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Bahrain enjoys lowest fibre broadband prices in GCC

Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has recently conducted a study on retail price benchmark for telecommunications services in Arab countries for 2021.

 

According to the study, Bahrain’s Fixed and Mobile Broadband prices are competitive within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Arab world. The study shows that fibre broadband plans offered by the operators in Bahrain have the lowest charges in the GCC.

 

In addition, Bahrain’s telecom operators compete on a regional and Arab level for mobile services, particularly in charge of the high-usage packages. Bahrain’s Fixed Broadband charges for high speeds have been reduced by 67% between 2019 and 2021, according to the study.

 

With an average mobile broadband usage at 28GB per month, at high usage levels of 10GB and more, Bahrain is more competitive than other GCC countries.

As a result of the reduced broadband prices and the continued Fibre rollout, the number of homes with fibre broadband has increased substantially. Based on the latest market data, 65% of households in the Kingdom of Bahrain have fibre broadband services, compared to 42% in 2019, noting an increase of subscriptions by 34%.

 

Additionally, TRA’s latest Residential Market Survey report on telecoms services shows that 100 percent of respondents have reported using the Internet, indicating Bahrain’s growing affordability of Internet services.

 

“We all want good quality broadband at an affordable price,” TRA’s General Director Philip Marnick said.

 

“It is essential for the TRA to be able to monitor price changes and analyse the impact of competition on the telecom services we all use.”

 

The TRA’s role in boosting competition is evident in the reduction of charges, through working on significant projects, such as the establishment of the National Broadband Network, Bahrain Network (BNET) in 2019 – so all fibre in the Kingdom is from the same provider – which offers a variety of fibre products to the operators in Bahrain, which enables them to provide advanced broadband services at competitive prices, he added.

 

 

Source: Bahrain News Agency