It has also covered the grey area where telecom companies have stepped forward to help individuals by launching various social initiatives providing them recognition in the region.With people confined indoors, many have decided to use their smartphones to entertain, educate and help themselves. As per the report by budde.com, telehealth and e-education have topped the list of the most used categories in the Middle East & hence Covid situation is a major turning point for Digital property existence and their User experience.
Surpassing 400 million mobile subscribers which are about 65% of the population in 2020, with the milestone to raise this number to 700 million by 2025 the Middle East is amongst the fastest growing market. Despite the slowdown due to COVID-19, it is said that operators in the region will invest about $70 billion in infrastructure rollouts in the coming years.

In the middle east region, the market is influenced by Saudi Telecom from Saudi Arabia, Etisalat Group from UAE, Ooredoo from Qatar, as per Forbes 'Top Telecommunication Companies in the Middle East' Saudi Telecom have topped the list with a Net profit of $2.9 Billion followed by Etisalat @ $2.6 Billion and Ooredoo @ $611 Million in 2020.It has also been seen that Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has also partnered with various solution providers like Cisco, Nokia to add 5g technology to their services.

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