2004 Middle East Infrastructure Fixed Voice and Data

Report Description

Counties covered: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Report also contains: National telecommunications infrastructure, international telecommunications infrastructure, fixed voice services, public data services, submarine networks, satellite, ISDN, public payphones, VSAT, Fast Telecommunications, Gulfnet, Qualitynet, Arabsat, Etisalat, leased lines, revenues, statistics, subscribers, investments.

Infrastructure Issues
Regulatory issues and government policies re infrastructure
Datacomms Infrastructure, Leased Lines, ISDN
Public and Value Added Data Services
Leased Lines, ISDN, Frame Relay, ATM
Brief overviews on all of the major telecommunications carriers and service providers

Category
Telecoms & Computing Annual Research

Executive Summary

Fixed-line teledensity rates are low but this is in a large part the result of large households and the low average age of the population. Qatar, Bahrain and the UAE all have 100% household penetration or more. Some 60% of the Saudi Arabian population is estimated to be under 20, according to the Economist magazine. This inevitably has a dramatic effect on teledensity statistics.

Fixed-line teledensity is either falling or steady in most of the region as mobile services take market share. Only the less developed markets of Syria and Iran have experienced recent fixed-line growth.

Israel just squeezed into the high access category of the the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Digital Access Index, at 25th out of the 178, joining countries mostly of higher income than itself. The highest ranked Arab Middle Eastern country was the UAE, not far behind at 34th, followed by Qatar and Kuwait which were also in the upper category. All other Middle Eastern countries were in the top half of the medium category, with the exceptions of Syria and Yemen which were the only countries in the region to be categorised as low.

Two new international cables are planned to supplement the existing FLAG and SEA-ME-WE 3 submarine cables. Te strongest market for the major satellite operators in the region, Spacecom of Israel and Arabsat is TV broadcasting services at present but broadband applications are slowly growing. The large rural populations and difficult remote areas of some countries point to a possible future broadband services market.

Table of Contents

1. FIXED VOICE, INFRASTRUCTURE AND DATA MARKETS OVERVIEW AND ANALYSIS 2004
1.1 Key developments in the Middle East telecom market
1.2 Market overview
1.3 Telecommunications infrastructure
1.3.1 National networks
1.3.2 International infrastructure

2. BAHRAIN
2.1 Fixed voice
2.1.1 Overview of Bahrain’s telecom market
2.1.2 Market analysis 2004
2.1.3 Fixed network operators in Bahrain
2.2 Telecommunications infrastructure
2.2.1 National telecom network
2.2.2 International infrastructure
2.3 Data market
2.3.1 Overview

3. IRAN
3.1 Fixed voice
3.1.1 Overview of Iran’s telecom market
3.1.2 Market analysis 2004
3.1.3 Fixed network operator in Iran
3.2 Telecommunications infrastructure
3.2.1 National telecom network
3.2.2 International infrastructure
3.3 Data market
3.3.1 Public data network

4. IRAQ
4.1 Fixed voice
4.1.1 Overview of Iraq’s telecom market
4.2 Telecommunications infrastructure
4.2.1 National telephone network
4.2.2 International infrastructure

5. ISRAEL
5.1 Fixed voice
5.1.1 Overview of Israel’s telecom market
5.1.2 Market analysis 2004
5.1.3 Fixed network operators in Israel
5.2 Telecommunications infrastructure
5.2.1 National telecom network
5.2.2 International infrastructure
5.3 Data market
5.3.1 Overview
5.3.2 ISDN

6. JORDAN
6.1 Fixed voice
6.1.1 Overview of Jordan’s telecom market
6.1.2 Fixed network operator in Jordan
6.2 Telecommunications infrastructure
6.2.1 National telecom network
6.2.2 International infrastructure
6.3 Data market
6.3.1 Overview
6.3.2 ISDN
6.3.3 VSAT networks

7. KUWAIT
7.1 Fixed voice
7.1.1 Overview of Kuwait’s telecom market
7.2 Telecommunications infrastructure
7.2.1 National telecom network
7.2.2 International infrastructure
7.3 Data market
7.3.1 Overview
7.3.2 FAST Telecommunications Company
7.3.3 Gulfnet International / KEMS
7.3.4 Qualitynet

8. LEBANON
8.1 Fixed voice
8.1.1 Overview of Lebanon’s telecom market
8.2 Telecommunications infrastructure
8.2.1 National telecom network
8.2.2 International infrastructure
8.3 Data market
8.3.1 Overview

9. OMAN
9.1 Fixed voice
9.1.1 Overview of Oman’s telecom market
9.1.2 Fixed network operators in Oman
9.2 Telecommunications infrastructure
9.2.1 National telecom network
9.2.2 International infrastructure
9.3 Data market
9.3.1 Overview
9.3.2 Leased lines
9.3.3 ISDN
9.3.4 VSAT networks

