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more than 100 countries in the Middle East, Arabia to the organization, as the Kingdom was an inspiration to the whole region to
Africa, Europe and Central Asia, watched by is one of the largest countries contributing discover space, for the benefit of the region
more than 170 million viewers in 21 Arab to Arabsat, valuing the great role of His and humanity. He also indicated that
countries, broadcasting from two ground Royal Highness Prince Sultan bin Salman, the organization today has more than 15
stations to control satellites in Riyadh the first Arab Muslim astronaut, who satellites in the orbit and is considered the
and Tunisia. Balkheyour praised the great participated in the mission of launching 6th largest satellite operator in the world.
support provided by the Kingdom of Saudi the first satellite of Arabsat In 1985, which

Arthur D. Little Releases Annual Study on the

Telecom Industry

“Embrace the future”, the 2019 edition • Secure reasons to be part of sustainable beyond core – i.e. in B2C as well as in
of Arthur D. Little’s annual study on the economics or drive the in-market ICT, B2B2X and wholesale to prepare
telecom industry, is based upon more than consolidation to reach sustainable for the future (to compensate for the
100 interviews drawing from senior industry economics stagnating / declining core business)
executives, investors / shareholders, 4,300 • Accelerate M&A in resultant focus areas
deals in relevant sectors, and an analysis
of operator strategies across the globe.
To secure future growth, telcos will have
to take advantage of the possibility of
mutualizing assets and creating focused
platforms for growth, transformation and
value creation, which is facilitated by the
disaggregation of the telecom value chain.
To do this, telcos need to continue to
invest in a balanced way between organic
and inorganic options
• Innovate the core, driven by local
competition
• Build capabilities to prepare for
the future, in particular for digital
transformation

Arthur D. Little Releases “5G for Business a 2030 Market Compass” in

Partnership with Ericsson

In our 4th report on the series in partnership than expected, service providers need most geographies, there are now more
with Ericsson, we extend the projections to identify which areas to prioritize for specific insights available
of 5G industry digitalization business future growth • Balancing strengths, potential and
potential, and highlight that the journey • Of the total projected value of competition, there is significant
to capture value of 5G beyond mobile digitalization that 5G will enable in opportunity for service providers to
broadband starts now. Key takeaways 2030, almost half will be addressable by expand into the service enablement
from the report are: service providers layer
• As 5G networks are rolled out faster • With 5G deployments underway across

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