80% of countries in the GCC and Yemen expanded their Internet of Things Offerings between 2021 and 2024
With the increasing appetite of a world undergoing rapid digitization and the increase of digital natives, it is more important than ever for telecom operators to leverage their expertise and infrastructure to innovate in the field of Internet of Things (“IoT”) technologies. This report, which is a part of a series released by Arab Advisors Group, analyzes the IoT services offered by cellular operators across 19 Arab Countries. This report focuses on the GCC (Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, and the UAE) and Yemen in particular and answers the following questions:
• Which cellular operators in the GCC and Yemen offered IoT services in 2024?
• What are the IoT services offered by these cellular operators?
• And what are the fees and types of these services?
• How did cellular operators’ IoT offerings change in 2024 compared to 2015, 2018, and 2021?
