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QATAR
Qatar’s computer hardware
sales to reach QR4bn by 2019
Computer hardware sales in Qatar are expected to
reach QR4bn in Qatar by 2019, registering a 5.2%
compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) since 2014,
BMI Research has said in a report.
Market saturation means there will not be explosive
growth, with even the tablet market mature by 2015,
but a combination of strong consumption growth
and underlying population growth will sustain steady
medium-term growth in spending, it said.
According to BMI Research, the country’s software
sales will scale up to QR828mn by 2019 with a 8.6%
CAGR since 2014.
“The dominance of oil and gas in the local economy
limits the size of the software market, but scope
remains for growth in the enterprise market over
the medium term through the modernisation and
diversification initiatives of the government,” BMI
Research said.
IT services sales, the report said, might exceed QR2bn
by 2019, following a CAGR of 11.6% since 2014.
Qatar ranked first
in MENA Internet
usage
Qatar was ranked first worldwide on the indicator
measuring the percentage of individuals using Internet
in the developing countries in 2014 (91.5%) and first
among Arab countries and second globally on the indicator
measuring the percentage of households with Internet
(98%), according to the 2015 edition of the State of
Broadband report.
Qatar also came first among all Arab countries and 12th
worldwide on the indicator that measures the percentage
of individuals using Internet in 2014 (91.5%) followed
by Bahrain (91%) and UAE (90.4%), said the Ministry of
Information and Communications Technology (ictQATAR)
in a press release.
In the same report, released yesterday in New York by
the UN Broadband Commission for Digital Development,
Qatar ranked 15th at the world level on the indicator that
measures the active mobile broadband subscriptions per
100 inhabitants.
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