13 Nov 2008
Abdel-Rahman opened the bin Ahmed Jaafari, Governor of Communications and Information Technology Commission today in a conference and exhibition Cisco Expo 2008 held in the King Fahd Cultural Center in Riyadh.
He said: "The Saudi market has become one of the largest consumer markets for software and systems in the Arab region during the past years, with an estimated volume of the information technology sector at the end of last year, 2007 b 11 billion riyals, and a growth rate of 11% thanks to the considerable support given to this sector of the State in its quest Modernization and development. "
He noted in his speech made by the Saudi Press Agency, "the OAS" to the private sector is the main partner of the Government in implementing infrastructure and said that the Communications and Information Technology Commission has issued 333 licenses at 18 active for the private sector.
He stressed that at the end of his preliminary estimates indicate that the contribution of the technology sector in the gross domestic product within 5.5% and when compared to the contribution of manufacturing to approach 11%.
He said: "The Saudi market has become one of the largest consumer markets for software and systems in the Arab region during the past years, with an estimated volume of the information technology sector at the end of last year, 2007 b 11 billion riyals, and a growth rate of 11% thanks to the considerable support given to this sector of the State in its quest Modernization and development. "
He noted in his speech made by the Saudi Press Agency, "the OAS" to the private sector is the main partner of the Government in implementing infrastructure and said that the Communications and Information Technology Commission has issued 333 licenses at 18 active for the private sector.
He stressed that at the end of his preliminary estimates indicate that the contribution of the technology sector in the gross domestic product within 5.5% and when compared to the contribution of manufacturing to approach 11%.
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