Telecommunications in Yemen

Telecommunications in Yemen provides information about the telephone, Internet, radio, and television infrastructure in Yemen.

Infrastructure

Since unification in 1990, efforts have been made to create a national telecommunications network.

Internet usage

Yemen had 2.349 million Internet users in 2011, up from 295,232 in 2008, and 270,000 in 2006. These low numbers are attributed to the high cost of computer equipment and connections in combination with the population's low level of income, as well as to the restricted bandwidth available on Yemen's outdated telephone network.

In 2001 two private companies won 15-year licenses to provide mobile phone services. The growth of the companies' networks has resulted in coverage of about 60 percent of the population, but threats to internal security coupled with poor consumer payment history remain obstacles to future growth. In August 2005, the government awarded a contract to a joint venture between China Mobile and a group of Yemeni investors to take a 55 percent stake in Yemen's third mobile network; the government will retain a 25 percent share. In August 2006, the same conglomerate was awarded a contract for a fourth mobile network. The four mobile network providers currently present in the mobile phone market are Yemeni Omani United (YOU, previously MTN Yemen), Sabafon, Yemen Mobile, and Y (Y Telecom). (November 2021) || Emerald International Investment LCC (82.8%) (December 2008) || Yemen Mobile Phone Company, Batelco (26.942%)

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