In this issue:
1- Delegates evaluate the 3rd Annual Media and Telecoms Convergence Conference. 4th Annual conference is scheduled for June 13 & 14 2007.
2-Terrestrial TV is still going strong in Morocco.
3-Qatar, Bahrain, UAE and Kuwait are the Arab Worlds highest adopters of telecommunication services.
4-While Morocco’s GSM penetration exceeded 40% in 2005, some 80% of GSM users are still using the payphone services for national calls.
5-3rd Annual Media and Telecommunications Convergence Conference 2006 kick starts in Amman.
6-Stage is Set for ‘Hyper-Competitive’ Regional Markets.
7-Arab telecom operators served 85 million cellular subscribers and 30 million mainlines in 2005.
8-Saudi Arabia and the United States host the largest number of viewers of Arabic online news portals.
9-Competition is poised to move Sudan’s Internet market into an era of enhanced growth.
10-Algeria becomes the Arab World’s WiMAX pioneer.
11-A milestone year for Jordan’s broadband market: New infrastructure-based operators to enter in 2006.
12-Yemen’s Internet market registers high growth rates.
