Jordan strives to develop its digital economy
Jordan's government has focussed on the use of ICT in a range of sectors, aimed at transforming the relatively small economy through the use of digital services. This policy has helped the country rise in the league tables for digital connectivity and internet readiness, and it has also attracted investment from foreign companies. During the ongoing global pandemic, the start-up sector has been further encouraged to develop solutions to combat the crisis, while other efforts have facilitated e-government services and encouraged businesses to adapt to new methods of working through their own digital transformation.These developments have been supported by the highly developed mobile sector, led by three major regional players which have near-comprehensive LTE network coverage. Orange Jordan has also focussed on building up its FttP infrastructure, with the network covering about 618,000 premises by mid-2021.
This report provides statistics and analysis on the key sectors of Jordan's telecom market, presenting an overview of the regulatory environment, the fixed network operators and services, telecom infrastructure, mobile operators, and mobile infrastructure, supported by statistics. The report includes a range of subscriber forecasts.
Recent developments:
- Government encourages Jordan's digital transformation, spurred by demands arising from responses to the pandemic;
- Umniah reports covering more than 600,000 premises with fibre, providing data at up to 1Gb/s;
- Two additional cable systems to be added to the Blue-Raman cable system;
- Government reiterates its commitment to work with MNOs to launch 5G services, aiming for 5G to be a catalyst for economic growth and for attracting investment in the country;
- Fast take-up of LTE brings penetration rate to over 98%;
- Umniah and JEPCO partner to deploy fibre-broadband networks;
Table of Contents
- Key statistics
- Country overview
- COVID-19 and its impact on the telecom sector
- Economic considerations and responses
- Subscribers
- Infrastructure
- Telecommunications market
- Market overview
- Market analysis
- Regulatory environment
- Historic overview
- Telecommunications Law 1995
- Telecommunications Law 2002
- Regulatory authority
- Fixed line developments
- Telecom sector liberalisation
- WiMAX licences
- Privatisation
- Interconnect
- Access
- Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
- Taxes
- Mobile market developments
- Third GSM licence
- 3G licences
- LTE spectrum
- SIM card registration
- Mobile Termination Rate (MTR)
- Mobile market
- Mobile statistics
- Mobile infrastructure
- 5G
- LTE (4G)
- GSM, 3G
- Satellite mobile
- Mobile broadband
- Major mobile operators
- Zain Jordan
- Orange Jordan
- Umniah
- MVNOs
- Fixed-line broadband market
- Market analysis
- Broadband statistics
- Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
- Other fixed broadband services
- Fixed wireless (Wi-Fi and WiMAX)
- Fixed network operators
- Orange Jordan
- Telecommunications infrastructure
- National telecom network
- National Telecommunication Program 1995-1999
- Internet Exchange Points
- International infrastructure
- FLAG
- RCN
- JADI
- Smart infrastructure
- Smart city
- E-payments
- M-payments
- Appendix - Historical data
- Glossary of abbreviations
- Related reports
Table 1 - Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Jordan - 2021 (e)
Table 2 - Jordan - Change in GDP and GDP per capita - 2012 - 2021
Table 3 - Change in the number of telecom financial data (JOD million) - 2012 - 2020
Table 4 - Development of telecom revenue by sector (JOD million) - 2012 - 2020
Table 5 - Change in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration - 2012 - 2027
Table 6 - Change in the number of mobile subscribers by type (million) - 2012 - 2021
Table 7 - Change in the proportion of mobile subscribers by type - 2012 - 2021
Table 8 - Mobile voice and SMS traffic - 2020 - 2021
Table 9 - Average monthly mobile voice and SMS traffic per subscriber - 2020 - 2021
Table 10 - Change in the number of active mobile broadband subscriptions - 2012 - 2027
Table 11 - Development of Zain Jordan's mobile ARPU - 2012 - 2021
Table 12 - Development of Zain Jordan's financial data ($ million) - 2012 - 2021
Table 13 - Change in the number of Zain Jordan's mobile subscribers - 2012 - 2021
Table 14 - Change in the number of Orange Jordan's mobile subscribers - 2012 - 2021
Table 15 - Development of Umniah's revenue - 2012 - 2021
Table 16 - Change in the number of Umniah's mobile subscribers - 2012 - 2018
Table 17 - Change in the number of DSL subscribers - 2012 - 2021
Table 18 - Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration - 2012 - 2027
Table 19 - Fixed broadband traffic - 2020 - 2021
Table 20 - Fixed broadband market share by data rate - 2019 - 2020
Table 21 - Growth in the number of Orange Jordan's fixed broadband subscribers - 2012 - 2021
Table 22 - Change in the number of fibre broadband subscribers - 2012 - 2021
Table 23 - Development of Orange Jordan's revenue and EBITDA (JOD million) - 2012 - 2020
Table 24 - Development of Orange Jordan's revenue by sector (JOD million) - 2012 - 2020
Table 25 - Development of Orange Jordan's revenue (million) - 2012 - 2021
Table 26 - Change in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity - 2012 - 2027
Table 27 - Fixed lines subscribers by type - 2020 - 2021
Table 28 - Fixed-line traffic (million minutes) - 2020 - 2021
Table 29 - Historic - Jordan - major mobile operators market share - 2004 - 2007
Table 30 - Historic - Jordan - Mobile Termination Rates (JOD per min) - 2010 - 2014
Table 31 - Historic - Jordan - mobile subscribers and penetration - 2001 - 2011
Table 32 - Historic - Zain Jordan financial data (including ARPU) - 2005 - 2011
Table 33 - Historic - Zain Jordan prepaid market share - mobile subscribers - 2005 - 2011
Table 34 - Historic - Orange Jordan - mobile revenue and subscribers - 2005 - 2011
Table 35 - Historic - Jordan - fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1995 - 2011
Table 36 - Historic - Orange Jordan - Total revenue and revenue by sector (JOD million) - 2004 - 2011
List of Charts
Chart 7 - Change in the number of telecom financial data - 2012 - 2020
Chart 8 - Development of telecom revenue by sector - 2012 - 2020
Chart 9 - Change in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration - 2012 - 2027
Chart 10 - Change in the number of mobile subscribers by type - 2012 - 2021
Chart 11 - Change in the proportion of mobile subscribers by type - 2012 - 2021
Chart 12 - Change in the number of active mobile broadband subscriptions - 2012 - 2027
Chart 13 - Development of Zain Jordan's financial data - 2012 - 2021
Chart 14 - Change in the number of Zain Jordan's mobile subscribers - 2012 - 2021
Chart 15 - Change in the number of Orange Jordan's mobile subscribers - 2012 - 2021
Chart 16 - Development of Umniah's revenue - 2012 - 2021
Chart 17 - Change in the number of DSL subscribers - 2012 - 2021
Chart 18 - Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration - 2012 - 2027
Chart 19 - Fixed broadband market share by data rate - 2019 - 2020
Chart 20 - Growth in the number of Orange Jordan's fixed broadband subscribers - 2012 - 2021
Chart 21 - Change in the number of fibre broadband subscribers - 2012 - 2021
Chart 22 - Development of Orange Jordan's revenue and EBITDA - 2012 - 2020
Chart 23 - Development of Orange Jordan's revenue by sector - 2012 - 2020
Chart 24 - Development of Orange Jordan's revenue - 2012 - 2021
Chart 25 - Change in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity - 2012 - 2027
Chart 26 - Fixed lines subscribers by type - 2020 - 2021
Chart 27 - Fixed lines traffic - 2020 - 2021
Companies Mentioned
- Orange Jordan
- Zain Jordan
- Batelco/Umniah
