As the largest telecommunications market in the Gulf, Saudi Arabia also stands out as one of the region’s most competitive markets. Mobile subscription penetration rates are among the highest in the world, standing at close to 200% of the population. Furthermore, smartphone sales grew 154% in 2010, bringing their share of the hardware market to 32%, while rising demand for tablet computers has...
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Chapter | Telecoms & IT from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2013
Articles & Analysis | Neither here nor there: Caught between old and new technologies, LTE may provide a way out from The Report: Indonesia 2013
Stuck between 2G and 4G, a number of bridging technologies between 3G and 4G have been implemented and tested. However, due to a combination of bureaucratic hold-ups, planning errors and bad bets on technological dead ends, the development has not been smooth and seems to have hit a bit of a wall. Much of the world is in the same place, but getting...
Articles & Analysis | Highly competitive: Quality will likely improve as the sector undergoes consolidation from The Report: Indonesia 2013
With one of the most competitive telecommunications markets in the world, prices have been dropping year after year as Indonesian operators fight for customers. The result has been the rapid growth in user numbers and especially high penetration rates in major cities such as Jakarta. The intense competition and falling prices have also led to under-...
Articles & Analysis | Big spender: The drive to improve connectivity is leading to greater investment from The Report: Indonesia 2013
A fast-rising technology leader in the region, Indonesia is spending more on information technology (IT) than any other country in ASEAN and is currently ranked 19th internationally, according to figures published by the International Data Corporation (IDC) in mid-2012. Low penetration rates suggest that more products will be sold as connectivity...
Articles & Analysis | Beyond Facebook: The lack of wired connections may actually be an advantage from The Report: Indonesia 2013
With the fourth-largest Facebook population, more than 42m users and Jakarta ranked the number two Facebook city, Indonesians are active online. The country is number five in terms of Twitter accounts, behind the US, Brazil, Japan and the UK, but its capital tweets more than any other city, according to Semiocast. About one in four Indonesians tweet...
Articles & Analysis | Wired up: Moving to network sharing to establish a more level playing field from The Report: Abu Dhabi 2013
As part of its plan to end its reliance on oil and gas, Abu Dhabi is looking to become a business centre on a world scale, based on high-end manufacturing, tourism and the knowledge economy. An essential part of doing this is connectivity, both in terms of transport links and of telecommunications. To this end, the emirate has been investing heavily...