Uptake of new technology is underlining the potential for rapid growth in the Saudi IT sector. Total IT spending in 2013 stood at SR37.3bn ($9.9bn) according to the latest available data from the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), up from SR33bn ($8.8bn) in 2012. This represented a year-on-year increase of 14.2%. Over...
With the Kingdom’s telecoms market moving towards heavier mobile data usage, how can operators benefit from this shift?
Faced with falling penetration rates and declining revenues from voice and messaging services, Saudi Arabia’s big three mobile operators are forging new partnerships and using innovative technology to maintain growth in overall sales.
More rural areas are now receiving 3G and 4G coverage. How is this helping to further integrate these regions into the national economy?
Saudi Arabia is an early adopter of telecommunications technologies. In 2011, for example, the Kingdom became one of the first countries in the region to launch long-term evolution (LTE) mobile broadband services, uptake of which is growing rapidly. Other new technologies and services such as fibre-to-the-home are also being rolled out, and...
Internet services in the Kingdom continue to expand, as the number of Saudis getting online grows. The total number of fixed broadband subscriptions stood at 2.92m as of the end of 2013, up from 2.54m at end-2012, according to the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC). Of these, 1.85m were ASDL subscriptions and 800,000...
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