Uae topped at Arab Information and Communications Technology

The UAE topped the 2007 Arab Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Use Index with a score of 2.19 and became the only country in the Arab World to break through the index's 2.00 barrier, according to a survey conducted by Madar Research Group and Orient Planet.

Mobile phone subscriptions in the region registered a 40.51 per cent growth in 2007, helping sustain the significant progress in ICT adoption in the Arab economies, whose ICT Use Index increased to 0.83 in 2007, rising 30.21 per cent from the previous year.

Gulf countries meanwhile registered 43.93 million mobile subscriptions in 2007, up 40.04 per cent over the previous year.

In terms of computer penetration, the UAE has maintained the No 1 position, recording 26.44 per cent rate with 1.58 million installed computers. Qatar followed with 26.32 per cent and 352,000 installations.

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