Top Arab Cities in Telecommunications

Dubai ranked first in this sector thanks to the dissemination of mobile telephones and Internet, its roads’ infrastructure, the availability of the latest technologies, and its air transport infrastructure. It ranked fourth worldwide in terms of airport equipment and adherence to international standards.

Dubai was followed by Abu Dhabi and then Manama, where the Internet dissemination ratio reached 55.3 percent according to World Internet Stats data. Doha held the fourth position, with a wide dissemination of mobile telephones (reaching 196.6 for every 100 persons according to the Global Competitiveness Report), and the 25th position worldwide for availability of advanced technologies. Jeddah ranked fifth, followed by Kuwait, Riyadh, Muscat and then Tunis, where the landline dissemination ratio reached 11.8 percent. Amman ranked tenth followed by Casablanca and then Rabat, which ranked fifth in the Internet dissemination index and 93rd worldwide in PC dissemination (with an average of 3.5 computers for every 100 persons). Alexandria moved back to the 13th position, followed by Aleppo, Damascus, and Cairo, which ranks first in the road traffic index. Beirut did not register good results in mobile phones dissemination, road traffic or Internet dissemination. It therefore ranked 17th, followed by Algiers and then Khartoum.

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