The Country Intelligence Report provides in-depth analysis of the following:
- Demographic and macroeconomic context in Kuwait.
- The regulatory environment and trends: a review of the regulatory setting and agenda for the next 18-24 months as well as relevant developments pertaining to spectrum licensing, national broadband plans, tariff regulation, and more.
- Telecom services market outlook: analysis as well as historical figures and forecasts of service revenue from the fixed telephony, broadband, mobile voice, and mobile data markets.
- The competitive landscape: an examination of the positioning of leading players in the telecom services market as well as subscription market shares across segments.
- Company snapshots: analysis of the financial position of leading service providers in the telecommunications markets.
- Underlying assumptions behind our published base-case forecasts, as well as potential market developments that would alter, either positively or negatively, our base-case outlook.
Key Highlights
- Fixed broadband revenue will increase at a CAGR of 3.2%, driven by growing adoption of FTTH/B and fixed wireless access subscriptions supported by ongoing network coverage expansion efforts by the government to improve fiber connectivity across the country.
Report Scope
- Total telecom service revenues in Kuwait remain flat over 2025-2030, as the growth in the mobile broadband and fixed broadband services revenues will be offset by the significant decline in mobile voice, fixed voice, and mobile messaging segments.
- Mobile data service revenue will grow at a CAGR of 1.7%, across 2025-2030, driven by increasing data consumption, and growing adoption of 5G services that will yield higher data ARPUs over the forecast period.
- Fixed broadband revenue will increase at a CAGR of 3.2%, driven by growing adoption of FTTH/B and fixed wireless access subscriptions supported by ongoing network coverage expansion efforts by the government to improve fiber connectivity across the country.
Reasons to Buy
The Country Intelligence Report provides in-depth analysis of the following:
- Demographic and macroeconomic context in Kuwait.
- The regulatory environment and trends: a review of the regulatory setting and agenda for the next 18-24 months as well as relevant developments pertaining to spectrum licensing, national broadband plans, tariff regulation, and more.
- Telecom services market outlook: analysis as well as historical figures and forecasts of service revenue from the fixed telephony, broadband, mobile voice, and mobile data markets.
- The competitive landscape: an examination of the positioning of leading players in the telecom services market as well as subscription market shares across segments.
- Company snapshots: analysis of the financial position of leading service providers in the telecommunications markets.
- Underlying assumptions behind our published base-case forecasts, as well as potential market developments that would alter, either positively or negatively, our base-case outlook.
Table of Contents
1. Market highlights2. Operating Environment
3. Telecom services market outlook
4. Mobile services market
5. Fixed services market
6. Competitive landscape and company snapshots
7. Appendix
Companies Mentioned (Partial List)
A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:
- Zain Kuwait
- Ooredoo Kuwait
- STC
- Virgin Mobile
- Ministry of Communications

