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Seef District, Kingdom of Bahrain - Wednesday, 3rd of August 2016
The most prominent ICT indexes in the world highlight Kingdom of Bahrain in the top tear, according to recent global reports.
Bahrain ranked 11th globally in the telecommunications infrastructure index compared to 24th in 2014, according to the United Nations' e-Government Readiness Report 2016 published in July 2016. Bahrain has also maintained its lead in the Arab region's ICT Index. The report shows that the value of Bahrain's telecommunications infrastructure index reached 0.7762 (The highest score being "1") in 2016, compared to 0.4183 in 2012, increasing by 86%. Progress in telecommunications infrastructure contributed strongly to the Kingdom's e-government readiness index reaching 0.7734 in 2016 compared to 0.6946 in 2012.
Chairman of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), Dr. Mohammed Al Amer congratulated Bahrain's Government on obtaining such advanced global rankings, praising TRA's outstanding efforts in the development and growth of the telecommunications sector in Bahrain. He emphasized that work be continued to maintain progress and achievements.
Regarding Bahrain's advanced rankings in the online services index, Dr. Al Amer congratulated the Information and e-Government Authority on this achievement, praising the continuous cooperation between the various stakeholders raising Bahrain's standing in regional and international forums.
The Global Information Technology Report 2016 issued by the World Economic Forum in Geneva, in collaboration with INSEAD University's Business School early last July, shows that Bahrain has ranked 24th globally in the ICT Usage Sub-index, which measures the readiness of the three pillars (individuals, business and the government) to use ICT. In this context, Bahrain has ranked 4th globally in mobile broadband penetration and 5th in mobile penetration.
Bahrain's position in the global telecommunications index is a reflection of the 4th National Telecommunications Plan's objectives, in particular the objective of Bahrain maintaining the regional and global lead as an advanced ICT hub. International reports such as these confirm that the adoption of government policies and TRA's work plan towards the government's vision has made a direct impact on these results ahead of some of the world's most prominent nations in ICT.
With Bahrain being named the "Best Progress Award" winner in the ICT development index by the International Telecommunications Union at the Global ICT Forum in Hiroshima, Japan last November; this comes as the latest in a string of world recognized successes for the Kingdom.
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Since its establishment in 2002, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the Kingdom of Bahrain has been working with government, consumers, operators and investors to develop the country into the region's most modern communications hub and to facilitate the growth of the market. As an exemplary Regulator for the region, TRA Bahrain independently carries out its duties in a transparent and non-discriminatory manner. More information about TRA can be viewed at www.tra.org.bh.
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