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Arab Telecom Markets

Arab Telecom Markets. Jawad Abbassi Founder, General Manager. A member of Arab Jordan Investment Bank Group. ITU’s Capacity-Building Workshop on Information Society Measurements - Amman Dec 10, 2006. Outline. An overview of Fixed, Cellular and Internet markets.

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Arab Telecom Markets

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  1. Arab Telecom Markets Jawad Abbassi Founder, General Manager A member of Arab Jordan Investment Bank Group ITU’s Capacity-Building Workshop on Information Society Measurements - Amman Dec 10, 2006

  2. Outline • An overview of Fixed, Cellular and Internet markets. • A lot of stats and primary research findings!

  3. Total Country Connectivity Measure (TCCM) 2005 Source: Arab Advisors Group

  4. Total Country Connectivity Measure (TCCM) 2004 Source: Arab Advisors Group

  5. Some PSTN Market Statistics 2005 Source: Arab Advisors Group

  6. Some Cellular Market Statistics 2005 Source: Arab Advisors Group

  7. Cellular Market Size: 85 million

  8. A focus on Saudi Arabia 1/2 • Arab Advisors Group just concluded a major survey of 674 cellular users in the main cities of Saudi Arabia. Full results of the survey are out today Dec 10, 2006. • Some findings: • 24.6% of respondents use VoIP (65% of which use it on a PC to PC basis). • 72% had not changed a mobile operator before. • 89.6% use Nokia handsets, and 35.2% change their handsets at least once a year. • 91% use SMS. • 56.7% are aware of 3G services.

  9. A focus on Saudi Arabia 2/2 • 20.33% of Saudi Arabia’s cellular subscribers report using both Al Jawwal and Mobily networks. • The need for separate business and personal lines is the main reason for having more than one line (53.9% of those with more than one cellular line). Cost savings was a reason for 22.8% of respondents with more than one mobile line. • The substantial overlap of subscribers revealed in the market (between Al Jawwal and Mobily networks) may indicate that the actual penetration rate in the country is lower than what the reported numbers of both operators indicate given that a good one fifth of individual subscribers are subscribers of both operators.

  10. Some effects of growth in prepaid GSM • The “pagerization” of prepaid GSM service in many large markets. • In Egypt and Morocco, prepaid GSM monthly average minutes of usage is less than 20 minutes. • 26% of GSM users in Egypt and 80% of GSM users in Morocco still use payphones for national calls.

  11. A Regional Comparison (2005) Source: Arab Advisors Group

  12. ADSL is rising… Source: Arab Advisors Group

  13. … but Internet still lags behind the cellular market as the fixed line stagnates Source: Arab Advisors Group

  14. Turning a challenge into an opportunity? * Booming cellular Voice Markets. * Lackluster Internet markets except for a few countries. * High computer illiteracy coupled with high cellular familiarity. Cellular operators as the de-facto future ISPs?

  15. Arab Advisors Group Arab Advisors Group provides reliable research, analysis and forecasts of Arab communications, media and technology markets. This presentation draws from close to 700 reports Publishedby Arab Advisors Group’s team. Proudly serving close to 390 regional and global clients. www.arabadvisors.com Tel: 962.6.5828849 Fax: 962.6.5828809 arabadvisors@arabadvisors.com

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