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.
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With mobile penetration already well above 100%, the increasing popularity of high-speed mobile and fixed broadband is proving to be the key to growth in the Omani telecoms sector. Increasing operating costs and declining text usage are cutting into profits, however.
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Sheikh Saud bin Nasser Al Thani, CEO, Qatar Telecom from The Report: Qatar 2012
With ownership of smartphones higher than the proportion of customers with broadband access, how are services being developed to further penetrate this changing market?
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Rashid Al Naimi, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Meeza from The Report: Qatar 2012
What would you identify as major opportunities for information and communications technology (ICT) services going forward?
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Hessa Al Jaber, Secretary-General, Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR) from The Report: Qatar 2012
What are the challenges associated with encouraging the private sector to adopt cloud computing technology, and how are they being addressed?
Articles & Analysis | Hard wired: Broadband seeing major investment push and boosts in fixed and mobile demand from The Report: Qatar 2012
Worldwide, broadband bandwidth is on the rise. Between 2005 and 2010, international bandwidth, measured by bits per second (bit/s) per user grew more than fivefold from 5464 to 28,772, according to the UN’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU). In Arab states, the trend was twice as fast, with bit/s per user growing more than 10-fold. That...