Following a relatively slow start in launching 3G services, Saudi Arabia in 2011 became the first country in the region to launch long-term evolution (LTE) mobile broadband. All three Saudi mobile operators now offer the service, which has been rolled out to most major cities and is expected to cover almost all of the country within two years....
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Articles & Analysis | Long-term revolution?: Although take-up of 4G services has so far been slow, growth may come as speed rises from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2013
Articles & Analysis | A win-win situation?: Efforts to utilise and reduce CO 2 emissions with new technology from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2013
Balancing natural resource extraction with environmental concerns often results in for-profit businesses and government regulators struggling to find a middle ground in mitigating environmental damage while still granting companies enough latitude to maintain financially feasible operations. In the case of carbon capture and storage (CCS)...
Articles & Analysis | Spending wisely: Both the state and foreign firms are ramping up investment from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2013
Expenditure on health in Saudi Arabia is low by regional standards in per capita terms; however, it is high as a proportion of GDP and is rising, with the government having significantly boosted the health budget in 2011. Funds committed to the sector under the latest five-year plan have also risen. A number of major state-funded infrastructure...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Khaled Al Sabti, Vice-Minister of Education and Chairman, Tatweer Education Holding from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2013
The education sector is currently undergoing major changes. Could you elaborate on this transformation and the rationale behind it?
Articles & Analysis | Women in the workplace: Blending traditional values with a modern work environment from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2013
In an effort to enable female workers to play a greater role in the economy, the Saudi Industrial Property Authority (MODON) announced in mid-2012 that it had begun to plan an industrial city that would make special provisions for women. Situated at Al Ahsa, near the eastern city of Hofuf, the industrial city will be near enough...
Articles & Analysis | Striking a balance: Efforts to reduce water consumption and wheat production from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2013
Water has become the number one concern for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In formulating its agricultural policy, the need to limit water usage runs through all its policies. The government has long realised that the drain the agriculture sector has been placing on the country’s finite and limited water resources is unsustainable. In 2009...