Working towards 3G licensing and deployment in Jordan and the implications for others in the Levantine region

Author

Coulton, Paul ; Khirallah, Chadi ; Dudin, Basil ; Edwards, Reuben

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun. Syst., Lancaster Univ., UK

fYear

2004

fDate

19-23 April 2004

Firstpage

227

Lastpage

228

Abstract

In this paper, 3G licensing and deployment in Jordan and the implications for others in the Levantine region is studied. Jordan has the highest mobile penetration rate in the Levantine region of the middle east just following the oil-rich Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. It has probably been the first country to incept mobile services and mobile uptake has been so fierce that mobile penetration has exceeded that of fixed line telephony. Jordan also launched GSM services at the end of 2001. An outline of the development of the Jordanian telecommunication sector leading to 3G readiness is highlighted.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; cellular radio; 3G licensing-deployment; GSM services; Jordanian telecommunication sector; Levantine region; mobile penetration rate; mobile services; oil-rich Gulf Cooperation Council countries; 3G mobile communication; Communication systems; Councils; Licenses; Monopoly; Petroleum; Telecommunication control; Telecommunication standards; Telephony; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information and Communication Technologies: From Theory to Applications, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8482-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTTA.2004.1307707

Filename

1307707