Region in Focus: Middle East and North Africa, Q2 2025
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An update on industry developments, market insights and country KPIs
The Region in Focus series provides an essential quarterly briefing on industry developments, market insights and country KPIs for mobile markets around the world.
5G and AI continue to dominate news flow in the MENA region. Recent developments highlight that the GCC states are intent on maintaining their 5G leadership position, with operators moving quickly on 5G-Advanced and regulators making decisions to free up key spectrum bands. On the AI front, deployments remain geared towards generating internal efficiencies, while new revenue opportunities are emerging related to AI infrastructure.
Note: As of Q2 2025, the Region in Focus reports are now titled according to the quarter analysed for market developments. This Q2 2025 edition focuses on analysis of the latest developments for Q2 2025, while providing country KPIs for the year to March 2025.
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