UAE is Among the Best Countries Globally in the "Digital Life Index"

  • Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  • 31 August 2022
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The Communications Regulatory Authority and the Digital Government revealed the UAE's solutions among the best countries in the world in terms of digital life indicators, thanks to the great development in the communications and information technology sector, which confirms the UAE's leadership in digital transformation and digital services.

According to the authority's report entitled "Digital Lifestyle in the UAE", the UAE ranked first in the world in the use of communication sites, while it ranked first in the Arab world and second globally in the use of "internet", and it ranked first in the Arab world and ninth globally in digital commerce. According to the report, the UAE had the first e-government in the region in 2001, noting that along this path full of achievements, the culture of digitization was established as a way of life practiced by individuals in society, and practiced by business institutions in their quest to achieve the greatest degree of efficiency and effectiveness.

The UAE ranked first globally in terms of mobile internet speed; While it ranked 13th in the world in "fixed internet" speed.

Source (Emirati Gulf Newspaper, Edited)

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