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COMCEC Transport and Communications

Outlook 2016

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Figure 30: Internet users (per 100 people) (1990-2014)

Source: World Bank

6.2.

T

ELECOMMUNICATIONS IN THE

OICM

EMBER

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OUNTRIES

OIC member countries usually have lower telephone and internet penetration rates and tend to

stay in the disadvantaged side of digital divide. On the other hand, there are significant

differences among OIC countries in terms of penetrations. While there are some OIC countries

with rates close to or even above high income countries, others have only a negligible level of

telephone and internet penetration. Detailed telecommunication statistics for OIC countries can

be seen in Table A.3 in the Appendix.

As Table 18 indicates, Iran is the leading OIC country in terms of fixed-telephone penetration

with 38.27 percent and followed by Kazakhstan and UAE.

Table 18: Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in top 5 OIC countries

Country

Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants

Developed Countries

38.50

Iran

38.27

Kazakhstan

24.70

UAE

23.06

Bahrain

20.52

Lebanon

19.19

World Average

14.30

Developing Countries

9.30

OIC Average

7.68

Source: International Telecommunication Union Statistics, 2015

As seen in Table 19, several OIC countries have much higher mobile cellular penetration rates

compared to developed countries’ average. Kuwait and Maldives followed by UAE, Kazakhstan

and Bahrain are the OIC countries with the highest mobile cellular penetration rates.

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