Among the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries had the highest adoption rate of smartphones of 79 percent in 2019, and was forecasted to reach around 91 percent in 2025. Mobile data consumption in the MENA region was expected to increase by more than fivefold by 2025.
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GSMA Intelligence. (November 19, 2020). Share of smartphones connections in the Middle East and North Africa in 2019 with a forecast for 2025, by region [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 16, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1190185/mena-smartphone-penetration-rate-forecast-by-region/
GSMA Intelligence. "Share of smartphones connections in the Middle East and North Africa in 2019 with a forecast for 2025, by region." Chart. November 19, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1190185/mena-smartphone-penetration-rate-forecast-by-region/
GSMA Intelligence. (2020). Share of smartphones connections in the Middle East and North Africa in 2019 with a forecast for 2025, by region. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1190185/mena-smartphone-penetration-rate-forecast-by-region/
GSMA Intelligence. "Share of Smartphones Connections in The Middle East and North Africa in 2019 with a Forecast for 2025, by Region." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Nov 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1190185/mena-smartphone-penetration-rate-forecast-by-region/
GSMA Intelligence, Share of smartphones connections in the Middle East and North Africa in 2019 with a forecast for 2025, by region Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1190185/mena-smartphone-penetration-rate-forecast-by-region/ (last visited July 16, 2024)
Share of smartphones connections in the Middle East and North Africa in 2019 with a forecast for 2025, by region [Graph], GSMA Intelligence, November 19, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1190185/mena-smartphone-penetration-rate-forecast-by-region/