• ICT

    OBG’s coverage of the telecoms sector looks at market structure, regulatory framework, government goals, foreign participation and the roll-out of new technologies. Our ICT analysis reviews hardware and software markets, corporate spending, national bandwidth and government support.
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At the axis of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Egypt is capitalising on its geographical advantages to build its role as a regional and international telecommunications centre. Increasing global connectivity has the advantage of improving the capacity of Egypt’s communications infrastructure at a time of rising demand, supporting...

With price competition on voice services fierce, and margins being narrowed as a result, Egypt’s telecom firms are turning to value-added services (VAS) to develop new and lucrative revenue streams. The fundamentals, both on the demand and supply side, indicate that Egypt could be on the cusp of rapid mobile internet growth. A tech-savvy generation...

With one of the world’s leading outsourcing sectors, Egypt is holding its own in a globally competitive field. The industry has ambitious growth targets, which places an increasing emphasis on higher-value services and niche segments. Outsourcing earned the country $1.1bn in export revenue in 2011, according to the Information Technology Industry...

Chapter | Telecoms from The Report: Egypt 2012

Thanks to a heavy private sector presence and sizable domestic demand, Egypt’s telecommunications sector has seen immense growth in its subscriber base. Although average revenue per user is low compared to other regional markets – at roughly one-third that of Morocco and one-quarter that of Jordan – affordability and improved features and services have helped drive penetration up to 112%, or 92....

Chapter | Telecoms and IT from The Report: Peru 2012

The mobile segment has been responsible for driving growth in Peru’s telecoms sector, which expanded by 16.4% in 2011. While growth in 2012 is expected to cool down, new revenue streams from sources such as mobile data will continue to make the sector an important source of foreign direct investment. Meanwhile, with internet teledensity in the country still relatively low, at 4.39% in 2011, the...
Encouraging innovation in the industry and investing in its infrastructure, Brunei Darussalam has made information and communications technology (ICT) a pillar of its ambition to become a knowledge-based economy. However, hopes that a nascent software sector will boost the Sultanate’s export economy face strong competition from Asian rivals.

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