The local private sector has the highest share of cellular revenues in Palestine, Syria and Kuwait

The Arab Advisors Group analyzed the ownership structure and revenues of all cellular operators in fifteen Arab countries. The analysis aimed at examining the "actual" level of privatization and state ownership in each country measured by the proportionate share of each operator of total cellular market revenues. The analysis revealed that the Palestinian, Syrian and Kuwaiti cellular markets are the most privatized markets, whilst Lebanon telecom market is not privatized. Foreign ownership proportionate share of cellular revenues is the highest in Jordan and Sudan, followed by Algeria and Egypt.

The Arab Advisors Group has analyzed the ownership structure and revenues of forty cellular operators in the region. This was intended to shed light on the actual level of privatization and state ownership in each country measured by the proportionate share of total cellular revenues for 2014. The proportionate revenue share was calculated by multiplying each operator’s share of total revenues by the percentage of shares owned by government, public sector institutions, local private sector and foreigner investors in the country.

A new report, “Privatization Levels in Arab Cellular Markets” was released to the Arab Advisors Group’s Telecoms Strategic Research Service subscribers on August 13, 2015. This report can be purchased from the Arab Advisors Group for only US$ 2,250. The 19-page report, which contains 16 detailed exhibits, provides a detailed analysis of the ownership structures and revenues and the level of privatization by revenues of all the cellular operators in the countries covered. The report covers forty operators in fifteen countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Sudan, Tunisia and UAE.

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"The analysis revealed that local private sector in Palestine and Syria has the highest proportionate share of cellular revenues, while the public sector had the highest share of cellular revenues in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. In terms of foreign ownership proportionate share of cellular revenues, Jordan had the highest share, followed by Sudan, Algeria and Egypt.”
Ms. Hind Qweider, Arab Advisors Group Senior Research Analyst commented.

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