Saudi Arabia Tops 2026 ICT Construction Index
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ITU ranks Kingdom first in world virtual building.
Saudi Arabia has ranked first globally within the 2026 ICT Construction Index (IDI) printed via the Global Telecommunication Union (ITU), putting the Kingdom on the best amongst 159 economies assessed for virtual building.
The IDI measures international locations’ development in data and communique era (ICT) thru signs grouped beneath two pillars: common connectivity and significant connectivity. Those signs overview elements comparable to web get right of entry to, broadband products and services, virtual utilization, and the standard of telecommunications infrastructure.
In line with the Communications, House and Generation Fee (CST), Saudi Arabia’s best score was once pushed via robust efficiency throughout each pillars, reflecting persisted development within the Kingdom’s telecommunications and era sector. The fee attributed the outcome to ongoing reinforce for virtual transformation, complicated virtual infrastructure, and an evolving regulatory surroundings.
CST reported that Saudi Arabia’s communications and era marketplace reached SAR199 billion via the tip of 2025, recording a compound annual enlargement fee of 8% over the last 5 years. The fee additionally famous that web utilization and cell phone penetration had each reached 100%, whilst median fastened broadband speeds larger to 151 Mbps and median cell web speeds reached 216 Mbps.
The newest ITU score follows a sequence of world recognitions for Saudi Arabia’s virtual sector and displays the Kingdom’s persisted implementation of projects beneath Imaginative and prescient 2030. In line with CST, the fulfillment underscores ongoing efforts to make stronger virtual infrastructure, increase connectivity, and reinforce the ongoing building of the ICT sector.
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