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By: Bharat Book Bureau Saudi Arabia is seeing a shift from ADSL to FTTH Saudi Arabia’s ICT market is the biggest in the Middle East in terms of capital value and volume of spending. The future is promising, with both government and businesses keen on keeping up to date with the latest telecom developments. Smart technologies, in particular, offer interesting opportunities for investors. The mobile market in Saudi Arabia is fiercely competitive. Reported penetration rates are upward of 180%, but mobile indicators tend to fluctuate due to the country’s fluid population with large numbers of pilgrims and expatriate workers. Services are provided by three Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) – STC, Mobily, and Zain – and by two Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) – Virgin Mobile and Lebara. Saudi Arabia is the second country in the gulf region (after Oman) to have allowed MVNOs, but other countries are likely to follow suit, as Saudi Arabia is generally considered the region’s trendsetter. The fixed broadband market is experiencing a major technology shift from ADSL to fibre, with STC expanding FTTH coverage to most urban centres, and another two companies – Go Telecom and Mobily – also offering FTTH services. Mobile broadband subscriptions outnumber fixed broadband subscriptions by a long way in Saudi Arabia, which reflects the country’s large household size. While fixed broadband normally serves the home, mobile broadband subscriptions are individual. Therefore, mobile broadband subscriptions are likely to continue growing beyond the 100% per capita penetration threshold due to some users having more than one mobile connected device (for example, a smartphone plus a tablet), but fixed-line broadband will hit market saturation when household penetration reaches 100% – which is not far away for Saudi Arabia. Key telecom parameters – 2013 - 2015 Sector 2013 2014 2015 (e) Subscribers to telecoms services (million): Fixed-line telephony 4.71 4.60 4.50 Mobile telephony 50.9 51.1 52.0 Key developments: Virgin Mobile launched MVNO services in September 2014, and Jawraa Lebara did so in the following December. Arabsat is building two new satellites, the HellasSat 4/SaudiGeoSat 1 and the Arabsat 6A, both scheduled for launch in 2018. Saudi Arabia will be connected to the SEA-ME-WE 5, which is due for completion in 2016. An agreement under which Mobily would become the majority stakeholder of GO Telecom was cancelled in May 2014, as well as a deal granting GO Telecom the rights to use 50,000 fibre-optic access points belonging to Mobily, but Go Telecom signed a new rights of use deal with STC, which agreed to grant GO Telecom access to 30,000 access points. Having revoked Axiom Telecom’s MVNO licence, the Saudi telecom regulator plans to resubmit it for public tender. Virgin Mobile provides MVNO services over STC’s network, offering two service brands: Virgin Mobile and FRiENDi.Companies mentioned in this report For more information kindly visit: https://www.bharatbook.com/ Related Reports: https://www.bharatbook.com/ About Bharat Book Bureau : Bharat Book Bureau is the leading market research information provider for market research reports, company profiles, industry analysis, country reports , business reports, newsletters and online databases Bharat Book Bureau provides over a million reports from more than 400 publishers around the globe. We cover sectors starting from Aeronautics to Zoology. In case the reports don’t match your requirement then we can do a specialized Custom Research for you. Our multifarious capabilities, cross-sector expertise and detailed knowledge of various markets, put us in a unique position to take up Custom Research demands of yourself. OR Contact us at : Bharat Book Bureau Tel: +91 22 27810772 / 27810773 Email: info@bharatbook.com Website: www.bharatbook.com End
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