News Releases

February 4th, 2008

Lebanese TV stations -LBC and Future TV- are the most popular amongst TV viewers in Lebanon.

January 14th, 2008

The Arab World’s major pay TV operators provide a choice of 140 pay TV channels.

January 14th, 2008

Algeria’s fixed and cellular revenues are projected to exceed US$ 4.7 billion in 2011, growing from around US$ 4.1 billion in 2007.

January 7th, 2008

Saudi Arabia’s Internet users spent over US$ 3.28 billion in B2C e-commerce during 2007.

December 16th, 2007

89.8% of Lebanon’s GSM users report using SMS; amongst the young, SMS use increases to close to 96%.

November 7th, 2007

94.2% of households in Kuwait have Sat TV receivers.

October 7th, 2007

370 Free to Air Sat TV channels in the Arab World by August 2007. The UAE leads the region by hosting 22.2% of all FTA Sat TV channels

September 23rd, 2007

15.5% of Kuwait’s cellular subscribers are e-commerce users spending 356 US$ million over the past 12 months.

September 20th, 2007

The status of IPTV in the Arab World: Still in a nascent stage pending a wider broadband adoption

September 9th, 2007

UAE Internet users spent over US$ 1.15 billion in B2C e-commerce over the past 12 month