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

Abstract

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.