MAP > Internet Providers in Yemen

The access to the telecommunication services has been very vital given humanitarian issues that are in Yemen. Well, Yemen is a unique market for the telecommunication providers to be able to operate in as ongoing civil conflicts have gone on and resulted in close to 75% of the total population needs the human assistance. Also, it is quite dangerous for the company personnel and destructive for the infrastructure, including mobile towers that are often targeted deliberately. In such a situation, just supplying the basic telecommunication services to the community goes on to become challenging. It is quite difficult to be able to perform maintenance to the infrastructure in the areas that are open to conflict and safety of the staff should and must always be the top priority.

Despite all this however, it is very important that the emergency communications services to be available in order to convey the warnings to the citizens, hence allowing help organizations to be able to coordinate their efforts as well as facilitate crisis mapping and also  offer information with regard to access to the food as well as the medical relief. Charitable organizations, including the ones which are assisting in resolving the telecommunications services, do also face challenges when it comes to moving about Yemen as a result of the security issues. An example of such aid organization is the Emergency Telecommunication Cluster, that has been in operation in this county for a limited number of years and has been offering security telecommunications services as well as the basic internet and the power changing stations if possible. The ETC utilizes the mix of technologies and in particular relies heavily on the satellite for some of the more difficult areas.

The satellite and the radio communications have become essential to the supply services in this country as in rural and the remote areas there has been a scarcity of the telecommunications items, infrastructure and the service providers including such as the ISPs. Until the telecommunications infrastructure can be enhanced across Yemen as well as civil unrest stabilizes where there will be progress ahead for this sector in the short term. It is important that Yemen can be a very difficult market to be able to research given volatile civil unrest and the rising concerns regarding famine. All the recent statistics have been estimated to be only the current situation that is widely known. There are reports of significant destruction to the telecoms infrastructure.