The United Arab Emirates maintained its Arab and regional leadership in a number of indicators related to the telecommunications and information technology sectors, according to the Global Innovation Index Report for the year 2020, which included results related to global competitiveness indicators for the communications and information technology sector.
According to the report, the UAE ranked first in the Arab world and regionally in the Communications and Information Technology Index, the Internet Access Index, and the Internet Use Index. It also ranked first in the Arab world in the General Internet Domain Names Index, and the Local Internet Domain Names Index.
In this context, the Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, affirmed that "the UAE continues its global leadership in the communications and information technology sector by achieving advanced positions in competitiveness indicators that measure the progress and development of the sector's infrastructure. In recent months, we have experienced the fruits of many years of cumulative work to develop the sector and raise its readiness for the future in cooperation with our strategic partners, and the Emirati experience in overcoming the current circumstance was clear in terms of being a pioneering and distinguished experience that provided a smooth transition to virtual activities such as remote work, distance learning and digital trade. And digital government services, and thus the continuation of the work of many vital sectors in the country."
Source (Al Khaleej UAE newspaper, Edited)
