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Committed to Connecting the World Regional Preparatory Meeting for the ITU World Telecommunication Development Conference 2010 (WTDC-10) I nform ation Society Statistical Profiles 2 0 0 9 Arab States Dam ascus, Syria 1 7 -1 9 January 2 0 1 0

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I nform ation Society Statistical Profiles 2 0 0 9 Arab States

Dam ascus, Syria 1 7 -1 9 January 2 0 1 0 Telecommunication Development Bureau

Regional Preparatory Meeting for the ITU World Telecommunication Development Conference 2010 (WTDC-10)

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Agenda

  • ICT Recent Trends
  • Towards Digital Inclusion in the Arab States
  • Benchmarking the Information Society
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  • ICT Recent Trends
  • Overview
  • Mobile telephony
  • Internet and broadband
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Significant incom e differences am ong the Arab States

Source: ITU, based on IMF

GDP per capita in the Arab States, GDP per capita in the Arab States,

GDP per capita, 2008

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I CT Developm ents in the Arab States

Source: ITU

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Strong annual grow th in all I CT services

  • 215 million mobile cellular subscriptions
  • 55 million Internet users
  • 35 million fixed telephone lines
  • 4.3 million fixed broadband subscribers and 11.4

million mobile broadband subscriptions By the end of 2008:

Annual ICT Growth (CAGR) 2003-2008 Mobile cellular subscriptions I nternet users Fixed telephone lines Arab States 44% 37% 6% W orld 23% 17% 2.5% Source: ITU

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I CT uptake in the Arab States and the w orld, 2 0 0 8

Source: ITU

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  • ICT Recent Trends
  • Overview
  • Mobile telephony
  • Internet and broadband
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Source: ITU

Mobile cellular penetration by region

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Arab States w ith m obile cellular penetration rates above ( left) and below ( right) 1 0 0 per cent, 2 0 0 8

Source: ITU

Countries at the bottom of the list, are among the poorest worldwide

Source: ITU

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Mobile cellular subscriptions in the Arab States by incom e grouping, 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 8

Source: ITU

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  • ICT Recent Trends
  • Overview
  • Mobile telephony
  • Internet and broadband
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I nternet users penetration rates by region

Source: ITU

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I nternet user penetration: significant differences am ong the Arab States

Source: ITU

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Average international I nternet bandw idth per inhabitant, Arab States

Source: ITU

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Fixed broadband penetration by region

Source: ITU

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Mobile broadband penetration by region

Source: ITU

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Agenda

  • ICT Recent Trends
  • Towards Digital Inclusion in the Arab States
  • Benchmarking the Information Society
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  • Towards Digital Inclusion in the Arab States
  • Overview
  • Mobile Sector Development
  • Internet Sector Development
  • Role of Policy Makers and Regulators
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Mobile cellular and I nternet user penetration: GCC ( top) com pared to non-GCC ( bottom ) countries

Source: ITU

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  • Towards Digital Inclusion in the Arab States
  • Overview
  • Mobile Sector Development
  • Internet Sector Development
  • Role of Policy Makers and Regulators
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Mobile sector liberalization

Source: ITU

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Mobile operators’ m arket shares in selected Arab States

Source: ITU

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Arab States operators are currently am ong the top m ost valuable brands

Source: Intangible Business

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  • Towards Digital Inclusion in the Arab States
  • Overview
  • Mobile Sector Development
  • Internet Sector Development
  • Role of Policy Makers and Regulators
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Dial-up and fixed broadband shares of total I nternet subscribers in the Arab States, 2 0 0 8

Source: ITU

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Lack of Arabic online content is a bottleneck

  • A key factor hindering Internet uptake in the Arab

States is the reported lack of available on-line Arabic content

  • According to the World Bank, there are currently 320

million Arabic speakers around the globe (around 6 %

  • f total population), yet less than 1 % of online content

is available in Arabic

  • More than half of Arabic-speaking Internet users do not

speak English

  • A number of online content and portals exists (e.g.

