United Arab Emirates
Market Profile
Doing Business in the UAE
UAE Business Conditions Summary
United Arab Emirates CIA
Factbook
UAE Map, Demography and Basic data.
UAE World Bank
Page
Arabian Business News - Dubai Business
News
United Arab Emirates Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Market
Report
The UAE has a well-developed and technologically advanced
telecommunications infrastructure and has high mobile telephone
and Internet penetration. Majority government-owned Emirates
Telecommunication Corporation Ltd (Etisalat) operates, maintains
and develops the national and international fixed-line network,
mobile telephony, Internet access and cable TV services but its
monopoly has been cancelled. The company has been increasing its
presence in numerous countries. Broadband Internet connections
are available by Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) and cable, with
DSL line numbers growing quickly.
UAE Broadband, Internet and Digital Media Market Overview
Internet and Statistics
Incumbent Etisalat and alternative operator are vying to offer faster broadband
packages over a mixture of ADSL, mobile broadband and FttH in a market that already
has one of the highest broadband penetration rates in the Middle East. UAE governments
at both federal and emirate level have been very interventionist, particularly Dubai,
with programs to encourage computer and Internet use. Government policy has also
included encouragement for media, IT and Internet related businesses and Dubai
has become a regional centre for the industry. Satellite delivered television is
a particularly healthy industry in the Middle East region and much of it is now
also headquartered in Dubai.
United Arab Emirates
Population
October, 2009
The population of the UAE currently stands at around six million with Emiratis
making up 16.5 percent, according to the results of two major studies. This figure,
up nearly two million over the 2005 census results, were reported by the UAE Daily
Gulf News on October 7th, 2009. The studies were compiled by the Department of
Naturalisation and Residency, the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Labour.
The expatriate population in the UAE is rapidly increasing, with the largest group
made up of Indians, with 1.75 million currently residing in the country. The second
largest group is from Pakistan with about 1.25 million. About 500,000 Bangladeshis
also live in the UAE, according to the studies.
The research showed that members of other Asian communities, including China, the
Philippines, Thailand, Korea, Afghanistan and Iran make up approximately one million
of the total population. Western expatriates, from Europe, Australia, Northern Africa,
Africa and Latin America make up 500,000 of the UAE population.
