Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Information and Communication Technologies: From Theory to Applications, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8482-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICTTA.2004.1307707
