Research and Markets: International Connectivity in the Arab World

Research and Markets (researchandmarkets.com/reports/c15128) has announced the addition of International Connectivity in the Arab World to their offering.

(PRWEB) April 6, 2005 -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c15128) has announced the addition of International Connectivity in the Arab World to their offering.

International Connectivity in the Arab World provides a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the prevailing international connectivity (voice and data) conditions in the 14 Arab countries of UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Tunisia, Syria, Algeria, Jordan, Sudan and Lebanon. The report contains 48-pages with 30 detailed exhibits.

Underlining its status as a major transit hub for voice and Internet traffic, UAEs Etisalat is ahead of all Arab operators in terms of International voice circuits capacity and Internet bandwidth capacity. Saudi Arabia and Egypt, major Internet markets by all means, follow closely with each country having 16% of the total Internet capacity in the analyzed countries.

According to the author of this new report, on the voice circuits front, the analysis shows that the total number of international voice circuits for the twelve examined countries of Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Qatar, Tunisia and UAE stood at more than 140,000 circuits by end of 2004 with the UAE having the largest share at over 28% of the total. The report also shows that combining the numbers of all countries examined, the ratio of International voice circuits to the total number of mainlines in all countries, resulted in a relatively low value of 0.65%. It is expected that international voice market liberalization (already underway in quite a few Arab markets like Jordan, Bahrain, Morocco and Algeria), will substantially alter this ratio upwards as new providers enter and enhance the supply of international voice circuits.

Topics examined in this report include:
-Regional overview   
-International Voice Circuits   
-Total International Bandwidth   
-Fiber Optic and Satellite Operators in the MENA Region   
-Individual Countries International Connectivity Overview   
-Fiber optic operators   
-FLAG (Fiber optic Link Around the Globe   
-SEA-ME-WE (South East Asia-Middle East-West Europe Submarine Fiber Optic
-Cable System)   
-Satellite operators   
-Arabsat (Arab Satellite Communication Organization)   
-Intelsat (International Telecommunications Satellite Corporation
-Inmarsat   

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Laura Wood
Senior Manager
Research and Markets
press@researchandmarkets.com
Fax: +353 1 4100 980

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