10. QATAR
10.1 Fixed voice
10.1.1 Overview of Qatar’s telecom market
10.1.2 Market analysis 2004
10.1.3 Fixed network operators in Qatar
10.2 Telecommunications infrastructure
10.2.1 National telecom network
10.2.2 International infrastructure
10.3 Data market
10.3.1 Overview

11. SAUDI ARABIA
11.1 Fixed voice
11.1.1 Overview of Saudi Arabia’s telecom market
11.1.2 Fixed network operator in Saudi Arabia
11.2 Telecommunications infrastructure
11.2.1 National telecom network
11.2.2 International infrastructure
11.3 Data market
11.3.1 Overview
11.3.2 Leased lines
11.3.3 VSAT

12. SYRIA
12.1 Fixed voice
12.1.1 Overview of Syria’s telecom market
12.2 Telecommunications infrastructure
12.2.1 National telecom network
12.2.2 International infrastructure

13. TURKEY
13.1 Fixed voice
13.1.1 Overview of Turkey’s telecom market
13.1.2 Market analysis 2004
13.1.3 Fixed network operator in Turkey
13.2 Telecommunications infrastructure
13.2.1 National telecom network
13.2.2 International infrastructure
13.3 Data market
13.3.1 Overview
13.3.2 Turkish Packet Switching Data Network (TURPAK)
13.3.3 ISDN

14. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
14.1 Fixed voice
14.1.1 Overview of UAE’s telecom market
14.1.2 Market analysis 2004
14.1.3 Fixed network operators in UAE
14.2 Telecommunications infrastructure
14.2.1 National telecom network
14.2.2 International infrastructure
14.3 Data market
14.3.1 Leased lines
14.3.2 Frame relay and ATM
14.3.3 ISDN

15. YEMEN
15.1 Fixed voice
15.1.1 Overview of Yemen’s telecom market
15.1.2 Fixed network operators in Yemen
15.2 Telecommunications infrastructure
15.2.1 National telecom network
15.2.2 International infrastructure
15.3 Data market
15.3.1 Overview
15.3.2 Leased lines
15.3.3 ISDN
15.3.4 VSAT

16. GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS

Table 1 – Middle East economic statistics – 2003
Table 2 – Fixed-line teledensity and digitalisation – 2002
Table 3 – Telephone network statistics – 2002
Table 4 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics – 2002
Table 5 – Fixed lines in service - 1995 - 2002
Table 6 – ISDN subscribers - 1996 - 2002
Table 7 – Telephone network statistics – 2002
Table 8 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics – 2002
Table 9 – Fixed lines in service 1995 - 2002
Table 10 – Telephone network statistics – 2002
Table 11 – Telephone network statistics – 2002
Table 12 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics – 2002
Table 13 – Fixed-line growth – 1995-2002
Table 14 – ISDN subscriber growth - 1995 - 2001
Table 15 – Telephone network statistics – 2002
Table 16 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics – 2002
Table 17 – Fixed lines in service – 1995 - 2002
Table 18 – ISDN subscribers – 2000 - 2002
Table 19 – Telephone network statistics – 2002
Table 20 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics – 2002
Table 21 – Fixed lines in service - 1995 - 2002
Table 22 – Telephone network statistics – 2002
Table 23 – Telecom revenue statistics – 2001
Table 24 – Fixed lines in service - 1996 - 2002
Table 25 – Telephone network statistics – January 2004
Table 26 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics – 2002
Table 27 – Fixed lines in service - 1995 - 2004
Table 28 – Telephone network statistics – 2002
Table 29 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics – 2002
Table 30 – Smaller Arabian Gulf countries telecoms penetration comparison - 2002
Table 31 – Q-Tel revenue, year ending Dec - 1999 - 2003
Table 32 – Q-Tel revenue by segment - 2003
Table 33 – Fixed lines in service - 1995 - 2002
Table 34 – ISDN subscribers - 1995 - 2002
Table 35 – Telephone network statistics – 2002
Table 36 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics – 2002
Table 37 – Fixed lines in service - 1994 - 2002
Table 38 – Telephone network statistics – 2002
Table 39 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics – 2001
Table 40 – Fixed lines in service – 1995 - 2002
Table 41 – Telephone network statistics – 2002
Table 42 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics – 2002
Table 43 – Fixed lines in service – 1995 - 2002
Table 44 – ISDN subscriber growth - 1998 - 2002
Table 45 – Telephone network statistics – 2002
Table 46 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics – 2002
Table 47 – Fixed lines in service - 1995 - 2002
Table 48 – ISDN subscribers - 1995 - 2002
Table 49 – Telephone network statistics – 2002
Table 50 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics – 2002
Table 51 – Fixed lines in service - 1995 - 2002
Table 52 – ISDN subscribers – 1999 - 2002

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