Middle East ICT Market Analysis

Middle East ICT Market Analysis- a recent report on the thriving ICT industry by RNCOS, gives an insight into the ICT industry of the Middle East region. This report helps clients to analyze the opportunities and factors critical to the success of the ICT industry in Middle East region. It underlines the key issues related to the success of the industry and provides a prudent analysis on its various aspects. The countries that have been analyzed in the report include Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Israel, UAE, Jordan, Iran, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, and Kuwait, among others.

The report also provides extensive research on the past and current performance of the IT industry at country level, including software industry, hardware industry and services industry. The forces that are fuelling the growth in various segments have also been discussed in detail.

The report covers the overview of the ICT industry that will help the clients to evaluate the present and future scenario of PCs, Internet, mobile and fixed telephony, and broadband in the Middle East countries. This would help clients to better understand the potential of various countries and segments to invest.

• The government initiatives, along with the liberalization and privatization of the telecom industry, are fueling growth in the Middle East ICT industry.
• Israel is the most developed IT country in the Middle East with 100% digitized economy.
• UAE is all set to become the ICT hub in the Middle East region having advantages of its free trade zones and the Dubai Internet City.
• Major growth in the IT industry will be seen in Turkey.
• With the growth in ICT industry, opportunities emerge in the field of 3G, WiMAX, IT outsourcing and so on.
• In terms of future growth of the IT industry in the Middle Eastern countries, Qatar is on the top with 145% growth (during 2007-2010), followed by Kuwait with 17% (2006-2011) and Turkey with16% (2007-2011) growth. However, in terms of value, Turkey is number one followed by Israel.
• As of 2006, among the Middle Eastern countries, UAE had the highest mobile penetration rate followed by Israel, Turkey and Saudi Arabia.

• What are the current IT industry trends in various Middle Eastern countries?
• What are the future prospects of the IT industry in the Middle East?
• What are the present and future prospects in the Middle East ICT industry?
• Which country has the most flourishing ICT sector in the region?
• Which segment offers the highest potential for the investment in the region?
• Which countries are the most promising venture for the foreign players to get IT outsourcing?
• What are the various challenges and opportunities for the industry?
• How the government initiatives and rising consumer awareness are driving the Middle East ICT industry?
• Who are the major players in the Middle Eastern ICT industry?

Information has been sourced from various credible sources like books, newspapers, trade journals, and white papers, industry portals, government agencies, trade associations, monitoring industry news and developments, and through access to more than 3000 paid databases.

The analysis methods include ratio analysis, historical trend analysis, linear regression analysis using software tools, judgmental forecasting, and cause and effect analysis.