Let's talk numbers, below is a set of various trends and statistics on Telecom Industry in Arab World, Telecommunication Analysis Results are here for you to make your conclusions:

Telecom Industry

Telecom Industry Trends and Statistics in Arab World 2009:

• 32.4 million fixed lines registered by end of 2009


• 273.9 million cellular lines in 2009 up from 218.7 million in 2008


• Largest cellular operators by lines: Mobinil: 24,137 Subscribers, Vodafone Egypt: 23,325, STC: 20,628, Mobily: 18,200, Maroc Teleocm: 15,272, Djezzy: 14,618, Etisalat Misr: 14,300, Mobilis: 10,300, Zain Iraq: 10,182, Meditel: 9,434 Subscriber


• Highest Prepaid Average Cellular Minute Rates: Morocco: $0.48 and Lebanon: $0.36.


• Lowest Prepaid Average Cellular Minute Rates: Egypt: $0.05 and Jordan: $0.07.


• Jordan ranks first in Cellular Competition Intensity Index: 80.7%, then Saudi Arabia: 75.3%


• Lebanon ranks last in Cellular Competition Intensity Index: 31.2%, then Libya: 34.3%


• 44 million Internet users in the Arab World by end of 2009


• Online reading of newspapers is more common than watching TV and listening to radio online.


• 47.6% of Internet users in Egypt with ADSL connection at home, have Internet Speed of 512 Kbp, 28.8% have 1Mbp.

Telecom Industry, Arab World Stats 2009

TV Channels and Radio Stations in Arab World

• FTA satellite TV operational channels ownership [on Arabsat, Nilesat and Noorsat satellite systems]: 69.9% owned by Private Sector, 29.0% by Government Sector, 1.1% mixed ownership.


• FM Radio ownership in the Arab World: 52.1% owned by Government Sector, 47.9% by Private Sector.

MENA ICT Forum social media team thanks ArabAdvisors for sharing above statistics with them, which were presented at their 7th Media and Telecoms Convergence Conference Amman - 2010; Arab Telecom and Media Markets.