GBI Mission

The nations of the Gulf are experiencing an enormous surge in demand for information services and data communications, fueled by the growth of information-based businesses along with new forms of internet-based entertainment and social networking.

Development of the underlying infrastructure to carry these services in the region has not kept pace, resulting in a situation in which the operators and service providers of the GCC have fewer choices and higher prices than may be found in other parts of the world.

Today, the bulk of intra-Gulf connectivity is on a single, foreign-owned facility, leaving the region with heightened vulnerability to disruption due to natural or human events. Gulf Bridge International aims to provide needed diversity for reliability of communications; adequate capacity for future growth in broadband services; and the competition necessary to rationalize pricing of communications services in the region.