United Arab Emirates - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband

• Key statistics;
• Market and industry overviews;
• Regulatory environment;
• Major players (fixed and mobile);
• Infrastructure developments;
• Mobile voice and data markets;
• Broadband and Internet markets.

1. Key Statistics

1.1 Country overview

2. Telecommunications Market

2.1 Overview of UAE’s telecom market

2.2 Market analysis - 2009

3. Regulatory Environment

3.1 Background

3.2 Regulatory authority

3.3 Liberalisation

3.3.1 Interconnection and access

3.3.2 Number Portability (NP)

3.4 VoIP prohibited

4. Telecom Operators in UAE

4.1 Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat)

4.1.1 Etisalat International

4.2 Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company / du

4.3 TECOM Investments / Dubai Holding / Emirates International Telecommunications (EIT)

4.4 UAE investment companies owning telcos outside the UAE

4.4.1 Abu Dhabi Group / Warid Telecom / Wateen Telcom

5. Telecommunications Infrastructure

5.1 National telecom networks

5.2 Infrastructure developments

5.2.1 Next Generation Networks (NGNs)

5.3 International infrastructure

5.3.1 Submarine cable networks

5.3.2 Satellite networks

6. Broadband and Internet Market

6.1 Internet overview

6.1.1 Censorship and site blocking

6.1.2 Dubai Internet City (DIC)

6.1.3 Internet Statistics

6.2 Internet access locations

6.3 ISP market

6.4 Digital economy

6.5 Broadband market overview

6.6 Fibre to the Home (FttH)

6.7 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)

6.8 Cable modems

6.9 Wireless broadband

6.9.1 WiFi

6.9.2 WiMAX

6.9.3 Mobile broadband

6.9.4 Internet via satellite

7. Convergence

7.1 Overview of media convergence

7.2 Triple play

7.3 VoIP

8. Digital Media

8.1 Overview of broadcasting market

8.1.1 Media Zones

8.1.2 Arab Media Group

8.1.3 Abu Dhabi Media Company (ADMC)

8.2 Digital TV

8.2.1 Satellite-based digital pay TV developments

8.2.2 Cable TV - e-vision

8.2.3 High Definition TV (HDTV)

8.2.4 Broadband TV (IPTV)

9. Mobile Communications

9.1 Overview of UAE’s mobile market

9.1.1 Mobile statistics

9.2 Regulatory issues

9.2.1 Overview

9.2.2 Number portability

9.3 Mobile technologies

9.3.1 Analogue and digital

9.3.2 Third generation mobile

9.4 Major mobile operators

9.4.1 Etisalat

9.4.2 Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company / du

9.5 Mobile voice services

9.5.1 Prepaid

9.5.2 Satellite mobile

9.6 Mobile data services

9.6.1 Short Message Service (SMS)

9.6.2 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)

9.6.3 Push-to-talk (PTT)

9.6.4 BlackBerry

9.6.5 iPhone

9.6.6 Mobile content and applications

10. Glossary of Abbreviations

List of Tables

Table 1 - Country statistics United Arab Emirates - 2008

Table 2 - Telephone network statistics - 2008

Table 3 - Internet user statistics - 2008

Table 4 - Broadband statistics - 2008

Table 5 - Mobile statistics - 2008

Table 6 - National telecommunications authority

Table 7 - Etisalat group revenues and divisional representation - 2005 - 2009

Table 8 - du revenue and profit / loss - 2006 - 2009

Table 9 - Fixed lines in service, teledensity and subscribers by operator - 1995 - 2009

Table 10 - Internet user and penetration estimates - 1995 - 2008

Table 11 - Internet subscribers: Etisalat and total - 2000 - 2009

Table 12 - Dial-up Internet subscribers - 2000 - 2008

Table 13 - Broadband subscribers by operator - 2000 - 2009

Table 14 - du IPTV subscribers - 2008 - 2009

Table 15 - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate - 1995 - 2008

Table 16 - Mobile operators, subscribers and annual change - 2008

Table 17 - Mobile operators’ market share - 2007 - 2009

Table 18 - 3G subscribers as a percentage of total subscribers - 2007 - 2008

Table 19 - du revenue and profit / loss - 2006 - 2009

Table 20 - Prepaid subscribers - 2005 - 2008