MAP > Internet Providers in Kuwait

The developments over the last year or so in Kuwait has been able to show how a very supportive government can be able to pave the way for the telecoms progress. Kuwait government has been making great headway in being able to implement changes that will enhance the overall telecoms industry. Such example includes recent establishment of the independent telecoms regulator (CITRA) as well as the current project that is underway by the Ministry of Communications that has been expanding Kuwait’s fiber broadband infrastructure. Government support has been integral to Kuwait’s telecom industry progress.

Kuwait has among the highest mobile penetration rates globally, and while this has been able to lead to the market saturation, operators have been combating this by being able to build the extensive LTE networks as well as the developing mobile broadband content and services. The existence of the substantial mobile infrastructure also does place Kuwait in very good stead to be able to take advantage of the opportunities that are offered by the evolution to the 5G.

While the fixed broadband penetration of Kuwait has been among the lowest in this region this sector that offers the potential future growth chances for both the operators as well as government. The improvement to fixed broadband infrastructure is going to assist in growing market including the e-commerce along with the smart infrastructure growth, start-ups, and the M2M.

Overall, the telecoms sector has become very important to Kuwait’s economy as the country looks to diversify from the reliance on the oil. While it does offer the mature mobile sector, the opportunities exist to enhance its lagging fixed broadband systems and capitalize on the growing mobile broadband services as well as the content sector. BuddeComm analyses Kuwait’s extensive telecoms market and offers the key industry statistics and information and insights relating to the fixed and the mobile infrastructure, subscribers, regulations, smart infrastructure, and the major players. It also does include the BuddeComm’s Telecoms Maturity Index that measures and also does rank maturity of Kuwait’s telecoms industry within middle East on the scale of around 1-100. Some of the companies that have been covered in this report does include Kuwait Telecom Company (KTC), Mobile Telecommunications Co (MTC), Ooredoo Kuwait.

Some of the key developments in the report:
• Improvements to the fiber broadband infrastructure have been underway.
• There is very high ownership of smartphones in Kuwait.
• Three major operators of the Zain Kuwait, Ooredoo have been offering the LTE services and also exploring the 5G opportunities.