"Mobile has scaled dramatically over recent years in the Arab States. The region’s mobile industry is one of the fastest growing globally, with over half of the population having subscribed to a mobile service at the end of 2013. This figure is forecast to reach almost 60% of the population by 2020, broadly in line with the global average. At the end of 2013 there were 195 million unique subscribers and 404 million connections (i.e. SIM cards)." (Executive summary)