The report provides an overview of Bahrain’s cellular market during the first quarter of 2019. The report also outlines mobile quality of service for Bahraini operators by 2018.

Digitization incurred many developments in the financial and banking sectors and resulted in waves of adoption of new mobile financial services. Mobile financial services (MFS) gave rise to new innovative technologies like Internet and online banking, mobile money and wallets, electronic money models and digital payment solution platforms. The increase in cellular penetration in the MENA region resulted in an increase in demand for MFS. Arab Advisors Group released a new report " An Analysis of the Mobile Financial Services Ecosystem in the Arab World”. The report, which was released in August 2019, answers the following questions:   • What is the impact of the adoption of mobile financial services on MNOs? • How can telecom operators exploit opportunities in MENA’s financial landscape? • Which telecom operators in the Arab world commercially launched mobile financial services? • Which MENA countries provide an enabling environment that supports the digital financial space? • What kind of regulations are imposed on telecom operators and what are the regulatory limitations?

The report provides an overview of the 5G device ecosystem and the developments undergone by chipset and device manufacturers. The report also covers the availability of 5G devices and the smartphone market in MENA.

The report provides an overview of Bahrain’s fixed voice market by end of Q1 2019.