1 ikadi ksu edu sa 3g regional issues & challenges of 40 mobile services in the arab markets and dr ibrahim a kadi professor communication electrical engineering king saud university riyadh ksa senior member ieee itu seminar on imt 2000 for region doha qatar 29 sep oct 2003 2 topics f telecommunication communications data conclusions 3 ffastest growing sector 1991 n users 16 1329 83 fold 45 aagr revenues 19b 414b 22 30 annually fdifferent systems land eg gsm is 95 satellite thuraya voice only inmarsat c paging ermes flex positioning gps glonas 4 market just keeps 0 500 000 1982 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 02 04