range mobile communication network services amounted to 12.28 million by the end of 2012, representing a spread of 42.1% in terms of population. The growth rate in this service was 40.8% by the end of 2012, the report said, adding that there were some 2.54 million persons benefiting from it. Expenditure on information technology represents 30% of the overall expenditure size, the commission said, adding that its size of expenditure on communication and information technology services is expected to grow by more than 10% in 2013. The communications and information technology services market is the Middle East's largest in terms of capital value and expenditure size, acquiring a share of 70% of the size of this sector in the Arab Gulf market with capital investments worth SR135 billion in the last ten years. The revenues of communication companies in the Kingdom and outside were estimated at SR90 billion by the end of 2012, the report said. --More 14:36 LOCAL TIME 11:36 GMT تغريد
