Saudi Arabia, the largest mobile phone market in the Middle East, has one of the highest mobile penetrations in the world, with 53 million subscriptions by 2013, and a mobile penetration rate of 181.6% - almost 2 mobiles per user, according to Saudi Gazette.
The third edition of ArabNet Riyadh, the largest digital gathering in Saudi Arabia, will take place on November 11-13, where leaders in mobile business and decision makers across sectors will convene to discuss the latest trends and opportunities in mobility.
The world has added more than one billion mobile phone subscribers in the last four years, to reach a total number of 3.2 billion, almost 50% of the world’s population, organizers of an industry event said.
More than one billion of these devices are smartphones, bringing the disruptive power of Internet connectivity to both professional and social spheres - whether through the 10.5 million jobs supported directly by the mobile ecosystem, or through proliferation of apps that change the way we perceive and interact with the world.
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), the Middle East and Africa (MEA) telephone handset market rose to its largest size in ten quarters in the second quarter of 2014, expanding 27% year-on-year to 64 million units.
Most of this growth was in the smartphone category. Smartphones' share of the overall MEA handset market grew 13 percentage points y/y to 40%, but reaching as high as 75–80% in some countries.
The third edition of ArabNet Riyadh, the largest digital gathering in Saudi Arabia, will take place on November 11-13, where leaders in mobile business and decision makers across sectors will convene to discuss the latest trends and opportunities in mobility.
The world has added more than one billion mobile phone subscribers in the last four years, to reach a total number of 3.2 billion, almost 50% of the world’s population, organizers of an industry event said.
More than one billion of these devices are smartphones, bringing the disruptive power of Internet connectivity to both professional and social spheres - whether through the 10.5 million jobs supported directly by the mobile ecosystem, or through proliferation of apps that change the way we perceive and interact with the world.
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), the Middle East and Africa (MEA) telephone handset market rose to its largest size in ten quarters in the second quarter of 2014, expanding 27% year-on-year to 64 million units.
Most of this growth was in the smartphone category. Smartphones' share of the overall MEA handset market grew 13 percentage points y/y to 40%, but reaching as high as 75–80% in some countries.
Source:
Mubasher
