Scale is not fate: How the UAE and Qatar created the world's healthiest telecom sectors

“Scale is not fate: How the UAE and Qatar created the world's healthiest telecom sectors”

A healthy telecoms sector is vital for a thriving digital economy and technological development. Conventional wisdom has long dictated that infrastructure businesses such as telecoms are largely about scale. The argument is simple: a large population generates more revenue and spreads the substantial cost of network roll-outs across a bigger subscriber base, making telecoms operations more financially sustainable and enabling continued investment. New Kearney research challenges that…