United Arab Emirates - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband

Table of Contents

• 1. Key Statistics
  • 1.1 Country overview
• 2. Telecommunications Market
  • 2.1 Overview of UAE' s telecom market
  • 2.2 Market analysis - 2009
• 3. Regulatory Environment
  • 3.1 Background
  • 3.2 Regulatory authority
  • 3.3 Liberalisation
    • 3.3.1 Interconnection and access
    • 3.3.2 Number Portability (NP)
  • 3.4 VoIP prohibited
• 4. Telecom Operators in UAE
  • 4.1 Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat)
    • 4.1.1 Etisalat International
  • 4.2 Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company / du
  • 4.3 TECOM Investments / Dubai Holding / Emirates International Telecommunications (EIT)
  • 4.4 UAE investment companies owning telcos outside the UAE
    • 4.4.1 Abu Dhabi Group / Warid Telecom / Wateen Telcom
• 5. Telecommunications Infrastructure
  • 5.1 National telecom networks
  • 5.2 Infrastructure developments
    • 5.2.1 Next Generation Networks (NGNs)
  • 5.3 International infrastructure
    • 5.3.1 Submarine cable networks
    • 5.3.2 Satellite networks
• 6. Broadband and Internet Market
  • 6.1 Internet overview
    • 6.1.1 Censorship and site blocking
    • 6.1.2 Dubai Internet City (DIC)
    • 6.1.3 Internet Statistics
  • 6.2 Internet access locations
  • 6.3 ISP market
  • 6.4 Digital economy
  • 6.5 Broadband market overview
  • 6.6 Fibre to the Home (FttH)
  • 6.7 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
  • 6.8 Cable modems
  • 6.9 Wireless broadband
    • 6.9.1 WiFi
    • 6.9.2 WiMAX
    • 6.9.3 Mobile broadband
    • 6.9.4 Internet via satellite
• 7. Convergence
  • 7.1 Overview of media convergence
  • 7.2 Triple play
  • 7.3 VoIP
• 8. Digital Media
  • 8.1 Overview of broadcasting market
    • 8.1.1 Media Zones
    • 8.1.2 Arab Media Group
    • 8.1.3 Abu Dhabi Media Company (ADMC)
  • 8.2 Digital TV
    • 8.2.1 Satellite-based digital pay TV developments
    • 8.2.2 Cable TV - e-vision
    • 8.2.3 High Definition TV (HDTV)
    • 8.2.4 Broadband TV (IPTV)
• 9. Mobile Communications
  • 9.1 Overview of UAE' s mobile market
    • 9.1.1 Mobile statistics
  • 9.2 Regulatory issues
    • 9.2.1 Overview
    • 9.2.2 Number portability
  • 9.3 Mobile technologies
    • 9.3.1 Analogue and digital
    • 9.3.2 Third generation mobile
  • 9.4 Major mobile operators
    • 9.4.1 Etisalat
    • 9.4.2 Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company / du
  • 9.5 Mobile voice services
    • 9.5.1 Prepaid
    • 9.5.2 Satellite mobile
  • 9.6 Mobile data services
    • 9.6.1 Short Message Service (SMS)
    • 9.6.2 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
    • 9.6.3 Push-to-talk (PTT)
    • 9.6.4 BlackBerry
    • 9.6.5 iPhone
    • 9.6.6 Mobile content and applications
• 10. Glossary of Abbreviations

TABLES:

• Table 1 - Country statistics United Arab Emirates - 2008
• Table 2 - Telephone network statistics - 2008
• Table 3 - Internet user statistics - 2008
• Table 4 - Broadband statistics - 2008
• Table 5 - Mobile statistics - 2008
• Table 6 - National telecommunications authority
• Table 7 - Etisalat group revenues and divisional representation - 2005 - 2009
• Table 8 - du revenue and profit / loss - 2006 - 2009
• Table 9 - Fixed lines in service, teledensity and subscribers by operator - 1995 - 2009
• Table 10 - Internet user and penetration estimates - 1995 - 2008
• Table 11 - Internet subscribers: Etisalat and total - 2000 - 2009
• Table 12 - Dial-up Internet subscribers - 2000 - 2008
• Table 13 - Broadband subscribers by operator - 2000 - 2009
• Table 14 - du IPTV subscribers - 2008 - 2009
• Table 15 - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate - 1995 - 2008
• Table 16 - Mobile operators, subscribers and annual change - 2008
• Table 17 - Mobile operators' market share - 2007 - 2009
• Table 18 - 3G subscribers as a percentage of total subscribers - 2007 - 2008
• Table 19 - du revenue and profit / loss - 2006 - 2009
• Table 20 - Prepaid subscribers - 2005 - 2008