Internet of Things IoT Services in the Arab World

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1 Internet of Things IoT Services in the Arab World Arab Advisors Group Strategic Research Service December 2015 Analyst: Noor Al Asmar This report has been delivered to Client as part of the subscription to the Arab Advisors Group Strategic Research Service to be used exclusively by its employees

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3 Table of Contents Section I: Introduction... 1 Section II: Overview... 3 Section III: IoT services and applications in the Arab World for individual and business users offered by cellular operators... 7 Bahrain... 7 Egypt... 8 Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Morocco Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria Tunisia UAE Section IV: Adoption of IoT services... 30

4 List of Exhibits Exhibit 1: Number of analyzed IoT services provided by country... 3 Exhibit 2: The availability of main IoT services provided by the operators... 5 Exhibit 3: Number of IoT services offered by cellular operators by category... 6 Exhibit 4: Batelco s B-fit rates and packages... 7 Exhibit 5: Tracking devices and fees for Etisalat s My Car Tracking Service... 9 Exhibit 6: Etisalat s My Car Tracking Service sensor prices... 9 Exhibit 7: Mobinil s Metabe3 services Exhibit 8: Vodafone s Arabeety plans for individual users Exhibit 9: Vodafone s Arabeety plans for business users Exhibit 10: Sensor prices for Arabeety service Exhibit 11: Prices of extra sensors for Arabeety service Exhibit 12: Zain s Zain Track plans and packages Exhibit 13: Zain Track installation fees Exhibit 14: Zain s Zain Camera packages Exhibit 15: Features available on Zain Camera application Exhibit 16: Packages for Umniah s Vehicle Tracking Exhibit 17: Devices installation fees for UControl Exhibit 18: SIM card fees for Fleet Management Solution by Zain Kuwait Exhibit 19: SIM card fees for PRO Track by Ooredoo Exhibit 20: Malak e-watch rates and packages Exhibit 21: STC Fleet Management service packages Exhibit 22: STC s Fleet Management service fees Exhibit 23: Tracking Corp service fees Exhibit 24: Postpaid NFC SIM fees Exhibit 25: Pay As You Go NFC SIM fees Exhibit 26: Mobile NFC subscription plan Exhibit 27: Etisalat s NFC subscription requirements Exhibit 28: Etisalat s Fleet Management Solution features... 29

5 This report has been delivered to client as part of the subscription to the Arab Advisors Group Strategic Research Service to be used exclusively by its employees