Country review: Saudi Arabia’s digital transformationand collaborative regulation
Acknowledgments
Foreword
List of Figures and Tables
1 Introduction
2 Institutional set-up in the ICT sector and across economic sectors
     2.1 State of ICT markets
          2.1.1 Communications and Information Technology Commission
          2.1.2 General Commission for Audiovisual Media
          2.1.3 Other sectoral authorities involved in the digital economy
3 Key ICT sector policies
     3.1 ICT Sector Strategy 2019-2023
     3.2 CITC Strategy 2023
     3.3 CITC Spectrum Outlook for Commercial and Innovative Use 2021-2023
4 Key cross-sectoral policies
     4.1 General Authority for Competition: Collaborative regulation is key to a pro-competition framework
     4.2 Saudi Arabia Monetary Authority: Fintech and digital transformation policies
     4.3 Water and Electricity Regulatory Authority: Reducing tariffs for cloud computing
     4.4 Digital Governance Authority: Thematic, holistic approach to national policies
5 Collaborative practices across institutions
     5.1 National Regulatory Committee
     5.2 National Committee for Digital Transformation and the National Digital Transformation Unit
6 Regulatory tools to promote the digital economy and transformation
     6.1 Agile regulatory tools
          6.1.1 Inclusive, standardized consultation practices
          6.1.2 Self-regulatory and co-regulatory approaches
          6.1.3 Regulatory sandboxes and trial licences
     6.2 Incentive-based regulatory tools
     6.3 Innovation-based regulatory tools
7 Level of regulatory maturity and policy implementation
     7.1 From regulatory silos to cross-sectoral regulatory collaboration
     7.2 From ICT to digital regulation
8 Conclusion