A key pillar of Vision 2020, Oman’s long-term development programme, the telecommunications and IT sector in the sultanate has seen major investment in recent years, both from government and the private sector alike. The industry stands on the cusp of a new era in its development, with fresh programmes and plans set to unfold in the months ahead. Under a new five-year...
A key part of the strategy outlined in Vision 2020, the sultanate’s long-term development programme, is the widening and deepening of the country’s IT sector. This is seen by the government as very much part of the effort to diversify the economy away from oil and gas dependency, offering future generations of Omanis the chance to participate in a high value-added,...
As part of the effort to establish a national fibre-optic network, the Ministry of Transport and Communications (Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones, MTC) has launched the construction of the initial 13,000 km of fibre-optic infrastructure to connect 180 provincial capitals in Peru. The $333m project is set to commence deployment in December 2014. Parallel to this...
As the sector becomes more competitive, Peru’s telecommunications environment is being shaken-up by the emergence of new players and better quality of service, as well as by large-scale investments. Over recent years the sector has been galvanised through investment by telecommunications operators aiming to expand coverage. Past efforts are now being compounded by a...
Moving hand-in-hand with a burgeoning economy, Peru’s IT sector has been able to sustain a healthy level of growth. A growing number of companies are investing in IT services as well as in the established domestic hardware sector. Furthermore, rising standards of living are allowing more and more Peruvians to invest in IT equipment and take advantage of the offers...
The telecoms market in Algeria has shown dynamic growth in recent years; as with many emerging markets, the mobile penetration rate has gone from zero to nearly 100% in less than 15 years and the market has demonstrated strong demand for new technologies. The public sector remains a key player via the state-owned operator Algérie Telecom (AT), but the sector has long...
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