Executive summary
Executive summary
Worldwide trends
Worldwide: monetising high-speed internet will be needed to achieve telecoms retail revenue growth
Regional trends
MENA: the fast adoption of fixed broadband and mobile data services will help the region's telecoms operators to maintain service revenue growth
The increase in household broadband penetration will be boosted by NGA network roll-outs and a growing demand for fixed data connectivity
Broadband penetration will increase in all countries in MENA, but the gap between the most and least penetrated countries will widen
Increasing competitiveness will lead to a decline in ASPU, but the demand for higher-speed services and bundling will lead to fixed broadband revenue growth
Broadband penetration will continue to increase across the region and VDSL will become the predominant access technology by 2024
Country-level trends
Egypt: the increase in fixed broadband revenue will be the main contributor to telecoms revenue growth during the forecast period
Kuwait: fixed market revenue growth will be driven by the expanding fibre-optic network footprint and encouraging service take-up
Oman: operators will increasingly focus on monetising their NGA investments and driving service take-up as network penetration increases

Qatar: the demand for high-speed connectivity will drive fixed broadband revenue growth
Saudi Arabia: telecoms revenue will grow due to improving economic indicators and investment in fixed infrastructure
UAE: telecoms revenue will increase, driven mainly by the demand for high-speed broadband connections
Forecast methodology and assumptions
Our forecast model is supported by sound market knowledge
Examples of forecast input drivers
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Figure 1: Telecoms and pay-TV retail revenue, by type, and total service revenue, the Middle East and North Africa, 2014-2024
Figure 2: Fixed service revenue by location, Middle East and North Africa and worldwide, 2014-2024
Figure 3: Telecoms retail revenue by service type, fixed voice and fixed broadband ASPU, Middle East and North Africa, 2014-2024
Figure 4: Telecoms retail revenue and growth rate by service type, Middle East and North Africa, 2014-2024
Figure 5: Fixed connections by type, Middle East and North Africa (million), 2014-2024
Figure 6: Broadband connections by technology, Middle East and North Africa (million), 2014-2024
Figure 7: Fixed retail revenue by service, Middle East and North Africa (USD billion), 2014-2024
Figure 8: NGA broadband household penetration and NGA share of broadband connections, Middle East and North Africa, 2014-2024
Figure 9: Fixed Internet traffic per broadband connection, Middle East and North Africa (GB per month), 2014-2024
Figure 10: Fixed broadband household penetration by country, Middle East and North Africa, 2014-2024
Figure 11: Fixed broadband household penetration by country, Middle East and North Africa, 2014-2024
Figure 12: Fixed broadband access ASPU by country, Middle East and North Africa, 2014-2024
Figure 13: Fixed broadband access ASPU by country, Middle East and North Africa, 2014-2024
Figure 14: Broadband connections by technology, Egypt (million), 2014-2024
Figure 15: Fixed connections by type, Egypt (million), 2014-2024
Figure 16: Broadband connections by technology, Kuwait (thousand), 2014-2024
Figure 17: Fixed connections by type, Kuwait (thousand), 2014-2024
Figure 18: Broadband connections by technology, Oman (thousand), 2014-2024
Figure 19: Fixed connections by type, Oman (thousand), 2013-2023
Figure 20: Broadband connections by technology, Qatar (thousand), 2014-2024
Figure 21: Fixed connections by type, Qatar (thousand), 2014-2024
Figure 22: Broadband connections by technology, Saudi Arabia (million), 2014-2024
Figure 23: Fixed connections by type, Saudi Arabia (million), 2014-2024
Figure 24: Broadband connections by technology, UAE (million), 2014-2024
Figure 25: Fixed connections by type, UAE (million), 2014-2024