MAP > Internet Providers in Jordan

Jordan has a unique market in very many ways as a result of the huge population growth in the last decade as well as the influx of refugees into this country. Jordan usually has a well-developed telecommunications systems as well as the industry has been preparing itself for next wave of the developments relating to the 5G and the IoT and M2M. Development of the national broadband network based on the fiber has been well underway, and the Orange Jordan remains to be the largest fixed network operator in Kingdom. Zain Jordan has also been investing in the fiber-based network infrastructure.

Mobile sector in this country has been challenging for three major operators as they all get to hold almost the same market share and also are very competitive. The Zain Jordan, as well as the Orange Jordan both, got to launch 4G LTE services ahead of the Umniah that saw the decline in the mobile subscribers in the year 2016 as a result. But, the launch of the 4G LTE services has also lead to the growth in the data revenues for mobile operators as well as expanding the data offerings is going to be the key focus area in moving forward.

Jordan has been the host to the growing number of the ICT companies and has also emerged as the technology startup hub for Middle East, making it possible due to the focus on the ICT education and the regulatory environment being conducive to the ICT investment. Also, it has been able to make superb progress in digital financial services area with the support from Central Bank of Jordan.

While the Jordan has been demonstrating very positive developments towards the fixed as well as mobile broadband growth, it got some challenges that include an ongoing influx of the refugees from Syria and Iraq that gets to place a strain on countries economy society in general as well as the infrastructure. The mobile broadband is the key development area for Jordan, with the 4G services driving development in the data. Fixed broadband has been growing with national broadband network fiber based deployment well underway. Well, Jordan has been the host to the growing number of ICT companies, and it has emerged as the technology startup for the Middle East. Jordan has largely been considered as one of the highly taxed sectors (telecoms) in this region. Jordan TRC has grown an initial report outlining need to be able to regulate the IoT developments in kingdom.