Through strong government support, an attractive business environment and innovative free zones, Dubai has established itself as a leading regional centre for information and communications technology (ICT). Improved infrastructure for modernising technology is also helping domestic players diversify their services for an increasingly tech-savvy clientele, with demand for regionally and...
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Chapter | IT & Telecoms from The Report: Dubai 2014
The sultanate’s economy continues to enjoy the benefits of petroleum wealth, which has provided budget surpluses in most years and served as a backbone for growth. However, planning is well under way for an era in which oil will not be the main economic driver, with the twin goals of diversification and creating an increased number of private sector jobs at the top of the government’s current agenda.
Un récent rapport classait le Maroc parmi les pays du continent africain dotés d’un des secteurs des technologies de l’information et des communications (TIC) les plus sophistiqués : pour un pays qui cherche à se positionner comme une passerelle entre l’Afrique de l’Ouest et l’Europe, il s’agit là d’un signe prometteur.
Articles & Analysis | On the move: Mobile internet dominates services, but infrastructure upgrades promise to raise penetration across the board from The Report: Oman 2014
When economic restructuring began in Oman in the 1970s, the telecoms sector was under-developed, with less than 600 telephone lines and little in terms of fixed infrastructure. It was in 1980 that the telecommunications industry began to take off, with the formation of the General Telecommunications Organisation, which had a mandate to push...
Articles & Analysis | Next generation: Investments in infrastructure to make use of new spectrum for LTE services from The Report: Oman 2014
As Oman’s residents increasingly embrace the latest in wireless technologies, the advent of 4G long-term evolution (LTE) technologies in the sultanate has the potential to make a significant impact on the mobile market. Although the sultanate was relatively late in rolling out 3G services, the precursor to 4G LTE, operators in Oman have been...
Articles & Analysis | Hold the phone: Strong growth should support continued expansion of coverage and possibly further entrants from The Report: Oman 2014
It was in the early 1970s that Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said began modernising the telecommunications industry by establishing regulatory bodies and encouraging investment in infrastructure and services. Oman’s telecommunications has come far since then – today, the sultanate boasts high mobile penetration, expanding 4G long-term evolution (LTE...