Middle East and North Africa: Telecoms Market Forecasts 2026-2031

"Telecoms service revenue will grow at a CAGR of 2% over the forecast period as increasing broadband revenue offsets slowing growth in the mobile segment."

This report focuses on operators’ core telecoms services in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It includes discussion of 5G developments, value-added services (VAS), IoT, pay TV and operator business services. These services are discussed in detail in our other research programmes. This report also includes metrics related to equipment revenue.

This report and the associated data provide:

• a 5-year forecast of around 200 mobile and fixed KPIs for MENA as a whole and for 12 countries
• an in-depth analysis of the trends, drivers and forecast assumptions for each type of mobile and fixed service, and for key countries
• an overview of operator strategies and country-specific topics, in order to highlight similarities and differences by means of a cross-country comparison
• a summary of results and key implications for mobile and fixed operators.

Geographical coverage

Region

• Middle East and North Africa

Individual countries (separate reports)

• Egypt
• Israel
• Kuwait
• Oman
• Saudi Arabia
• United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Individual countries (data only)

• Algeria
• Iran
• Iraq
• Morocco
• Qatar
• Tunisia

Key performance indicators

Connections

• Mobile
  • Handset, mobile broadband, IoT
  • Prepaid, contract and prepaid share
  • 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G
  • Smartphone, non-smartphone
• Fixed
  • Voice, broadband
  • Narrowband voice, VoBB
  • DSL, fibre broadband, cable broadband, fixed-wireless access (FWA), 5G, satellite and other
• Pay TV

Traffic

• Outgoing voice minutes, MoU
• Mobile data traffic

Revenue/ARPU/ASPU

• Mobile
  • Service, retail, wholesale
  • Handset, mobile broadband, IoT
  • Handset voice, messaging data
  • Prepaid, contract
  • 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G
• Fixed
  • Service, retail, wholesale
  • Voice, broadband, dedicated connections
  • DSL, fibre broadband, cable broadband, FWA, 5G, satellite and other

IT services

Pay TV

Value-added services

Equipment