By Staff Reporter — MUSCAT: March 8 - The Internet universality report by Unesco has included Oman, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Egypt in the top list. Oman ranked the highest among the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, ranking 24th among the 75 countries chosen for the report.
The report said infrastructure in Oman, which ranked 17th amongst 75, was as a major force. This is partly due to the high growth rate achieved by the country in terms of 4G technology coverage.
Communication through Internet provides economic opportunities and allows free exchange of data and information.
It also provides tools to overcome a number of international challenges, including provision of education and health services, providing clean water sources, and increasing the efficiency in energy usage, as well as increasing the government’s efficiency and its responsiveness to its citizens’ needs.
Saudi Arabia has been ranked 28 out of the 75 countries. The element of availability has formed a point of strength as a result of the pervasiveness of high mobile penetration.
The Internet universality report has
assessed the state of Internet universality
carefully with the participation of the economic intelligence unit and “internet.org”, with consultations carried out with a group of experts in order to discover diverse and interesting levels of Internet usage.
The report included a mix of high, medium, and low income countries, in addition to wide demographic and geographic representation. Eventually, the final choice focused on economies that were considered the most interesting in terms of Internet connection.
The 75 economies featured in the report represent about 90 per cent of the world population, and 90 per cent of the global GDP.
The report included 46 indexes for 75 countries distributed throughout four categories: availability, ability to afford costs, convenience of content, and readiness.
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