Diary of A Part Time Arab: Lebanon makes it onto the list of least doveloped internet nations in the world shocker!

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Tuesday, 11 November 2008

Lebanon makes it onto the list of least doveloped internet nations in the world shocker!

Although the country in 1996 was among the first Arab countries to introduce the internet, a decade later it ranked among the least developed internet nations in the world. In fact, according to a 2006 EU-funded research report, in terms of international bandwidth per capita Lebanon ranked just above countries such as Ivory Coast, Syria and Iraq, while it had lost the race with countries such as Egypt and Jordan.

Due to the country’s limited and outdated infrastructure, as well as the high cost of telecom supplies and the lack of a proper regulatory environment, Lebanon was not an attractive destination for potential investors, concluded the EU consultancy team. Apart from the introduction of a handful of ADSL lines mainly in Beirut, and much later than initially announced not much has changed since.