International rankings follow and not alike. The barometer of telecom connectivity services produced annually by the Arab Advisors Group (AAG) UAE ranks first in Arab ranks.
Leading Gulf
The annual survey of connectivity (Total Country Connectivity Measure - Tccm), whose Itp ''''just published the results is calculated by adding the level of penetration of fixed telephone lines domestic and mobile lines and the level of Internet use for each country.
It shows that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are, unsurprisingly, the country "most connected" in the Arab world with a penetration rate of 352% of the sector. They are followed by Saudi Arabia (2nd, 286%), Qatar (3rd, 254%), Bahrain (4th, 250%), Libya (5th, 246%) and Kuwait (6th, 201%) .
Officials However, the study noted that only the first 6 countries exceed the ranking score of 200%, indicating their view that the margin of increase in the average level of connectivity in the region remains very large, despite a remarkable increase in these already years.
The other countries are Oman in the rankings (7th, 189%), Algeria (8th, 161%), Lebanon (9th, 155%), Morocco (10th, 149, Jordan (11th, 148%) Syria (13th, 142%), Egypt (14th, 140%), Palestine (15th, 109%), Iraq (16th, 100%), Yemen (17th, 66%) and Sudan (18th, 51.2%).
rates correlated with income levels
Comment by Samer Abbas, Senior Analyst at Aag: "Looking at the scores Tccm, note that high scores are correlated with income levels high. The countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) dominate the Tccm because levels of income and gross domestic product (GDP) per capita are significantly higher than in the rest of the Arab countries. "
In addition, countries whose markets are competitive, have seen their scores improve rapidly. Competition resulting in lower tariffs and improved consumer awareness.
The results of the annual show, moreover, improvements in all Arab countries, thanks to strong growth of cellular telephony and Internet connections.
(Source Kapitals)
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