Research and Markets: SMS & MMS Rates and Services In the Arab World

Research and Markets (researchandmarkets.com/reports/c14597) has announced the addition of SMS & MMS Rates and Services in the Arab World to their offering.

(PRWEB) March 30, 2005 -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c14597) has announced the addition of SMS & MMS Rates and Services in the Arab World to their offering.

New research reveals a somewhat lackluster deployment of MMS services in the Arab region. SMS, which is widely deployed and used, is priced quite differently across the region. Sudan and Palestine have the lowest SMS rates, while Morocco and Lebanon have the highest.

SMS & MMS Rates and Services in the Arab World, which has 45 detailed exhibits, provides a detailed regional comparison and analysis of the Short Messaging Service (SMS) and Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) rates and value added offerings in the Arab region.

The report covers 34 cellular operators in the following 18 countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, and Yemen. The report also analyses the SMS--based value added services and service providers in the region.

The analysis shows that the average rate of national SMS for the studied Arab cellular operators is US$ 0.088 for prepaid and US$ 0.074 for postpaid subscriptions, while the average rate of international SMS stands at US$ 0.179 for prepaid compared to US$ 0.156 for postpaid subscriptions. International SMS rate is, on average, double the rate of national SMS for both prepaid and postpaid subscriptions.

The report also reveals that Sudans cellular operator, Mobitel, has the lowest rate for national prepaid and postpaid SMS at US$ 0.022. Libyas cellular operator, Al-Madar, has the lowest rate for international prepaid and postpaid SMS at US$ 0.040. Lebanon and Morocco lie at the other end with the highest SMS rates in the region. Lebanons cellular operator, Alfa (previously Cellis), has the highest rates for national prepaid and postpaid SMS, which are US$ 0.270 and US$ 0.220 respectively. Both cellular operators in Morocco, Maroc Telecom and Médi Telecom, have the same rates for international SMS, the highest in the region, which are US$ 0.571 for both prepaid and postpaid subscriptions.

Contents of this report include:

- General Comparisons

- GDP per Capita

- Regulatory Landscape

- Overview

- Regional Comparison of SMS Tariffs

- Regional Comparison of MMS Tariffs

- SMS Value Added Services

- Profiles of Content Providers & Technology Partners

- Content Providers

Companies Mentioned:

Info2cell

MENAFN

Reuters

LINKdotNET

Technology Partners

Al Majaz Telecom

Mobile Interactive Technologies (MIT)

CellCom

Zajil Telecom

Batelco (Bahrain)

MTC Vodafone Bahrain (Bahrain)

MTC Vodafone Kuwait (Kuwait)

Wataniya Telecom (Kuwait)

MobiNil (Egypt)

Vodafone Egypt (Egypt)

Fastlink (Jordan)

MobileCom (Jordan)

Al Jawal (Saudi Arabia)

Qtel (Qatar)

Alfa (Lebanon)

MTC-Touch (Lebanon)

Maroc Telecom (Morocco)

Médi Telecom (Morocco)

Jawwal (Palestine)

Etisalat (UAE)

Sabafon (Yemen)

Spacetel Yemen (Yemen)

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c14597

Laura Wood

Senior Manager

Research and Markets

press@researchandmarkets.com

Fax: +353 1 4100 980

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