To what extent would more infrastructure sharing help provide better service for customers?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Muna Al Hashemi, CEO, Batelco: Interview from The Report: Bahrain 2016
Articles & Analysis | New entrants and reforms in Bahrain's telecoms sector increases competition from The Report: Bahrain 2016
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...
Articles & Analysis | Bahraini government seeks regulatory structure to maximise broadband cover from The Report: Bahrain 2016
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...
Articles & Analysis | Bahrain's open regulatory environment in ICT promises ongoing GCC competitiveness from The Report: Bahrain 2016
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...
Chapter | Telecoms & IT from The Report: Bahrain 2016
Bahrain is home to one of the most liberalised telecoms sectors in the Middle East. Although it is a relatively small market, the country is keen to leverage telecommunications to facilitate broader economic growth, with the third National Telecommunications Plan, issued in 2012 and running until end-2015, envisaging the industry as a key enabler of socioeconomic development. Data services...
Low oil prices will undoubtedly continue to be a significant challenge for Bahrain in 2016. However the kingdom’s early moves to diversify its economy mean the country is well placed to weather the storm and non-oil segments are expected to continue performing well in 2016.