A third of a century after Qatar launched its first public phone service in 1953 with a modest 150 lines, Law No. 13 created a state-owned company to run the sector. When Qatar Telecom (Qtel), now known as Ooredoo, moved into mobile services in 1994, its Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) was among the first in the Middle East. Only...
Qatari authorities have for years touted the importance of information technology (IT) as a driver of growth in knowledge-based sectors. They see IT as foundational to the country’s economic future, able not only to grow as an industry it its own right but to drive growth in other brain-heavy sectors like health, government and education, and...
The information and communications technology (ICT) sector plays an essential role in efforts to consolidate the diversified services sector. While the population may not be as sizeable as those of other economies in the region, the high adoption rate of new technologies has attracted players from around the world looking to tap into Panama’s...
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