Over the past 40 years, Oman’s telecoms market has transformed from a state monopoly to a multi-player market, one that has been marked by an increasingly fast pace of development. As more players have entered the market, fierce competition among operators has helped keep prices down. The sector has enjoyed good growth in recent years; mobile subscribers almost tripled between 2005 and the second...
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Chapter | Telecoms & IT from The Report: Oman 2013
With one of the world’s most commanding positions in the global energy industry and a growing role in regional diplomacy, Qatar has seen many returns on the political and economic investments it has made in the past two decades.
Chapter | Telecoms & IT from The Report: Qatar 2012
The telecoms market is still relatively young in terms of market-driven competition. The market entered a new phase in 2009, when Vodafone Qatar began to operate as the second telecoms provider, bringing an end to Qatar Telecom’s (Qtel) monopoly. The resulting competition has sparked more innovation and brought higher-quality service. Indeed, mobile penetration rates now stand at 142%. Landline...
Chapter | IT & Telecoms from The Report: Jordan 2012
Well-educated IT graduates and low operational costs mean that Jordan is emerging as a key regional IT centre. Indeed, part of the country’s appeal for foreign ICT firms looking to relocate is its workforce, which tends to relatively inexpensive. Moreover, driven by new technologies, rapidly rising domestic internet penetration is boosting the segment. In 2011 a rapid uptake of mobile broadband...
Amid the regional turbulence caused by the Arab Spring, Jordan has navigated a steady course. This is a key advantage that the kingdom offers to foreign investors, who continue to regard the country as a strong base for targeting growth markets in the region and who are stepping up their involvement in core domestic industries such as energy, health care and information technology.
Chapter | Telecoms & IT from The Report: Turkey 2012
Having broken the monopoly of the Turkish Post Telegraph and Telephone Company (PTT) and with the privatisation of Turk Telekom, the prospects for telecoms in Turkey was radically altered. Rapid growth in internet use and the steady uptake of data-capable mobile phones has resulted in a convergence of telephony and internet services that is stressing telecoms infrastructure. However, firms are...