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Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; Reference; Chapter 1 Introduction; Objective and Structure of the Study; Figures; Figure 1.1 Broadband Consumer Needs and Technology Options; Maps; Map 1.1 Economies in the MENA Region; Why Is Broadband Important for Economic and Social Development?; Tables; Table 1.1 Examples of Broadband Employment Multipliers; Figure 1.2 Percentage of Wikipedia Articles per Language; How Does MENA Compare in Terms of Broadband?; Table 1.2 Overview of Broadband in MENA; Notes; References |
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Chapter 2 National Broadband Policies and Market DevelopmentThe Need for Broadband Policies; Table 2.1 National Broadband Policies Within MENA, 2013; Boxes; Box 2.1 Egypt's National Broadband Plan; Box 2.2 Broadband Policy: Objectives and Implementation of the Digital Agenda for Europe; Table B2.2.1 National Broadband Plans' Coverage Targets in Selected EU Countries; Three Core Objectives of Broadband Policy and Three Stages of Market Development; Box 2.3 Broadband Diffusion Curve; Figure B2.3.1 The S-Curve; Figure B2.3.2 Penetration of Wireline Broadband Services in Various Countries |
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Figure 2.1 Fixed and Mobile Broadband PricesFigure 2.2 Mobile Broadband Penetration and Affordability, December 2012; Figure 2.3 Fixed Broadband Penetration and Affordability, December 2012; Box 2.4 Affordability of Broadband for the Poorest; Table B2.4.1 Affordability of Broadband in Emerging Markets; Figure 2.4 Importance of Policy Objectives Depends on the Stage of Broadband Market Development; Box 2.5 Ex-ante Sector-Specific Regulation in Telecommunications; Clustering Countries According to Their Level of Broadband Development |
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Figure 2.5 Fixed Broadband Penetration and Access Prices, December 2012Table 2.2 Penetration and Prices of Fixed and Mobile Broadband Access, December 2012; Figure 2.6 Fixed-to-Mobile Substitution in an Emerging Market (Arab Republic of Egypt) and a Mature Market (Bahrain), December 2012; Figure 2.7 Fixed-to-Mobile Substitution in Jordan, December 2012; Table 2.3 Market Share of Incumbent Operator in Selected Markets, December 2012; Figure 2.8 S-Curves of Fixed Broadband Market Development in Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar |
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Figure 2.9 Trends in Fixed Broadband Access Technologies in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, December 2012Figure 2.10 Mobile Broadband Penetration and Access Prices, December 2012; Figure 2.11 Take-up of Mobile Broadband in the Arab Republic of Egypt, Morocco, and Libya, December 2012; Table 2.4 Distribution of MENA Countries Among Three Development Stages; Table 2.5 Penetration Rates and Prices of Mobile Broadband Access, December 2012; References; Table 2.6 Clustering of MENA Countries in Terms of Broadband Market Development |
| Summary |
Just as the steam engine was the driving force behind the Industrial Revolution, broadband Internet is today seen as critical to the transition to knowledge-intensive economies across the world. As a general purpose technology, broadband Internet is considered as a fundamental driver of economic growth and social development, releasing the innovative potential and energy of previously disenfranchised members of the population. Many of the countries in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) now recognize that broadband Internet is crucial to their efforts to reduce poverty and create jo |
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Broadband communication systems -- Middle East
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Broadband communication systems -- Africa, North
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Internet -- Middle East
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Internet -- Africa, North
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Broadband communication systems
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Internet
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North Africa
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Middle East
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1306452392 |
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9781306452397 |
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9781464801136 |
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1464801134 |
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