Communication, Media, & Technology

Soaring spectrum fees, 5G roll-outs and hyperscale-cloud build-outs are squeezing OPEX and CAPEX across the GCC’s CMT sector. Best-in-class procurement—rooted in cleansheet costing, licence pooling and category playbooks—releases the cash needed to fund network densification, streaming content and edge-AI services. Organisations that master their vendor economics today will own tomorrow’s digital customer. 

 

National regulators are also sharpening localisation mandates: data-sovereignty laws require in-country hosting, while Saudi Arabia’s and the UAE’s workforce-nationalisation targets compel tech and media firms to cultivate GCC talent. Embedding local-content criteria in tenders and launching supplier-development programmes not only unlocks compliance benefits (faster licences, preferential fees) but also builds a resilient regional ecosystem of data-centre, fibre and content-production partners. 

 

Finally, supply-chain resilience has moved front-and-centre after global chipset shortages and transcontinental shipping delays. Leading telecom and media companies now dual-source network hardware, negotiate multi-cloud strategies and maintain regional spare-parts hubs to cut outages and time-to-market. Clear operating-model governance—RACI matrices, digital approval workflows, live KPI dashboards—ensures these tactics translate into consistent savings and uptime rather than one-off firefighting wins.