MENA market

Arab Telecom operators in 18 countries in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) were serving 85m mobile subscribers and 30m mainlines in 2005. Among mobile operators, Aljawal, Maroc Telecom and Orascom are the top three with respectively 11.9m, 8.3m and 7,1m mobile users. Gulf States are very well equipped, reaching a mobile penetration over 100%, and a high (for the region) 27% fixed line penetration rate. The figures were extracted from a just-published Arab Advisors Group report.