Increasing Broadband Internet Penetration

In the OIC Member Countries

Table 27: OIC Member Countries and OECD: Average mobile broadband speed (in Mbps)

(2015)

2014

2015

OECD

6.08

9.22

Asian OIC

2.06

4.17

Arab OIC

3.87

3.57

African OIC

N/D

Total OIC

2.44

4.03

Note: Data for African OIC Member Countries has not been compiled so far.

S urce: Akamai; Telecom Advisory Services analysis

Broadband market structure

The fixed broadband market structure in the OIC Member Countries exhibits, in the aggregate,

a moderate level of competitive intensity. Of the countries with available information, thirteen

have three or more fixed broadband service providers (an indication of sustainable

competition), while eleven have less than three (an indication of low competitive intensity)

(see table 28).

Table 28: OIC Member Countries: Fixed broadband market structure (2016)

Country

Number of operators

Albania

4 (2013)

Algeria

1 (2016)

Benin

4 (2016)

Côte d'Ivoire

5 (2016)

Indonesia

3 (2016)

Iran

1 (2013)

Jordan

3 (2106)

Kazakhstan

9 (2015)

Kuwait

5 (2016)

Mali

1 (2015)

Morocco

2 (2014)

Niger

1 (2013)

Nigeria

6 (2016)

Oman

1 (2013)

Pakistan

4 (2016)

Qatar

3 (2016)

Saudi Arabia

5 (2016)

Senegal

2 (2016)

Sudan

1 (2013)

Suriname

1 (2016)

Tunisia

7 (2014)

Turkey

6 (2016)

United Arab Emirates

2 (2016)

Yemen

1 (2013)

Source: Telecom Advisory Services case studies and survey; Business Monitor International; Point Topic; compilation of

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