Digital government is usually sold as convenience and is really about competitiveness. Inside Qatar’s public digital services, its cybersecurity institutions and its data protection regime.
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Why Telecom Operators Are Selling Their Towers
A mobile tower is worth far more inside an infrastructure company than inside a telecom operator. Here is why that arbitrage exists, how the deals are structured, and what gets given up.
Qatar’s Data Centre Bet: Cloud, Cooling and Competition
Data centres are located by power price, climate, connectivity and regulation. Qatar scores well on some and badly on others. Here is the honest assessment of the digital infrastructure bet.
Vodafone Qatar and the Economics of a Two-Player Market
Two-player markets sit between monopoly inefficiency and fragmentation’s value destruction. Qatar has run one for over a decade. Here is what that actually produces.
Ooredoo: From State Monopoly to Multi-Market Operator
A saturated home market of three million cannot absorb the cash a telecom monopoly generates. Ooredoo spent two decades converting it into international subsidiaries, with very mixed results.
