology Jordan was something of a pioneer, but fell slightly behind on the implementation of 3G. However, by...
In March 2010 Orange became the first operator to launch a 3G mobile service in Jordan, having acquired a 15-year licence – including a one-year exclusivity deal – the previous year. Zain joined Orange with the launch of its mobile broadband service in March 2011, with a network that uses HSPA+-based infrastructure. Then in January 2012 Jordan’s...
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