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July 2008

12 Arab countries host 19 operators offering 3G cellular services in the Arab World.

73.3% of Jordanian bank account holders have no credit facilities of any sort, revealing a sizeable untapped market.

In response to the growing Internet users, a small majority of the satellite TV channels in the Arab World have an online presence.

June 2008

UAE, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia are the Arab World's highest adopters of telecommunication services

400 executives confirm attendance at the region's premiere Conference on Media and Telecoms Convergence

May 2008

A majority of 1948 Arabs (Arab Israelis) tune into Arab FTA Sat TV channels.

Sharing is caring? 75.5% of Pay TV viewers in Egypt use black market connections for the service.

Governments still dominate the Terrestrial TV landscape in the Arab World.

In line with global trends, Arabic language reality TV is undergoing a boom in supply.

Pan Arab FM Radio stations’ advertising rates far exceed those of local FM stations.

April 2008

63.4% of Egyptian households with ADSL, share the ADSL connection with neighbors.

Strong growth in the FM radio stations raises the number of local FM radio stations broadcasting in the Arab World to 307 by February 2008 .

February 2008

Lebanese TV stations -LBC and Future TV- are the most popular amongst TV viewers in Lebanon.

B2C e-commerce volume exceeded US$ 4.87 billion in Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and UAE in 2007.

January 2008

Algeria’s fixed and cellular revenues are projected to exceed US$ 4.7 billion in 2011, growing from around US$ 4.1 billion in 2007.

The Arab World’s major pay TV operators provide a choice of 140 pay TV channels.

Saudi Arabia’s Internet users spent over US$ 3.28 billion in B2C e-commerce during 2007.

December 2007

89.8% of Lebanon’s GSM users report using SMS; amongst the young, SMS use increases to close to 96%.

November 2007

94.2% of households in Kuwait have Sat TV receivers.

370 Free to Air Sat TV channels in the Arab World by August 2007. The UAE leads the region by hosting 22.2% of all FTA Sat TV channels.


September 2007

15.5% of Kuwait’s cellular subscribers are e-commerce users spending 356 US$ million over the past 12 months.

The status of IPTV in the Arab World: Still in a nascent stage pending a wider broadband adoption.

UAE Internet users spent over US$ 1.15 billion in B2C e-commerce over the past 12 months.

New Arab Advisors’ analysis reveals massive gap between the Arab countries and the industrial nations in terms of the online reporting on financial performance and social involvement.

The Arab World’s largest economy hosts a high-value and competitive telecommunication sector.

Despite the drop in Arab satellite TV advertising rates between 2004 and 2005, the average rates appear to have been steady between 2005 and 2007.


July 2007

Jordan 's effective mobile penetration rate is less than two thirds the conventional figures!

The Gulf region boasts the highest terrestrial TV advertising rates compared to the Levant and North Africa regions.

A majority of TV viewers in Qatar watch TV programs for more than 3 hours a day.

Convergence Shopper 2007 Show to Kick Off Today

The Jordanian Banking Sector benefits from a growing economy and refocuses on core activities.


June 2007

While awaiting competition in its home market, Qtel presses along with its regional and international expansions.

Jordan retains its status as the Arab World's most competitive cellular market while Iraq jumps to the second place.

34.9% of Qatar’s GSM users have ADSL broadband Internet at their homes while 80.6% are aware of 3G cellular technology.

UAE, Qatar and Bahrain are the Arab World’s highest adopters of telecommunication services.


May 2007

Regional Media and Telecoms Convergence Conference reaches full capacity.

Convergent services inevitable as Arab World’s cellular and broadcast market boom continues.

Broadband services will stimulate Tunisia’s Internet market growth with revenues projected to exceed 74 million by 2011.


April 2007

Who’s who in Arab ADSL rates? The highest, the lowest and the fairest!

March 2007

Qatar’s broadband boom continues apace. Broadband accounts grew by 90% in 2006 to constitute two thirds of the total Internet accounts in the country.

Jordan’s Petroleum Sector Liberalization presents opportunities for new entrants as the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Corporation loses its monopoly.

February 2007

The Arab World’s FM radio boom continues with 36 new FM radio stations starting between late 2005 and Jan 2007.

Iraq’s telecom market joins the regional pioneers as it awaits full effective liberalization in 2007.


January 2007

While 93.9% of Saudi Arabia’s households have Satellite TV, some 48.4 % of households still tune into terrestrial TV.

Will competition in the fixed services reverse the decline in Sudan’s fixed line market?

Tech-savvy Jordan Kuwait Bank registers remarkable growth in 2006. However, the bank’s share price remains overvalued.

Arab Bank Group is set for another year of record profits. Share price is trading near its fair value.

2007 is set to be a watershed year for Egypt’s massive communications markets.


December 2006

20.3% of Saudi Arabia’s cellular subscribers report using both Al Jawwal and Mobily networks.

The number of Arab Free to Air Satellite channels more than doubled between 2004 and 2006!


November 2006

Who’s who in Arab Cellular rates? The highest, the lowest and the fairest!

ADSL offers and subscription free Internet phases out postpaid dialup Internet in Palestine.


September 2006

Pan Arab Radio FM stations’ advertising rates far exceed those of local FM stations.

Morocco’s ADSL market grows by 294% in 2005.

August 2006

The urban development trend-setter that is Dubai.

Governments still dominate the Terrestrial TV landscape in the Arab World.

A majority of Satellite TV channels have a presence on the Internet: Yet a few have a clear online strategy for revenue generation.


July 2006

Terrestrial TV is still going strong in Morocco.


June 2006

Qatar, Bahrain, UAE and Kuwait are the Arab World’s highest adopters of telecommunication services.

While Morocco’s GSM penetration exceeded 40% in 2005, some 80% of GSM users are still using the payphone services for national calls.

3rd Annual Media and Telecommunications Convergence Conference 2006 kick starts in Amman.


May 2006

Stage is Set for ‘Hyper-Competitive’ Regional Markets.

Arab telecom operators served 85 million cellular subscribers and 30 million mainlines in 2005.

Saudi Arabia and the United States host the largest number of viewers of Arabic online news portals.

Competition is poised to move Sudan’s Internet market into an era of enhanced growth.


April 2006

Algeria becomes the Arab World’s WiMAX pioneer.


March 2006

A milestone year for Jordan’s broadband market: New infrastructure-based operators to enter in 2006.


February 2006

Saudi Arabia’s fixed lines growth stalls as the GSM market booms.

To control their spending, a quarter of Egyptian GSM subscribers still use the payphone service.

Possibly as a result of high competition, Arabic Sat TV Advertising Rates have dropped between 2004 and 2005.

Reality TV comes of age in the Arab World.


January 2006

Oman’s Internet and datacomm market gears up for competition.