Research and Markets http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c18851) has announced the addition of 2005 Middle Eastern - Broadband and Internet Markets to their offering. Dublin (PRWEB) June 13, 2005 -- Research and Markets http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c18851) has announced the addition of 2005 Middle Eastern - Broadband and Internet Markets to their offering. This annual report provides an insight into the developing Broadband and Internet markets of the Middle East. Topics detailed in the report include the following: - Regional Internet and broadband market developments and analysis - xDSL, Cable Modems, Fibre-to-the-home (FTTH), WiFi - Growth in regional broadband penetration and availability (Trends, Growth Patterns, Prospects) - Major Broadband Service Providers - Internet Access Locations and ISPs - Censorship of the Internet in Middle East countries Countries covered: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey United Arab Emirates, Yemen Extract: Approximately half of Israel's households are subscribers to broadband but research has shown that the majority of connections are in the sub-1Mb/s range. Broadband is Israel is set to go mainstream with the bundling of voice and video services by the cable companies that have recently launched Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services and eventually by incumbent Bezeq which is currently prevented from bundling its services for competitive reasons. The increase in competition, demand for broadband content such as Video-on-Demand (VoD), and maturing market will result in increased demand for higher bandwidth connections. Broadband was introduced into a number of Arab countries last year and growth has or is set to take off in a few others, namely Bahrain, Iran, Jordan and Turkey, attributed to tariff reductions and recent government initiatives For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c18851 Laura Wood Senior Manager Research and Markets e-mail protected from spam bots Fax: +353 1 4100 980