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Frost & Sullivan Perspective On: Internet Usage In The UAE Claimed To Be Cheapest And Fastest In The Middle East
The latest release of Household Download Index has ranked UAE at the top position within GCC and 41 and 33, for the Download and Upload speeds, respectively. UAE positions itself as technology leaders by offering faster and cheaper per mbps internet, as compared to other competing nations within GCC. High adoption rate of cloud computing, fast and reliable internet are amongst the main contributors for the Internet subscriber growth and the effective cost per Megabit per second rate.The Internet penetration was more than 75 per cent in 2011 which was among highest rates in the region. With households’ broadband penetration of nearly 56 per cent, UAE is soon expected to be the leader and the first country in the world, to have 100 per cent household broadband internet penetration through FTTH technology.
Perspective by: Vivek Malhotra, Principal Consultant, Information & Communication Technologies Practice, South Asia and Middle East, Frost & Sullivan
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