Evaluation of Telephone Access Service Contrasts in Saudi Arabia: Riyadh Region Versus Southern Region

• Main Authors: Saad Haj Bakry, Mohammad K. Samarkandy, Sami Al-Wakeel, Naim Zawawi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 1990-01-01
• Series: Journal of King Saud University: Engineering Sciences
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018363918308791

This paper is concerned with the practical evaluation of the present state, and the future development requirements of telephone access service, for different cases in Saudi Arabia. A general methodology has been derived for this purpose. The methodology is applied to the various urban, semi-urban, and rural areas of both the Riyadh region and the Southern region, and to the whole country level, in order to obtain a comparison reference. The telephone access service contrasts of the two regions have been emphasized, and a future plan for closing the gap between the two regions has been derived using two different development scenarios to achieve satisfactory level of service at a specific target date.