COMCEC Transport and Communications
Outlook 2018
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Bahrain are followed by UAE, Jordan and Oman. OIC countries are generally in a less favorable
position in terms of internet penetration compared to fixed and mobile telephony. Average of
fixed broadband penetrations among the OIC countries is just 3.59 percent and this is much
lower than world average, which is 12.39 percent.
Bahrain, Qatar and UAE are the best performing OIC countries in terms of internet usage rates
with values above 90 percent. However, average of internet usage rates among OIC countries is
still lower than world average as well as developing countries average.