Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) is participating in the celebration of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD-17).
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The Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) is participating in the celebration of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD-17), which falls on 17 May each year under the slogan “Massive data for a huge impact” because of its ability to transform data into information A process to be used in various fields.

This year’s World Day highlights technological developments that have facilitated the emergence of large data, the development of standards related to large data, as well as the identification and use of large data sources and uses, including their use for the development of the information society and monitoring of improvements made.

On this occasion, the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) stressed that the Kingdom has made great efforts in the field of the deployment of telecommunications and information technology services in all regions of the Kingdom.

The TRA estimated the ICT market in the Kingdom at SR 180 billion, confirming that it is the largest in the Middle East, while the volume of capital investments in the sector was estimated at more than 50 billion riyals. 2016.

It also pointed out that the contribution of the sector to GDP reached about 6% and about 10% in non-oil GDP. The TRA expected growth in spending on ICT services to reach 138 billion riyals by the end of 2017.

The Kingdom has achieved advanced positions among 139 countries, where it achieved the third position in the penetration rate for mobile services, the seventh position in the importance of communications and information technology to the vision of the future government, and the seventh position in the success of the government In the promotion of the use of information and communication technology, and the 15th position in the spread of broadband services over mobile networks, according to reports issued by the International Telecommunication Union. The Kingdom also won seven United Nations awards for the World Summit on the Information Society Last t respectively.