GCC ICT Projects Outlook & Review

Report Summary

This report highlights major trends in the adoption of ICT in the region’s government and private sectors. Along with a brief description of more than 400 ICT-related projects and contracts announced since Q1 2009, this report offers: Insight into the type of projects that remain a high priority throughout the region, Quarterly analysis of ICT projects value since Q1 2009, Understanding of the effects of the volatile economic situation and fiscal policies on the sector, Highlighting opportunities for ICT suppliers and the possibility of increased spending on ICT projects, Insight into the key suppliers in specific segments such as telecommunications and enterprise resource planning (ERP)

Table Of contents

Methodology and Scope
ICT Project Segment Definitions
Overview
Introduction
Key Drivers in Enterprise and Government ICT Projects
Future and Unawarded ICT Projects
Regional Analysis
Vendor Analysis
Projects Analysis by Country
Bahrain
Kuwait
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
UAE
Projects Analysis by Segment
Communications and Networking
Telecommunications
MVNOs
Computer Equipment
Appendix: ICT Projects in Private and Government Sectors
(Q1 2009 – Q2 2010)

CHARTS

Figure 1: Quarterly volume and value of projects
Figure 2: Quarterly project value by segment
Figure 3: Estimated project value by quarter (excluding telecoms)
Figure 4: Estimated breakdown of project value by country
Figure 5: Breakdown of number of projects by segment
Figure 6: Breakdown of project value by segment
Figure 7: Breakdown of number of contracts by industry sector
Figure 8: Breakdown of ICT project value by industry sector
Figure 9: Breakdown of ICT project value by industry sector
(excluding IT/telecoms)
Figure 10: Project value by country
Figure 11: Quarterly contract value by country
Figure 12: Breakdown of project value by country (2009)
Figure 13: Breakdown of Project value by country (2010 1H)
Figure 14: Breakdown of GDP by country 2009
Figure 15: ICT Segment components by country
Figure 16: Project value (government vs private)
Figure 17: Breakdown of value by origin of solution
(Hardware/Software/Services)
Figure 18: Breakdown of Bahrain ICT project value by industry sector
Figure 19: Breakdown of Kuwait ICT project value by industry sector
Figure 20: Breakdown of Oman ICT project value by industry sector
Figure 21: Breakdown of Qatar ICT project value by industry sector
Figure 22: Breakdown of Saudi Arabia ICT project value by industry sector
Figure 23: Breakdown of UAE ICT project value by industry sector
Figure 24: ICT project value by emirate
Figure 25: Telecom project value by quarter
Figure 26: Estimated project value of key telecom suppliers (2009 vs 2010)
Figure 27: Market share of telecom network equipment suppliers
Figure 28: Data and unified enterprise communications project
value tby quar
Figure 29: 2009 vs 2010 (1H)
Figure 30: Top suppliers’ share
Figure 31: Breakdown of IT services and software projects by type
Figure 32: ERP & CRM new project value by supplier
Figure 33: IT services and software projects value by sector
Figure 34: IT services and software value by quarter
Figure 35: 2009 vs 2010 (1H)
Figure 36: Announced managed services contracts by quarter
Figure 37: 2009 vs 2010 (1H)
Figure 38: Managed services by type of service
Figure 39: Breakdown of service providers by location
Figure 40: Breakdown of clients by country
Figure 41: Breakdown of project value by industry sector
Figure 42: Quarterly contract value – computer equipment
Figure 43: 2009 vs 2010 (1H)
Figure 44: Contract value by type of equipment

TABLES

Selected Future and Unawarded ICT Projects
ICT Project value as percentage of GDP, 2009
Major IT service providers in the GCC
Top clients: Estimated ICT contract value ($m)
Top IT systems integrators: Estimated ICT contract value ($m)
Competitive Analysis
Top ERP clients
Commercial Data Centre Service Providers in the GCC (2010)