Middle East: Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Digital Economy (14 countries)

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Report Description

Covering 14 Middle Eastern countries, BuddeComm's research provides statistics, analyses and forecasts on the telecommunications, mobile, broadband, Internet as well as digital media and digital economy markets. An annual subscription provides unlimited download access to individual country reports as well as regional overviews.

• Key statistics;• Market and industry overviews;• Overview of major operators (mobile and fixed);• Regulatory environment;• Infrastructure;• Mobile market;• Internet market;• Telecom market forecasts for selected countries

This research covers 14 Middle Eastern countries including –

Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, UAE and Yemen.

The disparity in economic development across the Middle East is reflected in the region's Internet and broadband penetration rates, although overall penetration rates for the region remain low. Increasing competition is improving affordability while a generally young population is a driver for growth.As a consequence fixed line infrastructure development has largely shifted to the growing demand for broadband services. While ADSL is currently the most popular broadband access method, a number of countries have embarked on ambitious fibre or hybrid fibre network rollouts or indicated a willingness to do so, including Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Turkey.The state of broadband development is most evident in the small, oil-rich and developed countries of the Gulf, where take up is driven by some of the highest incomes per capita in the world. Examples include Qatar, Bahrain and UAE.The increasing importance of broadband is driving improvements in international connectivity, with two competing terrestrial cables spanning Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia and the UAE expected to provide greater diversity and further protect services from disruption in a region vulnerable due to its heavy reliance on a few key submarine cables.Competition within the fixed line market is weak given the relatively late launch of market liberalisation initiatives as well as the continued significant government ownership present in a number of incumbents. This has allowed the region's more nimble mobile network operators to dominate the voice market.Underpinning the focus on mobile broadband is the need by mobile operators to develop new revenue growth opportunities as mobile voice markets reach maturity. In many instances the downlink speeds advertised by the mobile operators which have deployed HSPA or LTE networks is higher that offered by competing ADSL offerings.Although much was made of WiMAX network deployments in previous years, the emerging mobile broadband products from the region's competitive mobile markets offer the most likely source of significant competition moving forward.Growing Internet usage across the Middle East is highlighting the under-representation of Arabic content online. This has been officially recognised by regulators, with some such as Qatar's ictQATAR endeavouring to establish digital media hubs to cater for the impending demand. In the broadcasting space, telecom operators are emulating their global counterparts by launching IPTV offerings, which in many instances face tough competition from the region's flourishing Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite TV sector.

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As part of this introduction we are offering the 20 User Licence for the cost of the 10 User Licence.

Bahrain - Telecoms, Mobile and BroadbandIran - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and ForecastsIraq - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and ForecastsIsrael - Fixed-line Market, Broadband and Digital Media - Overview and StatisticsIsrael - Key Statistics, Telecommunications Market and Regulatory OverviewsIsrael - Mobile Market - Overview and StatisticsJordan - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and ForecastsKuwait - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and ForecastsLebanon - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and ForecastsOman - Telecoms, Mobile and BroadbandQatar - Market Analysis - Digital Economy PotentialQatar - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and ForecastsSaudi Arabia - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and ForecastsSyria - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and ForecastsTurkey - Broadband, Internet and Digital Media Market - Overview, Statistics and ForecastsTurkey - Key Statistics, Regulatory and Fixed-Line Telecoms OverviewsTurkey - Mobile Market - Overview, Statistics and ForecastsUnited Arab Emirates - Broadband, Internet and Digital Media Market - Overview, Statistics and ForecastsUnited Arab Emirates - Key Statistics, Regulatory and Fixed-line Telecoms OverviewUnited Arab Emirates - Mobile Market - Overview and StatisticsYemen - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts

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