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The IT sector in Oman looks set to continue expanding on the back of a sharp rise in broadband and mobile phone take-up, together with falling costs across several services. However, while competition in the industry remains fierce, Oman is still struggling to close the gap on a number of its regional neighbours that are edging the Sultanate when it comes to innovation.
A government decision to enact long-awaited mobile number portability (MNP) regulations, together with infrastructure sharing, should go some way towards improving the quality of service in the Nigerian telecommunications market.

At an average of 5.1% between 2003 and 2012, Turkey has experienced one of the world’s highest growth rates over the past decade. This was accompanied by drops in joblessness and poverty, as well as gains in school enrolment, home ownership and life expectancy. 

The trend towards knowledge- and service-based economies is increasingly widespread among emerging and frontier markets, whether they are resource-rich or resource-poor. The benefits of driving growth in the tertiary sector are well known, but the recipes for success are not. However, Ghana’s economic and political stability, combined with its...

Chapter | ICT from The Report: Brunei Darussalam 2013

The government has set a goal of raising ICT’s contribution to the economy from 1.6% of GDP in 2010 to 6% by 2015. Brunei Darussalam has certain demographic advantages, including high literacy and relatively strong per capita consumption of electronic goods, which make this a realistic goal. However, the ICT sector is still quite small and additional work is required to provide better access to...

The expansion of the global ICT industry over recent decades has made it possible for more nations to access and develop local technology. This, however, has also increased competition for countries that are in the early stages of building an IT sector. The Sultanate’s well-educated population and pervasive use of social networking technologies are...

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