Increasing Broadband Internet Penetration
In the OIC Member Countries
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VI. POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
The universe of the OIC Member Countries is not homogeneous when it comes to the
challenges faced regarding broadband development. Thus, the policy recommendations should
not be considered as uniform across the community of members. In the aggregate, OIC Member
Countries can be categorized into three groups: advanced, intermediate and developing (see
table 89).
Table 89: OIC Member Countries: State of broadband supply and demand (2015)
Supply Demand
Fixed Broadband
Coverage (ADSL)
Mobile
Broadband
Coverage (3G)
Mobile
Broadband
Coverage (4G)
Fixed
Broadband
Penetration
(households)
Mobile
Broadband
Penetration
(population) OIC Average 53.33% 64.16% 46.82% 14.95% 29.41% Advanced >70 % Azerbaijan,
Bahrain, Brunei,
Jordan, Kazakhstan,
Lebanon, Malaysia,
Maldives, Oman,
Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
Turkey, UAE,
>70%: Albania,
Azerbaijan,
Bahrain,
Bangladesh,
Brunei, Cote
d’Ivoire; Egypt,
Gabon, Gambia,
Jordan,
Kazakhstan,
Kuwait, Lebanon,
Malaysia,
Maldives,
Morocco, Oman,
Palestine, Qatar,
Saudi Arabia,
Suriname, Syria,
Tunisia, Turkey,
UAE
>70% Kazakhstan,
Kuwait, Pakistan,
Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
UAE
>70% Azerbaijan,
Bahrain,
Lebanon, Qatar,
Saudi Arabia,
UAE
>70% Bahrain, Kuwait,
Libya, Malaysia,
Oman, Qatar,
Saudi Arabia,
Suriname, UAE
Intermediate 70%-40% Kuwait, Palestine,
Suriname 70%-40% Afghanistan,
Algeria, Benin,
Cameroon,
Indonesia, Iran,
Iraq, Kyrgyzstan,
Mozambique,
Nigeria, Pakistan,
Senegal, Sudan,
Togo, Uganda,
Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan
70%-40% Jordan, Malaysia,
Morocco, Oman, 70%-40% Brunei,
Kazakhstan,
Malaysia,
Maldives, Oman,
Palestine,
Suriname,
Turkey
70%-40% Albania, Algeria,
Azerbaijan, Cote
d’Ivoire, Egypt,
Indonesia,
Kazakhstan,
Lebanon,
Maldives, Tunisia,
Turkey
Developing <40% Afghanistan,
Albania, Algeria,
Bangladesh, Benin,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon, Chad,
Comoros, Cote
d’Ivoire, Djibouti,
Egypt, Gabon,
Gambia, Guinea,
Guinea Bissau,
Guyana, Indonesia,
Iran, Iraq,
<40% Burkina Faso,
Chad, Comoros,
Djibouti, Guinea,
Guinea Bissau,
Guyana, Libya,
Mali, Niger,
Mauritania,
Sierra Leone,
Somalia,
Tajikistan,
Yemen
<40% Afghanistan,
Albania, Algeria,
Bangladesh, Benin,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon, Chad,
Comoros, Cote
d’Ivoire, Djibouti,
Egypt, Gabon,
Gambia, Guinea,
Guinea Bissau,
Guyana, Indonesia,
Iran, Iraq,
<40% Afghanistan,
Albania, Algeria,
Bangladesh,
Benin, Burkina
Faso, Cameroon,
Chad, Comoros,
Cote d’Ivoire,
Djibouti, Egypt,
Gabon, Gambia,
Guinea, Guinea-
Bissau, Guyana,
Indonesia, Iran,
<40% Afghanistan,
Bangladesh,
Benin, Brunei,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon, Chad,
Comoros, Djibouti,
Gabon, Gambia,
Guinea, Guyana,
Iran, Iraq, Jordan,
Kyrgyzstan, Mali,
Mauritania,
Morocco,