Arab Mobile Communication Studies

The mobile phone industry in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs inside and outside the industry, boosting economic growth and fostering social harmony and security are the major findings of the MTC commissioned 140 page report titled “Mobility for One Language, Diverse Cultures”

A first-of-its-kind detailed study and survey of the mobile industry in the Arab World, the report was launched at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona -February 2006. It includes ground-breaking research on the impact of mobile phones from economists, financial analysts, consultants, academics and journalists and comprises data from nine surveys conducted in seven Arab countries.

Conducted by independent research firm Zawya – the report is divided into five major segments, including an overview of the region’s mobile sector, economic and social impacts of mobile phones, the impact of the mobile phone in Iraq (analyzed through a survey done by Dubai-based Money Line) and a thorough MENA survey carried out in rural areas of six different countries - Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, Morrocco, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia- by Nicosia-based ACNielsen.

From research by a sociologist in Beirut, to a fact-finding report by a journalist in Jordan’s Wadi Rum, passing by the separation walls in Palestinian Territories, the report shows how the mobile has become an integral part of life in the MENA region. Even regional television and stock exchanges has not been spared by the ever growing influence of the technology.

Click below to open or download the Report in ts entirety:

Part 1 (pages 1 to 72) and Part 2 (pages 73 to 140).

Click here for a brief executive summary of the findings.

Click here to view the Media press release