Telecoms operators across Bahrain have become increasingly spectrum-hungry over the past few years. Since the late 2000s, when uptake of smart-phones began to rise sharply, then-existing 3G capacity started to look increasingly inadequate. At the same time, margins of voice services have continued to decline, prompting telecoms firms to seek...
Bahrain has a history of involvement with telecoms that dates back to 1864, when the island became a way station for the telegraph cable link between India and Europe. It was the first country in the Middle East to install a mainframe computer (at the Bahrain Petroleum Company, BAPCO, in 1962), to install a satellite station (1969) and to...
Bahrain is home to one of the most liberalised telecoms markets in the Middle East. Although it is a relatively small market, with a population of 1.3m in 2014, according to the Central Informatics Organisation, its official statistics agency, the country is keen to leverage the telecoms sector to facilitate broader economic growth, and the...
In common with those in many other Gulf countries, the medical system in Bahrain has traditionally relied on foreign personnel to meet a large proportion of its staffing needs. This is partly for historical reasons – the first modern hospitals in the region were set up by American missionaries – and partly due to population size – Bahrain’s...
Home to the first modern hospital in the region, founded by American missionaries in 1902, Bahrain has one of the oldest health care sectors in the Gulf. Over the course of the 20th century, the country developed a comprehensive health care system, substantially modernised with a large injection of funds during the 1970s oil boom. Now the...
With the first modern school in the Gulf set up in the country in 1919 and the first girls’ school opened in 1928, Bahrain has one of the longest histories of education in the region. Successive governments have made education a priority, and Bahrain is today home to a comprehensive education system, from nurseries to universities. The country...
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