Networking research for the Arab world
Basem Shihada, Tamer ElBatt, Ahmed M. Eltawil, Mohammad M. Mansour, Essaïd Sabir, Slim Rekhis, Sanaa Sharafeddine · Communications of the ACM · 2021
THE ARAB REGION, composed of 22 countries spanning Asia and Africa, opens ample room for communications and networking innovations and services and contributes to the critical mass of the global networking innovation. While the Arab world is considered an emerging market for communications and networking services, the rate of adoption is outpacing the global average. In fact, as of 2019, the mobile Internet penetration stands at 67.2% in the Arab world, as opposed to a global average of 56.5%.