Maktoob.com, Jeeran.com, Nassej.com); however, their contribution to the overall available Arabic content on the Internet is rather small

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  • Towards Digital Inclusion in the Arab States
  • Overview
  • Mobile Sector Development
  • Internet Sector Development
  • Role of Policy Makers and Regulators
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Policy m akers have launched national I CT plans

  • In most Arab States, policy makers have

launched a set of national plans for ICT development

  • Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Communications and

Information Technology (MCIT) in 2005 published its plan for ICT sector development

  • Egypt’s Ministry of Communications has launched a

set of initiatives targeting to enhance digital inclusion and increase PC and Internet penetration

  • Jordan’s Ministry of ICT and IT industry players

devised a 5-years plan, REACH, to develop a solid, export-oriented IT services sector

  • Monitoring and measurement mechanisms are

needed to track progress and identify shortcomings

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The role of national regulatory authorities

  • In almost all the Arab States, an independent

Telecommunication National Regulatory Authority has been established

  • Effectiveness and timely intervention depend
  • n their overall administrative and financial

independence

  • Key challenges for market liberalization

include high government stakes in incumbent

  • perators and restrictions in foreign ownership
  • Recent developments, including open

consultation processes, indicate countries’ commitments to liberalize the sector and issue new licenses

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  • ICT Recent Trends
  • Towards Digital Inclusion in the Arab States
  • Benchmarking the Information Society
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Benchm arking the inform ation society

  • ICT Development Index
  • ICT Price Basket

Available at www.itu.int/ ict

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I CT Developm ent I ndex ( I DI )

  • Track ICT progress over time
  • Address all countries – global

index

  • Measure digital divide
  • Capture ICT development potential
  • 11 indicators
  • Two years: 2002 and 2007

Update of I DI ( 2 0 0 8 data) w ill be available in early 2 0 1 0

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I DI – W eighting of indicators

Source: ITU

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Regional I DI results

Source: ITU

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Correlation of I CT levels and incom e levels

GNI per capita US$ 20 0 7

Source: ITU and IMF

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Main factors of I DI grow th in the Arab States

  • Mobile cellular

penetration: from 8 per cent in 2002 to 52 per cent in 2007

  • Increase in

international connectivity (see chart)

Bits / s / user Source: ITU

I nternational I nternet bandw idth per I nternet user

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Low I CT use grow th in the Arab States: broadband uptake

Source: ITU

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2 0 0 8 I CT Price Basket

  • Fixed telephone
  • Mobile cellular
  • Fixed broadband Internet
  • US$, PPP$, % of monthly GNI per

capita

Updated I CT Price Basket ( 2 0 0 9 ) available in early 2 0 1 0

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I CT Price Basket m ethodology

Source: ITU

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Regional I CT Price Basket by country

Source: ITU

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Top ten econom ies w ith the least costly fixed broadband I nternet sub-basket in the Arab States

Source: ITU

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Conclusions

  • The Arab States are characterized by significant

discrepancies in income levels and by generally low population density

  • Most countries in the region liberalized their

telecommunication markets relatively late

  • GCC countries present higher penetration rates in all

ICT services, due to higher income levels and a high number of foreigners

  • While in terms of mobile penetration the region is doing

well in international comparisons, it is lagging behind the world average in all other ICT services

  • Key regulatory challenges:
  • ensuring that all citizens are equipped with necessary ICT

skills and have access to high-speed broadband networks

  • ensuring that countries are advancing towards the next-

generation telecommunication era

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Recom m endations

  • Implement national ICT development policies and

enforce monitoring and measurement mechanisms to assess progress to date

  • Enable timely and effective market liberalization with

special focus on broadband access markets

  • Ensure high-speed broadband access network

deployment and provide nationwide coverage through different access platforms

  • Enhance digital literacy, by ensuring that all citizens

acquire the necessary ICT skills

  • Develop a framework to enable the migration to the

next-generation ICT environment; review regulatory strategies and applied regulations in light of underlying telecommunication and media sectors convergence

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For further information

www.itu.int/ ict indicators[ at] itu.int