São Paulo – Saudi Arabia is the most competitive market for mobile telephony in the Arab world, according to a survey disclosed this Wednesday (18th) by the Arab Advisors Group, active in communication, media and technology-oriented consulting firm based in Jordan. Jordan ranks second and Palestine ranks third in the 2011Cellular Competition Intensity Index.
To conduct the survey, the company considered the number of operators in each country, the market share retained by the leading operator, the number of prepaid and post-paid accounts, the supply of plans for smartphones and of corporate plans, the presence of 3G services and of competition in DDD.
Saudi Arabia tops the ranking with a rate of 76.01%, because, according to the consulting firm, the country has four operators, 19 prepaid and 23 post-paid plans available, plans for smartphones, offers for companies, 3G services and competition in DDD.
Jordan recorded a rate of 75.37%, followed by Palestine (69.61%), Oman (69.52%), Egypt (68.18%), Morocco (64.72%), Iraq (64.32%), Tunisia (63.23%), Bahrain (61.25%), Algeria (61.17%), Yemen (58.61%), Mauritania (57.07%), Sudan (55.68%), Kuwait (54.58%), Qatar (48.24%), the United Arab Emirates (47.17%), Syria (42.18%), Libya (33;97%) and Lebanon (33.8%).
In relation to last year’s ranking, according to the Arab Advisors Group, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Bahrain and Mauritania have climbed. Jordan, Sudan and Yemen have declined. The remaining countries have remained in the same levels.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
