A raft of innovation-oriented projects worth some Dh300bn ($81.7bn), along with new legislation on government data sharing, is gaining pace in Dubai.
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Economic update | Dubai steps up ICT drive
22 Dec 2015
Economic update | Dubai extends IT push
7 Apr 2015
Demand for IT services in Dubai is set to soar over the coming decade, underpinned by strong demand for both software and hardware products.
Articles & Analysis | Dubai's tech-savvy population and ICT-focused free zones create a welcoming environment for start-ups from The Report: Dubai 2015
The year 2014 saw the launch of the Dubai Smart City (DSC) initiative – in many ways the culmination of more than a decade of ICT development in the emirate. Dubai has been able to successfully make this latest move thanks to its firm foundation of welldeveloped infrastructure. The emirate has also been diligently working to encourage IT start-...
Articles & Analysis | Growing market saturation in Dubai telecoms increasing competition for high-quality content from The Report: Dubai 2015
The emirate benefits from well-developed telecommunications infrastructure, with high penetration rates for both mobile and fixed-line services. These are delivered over a technically advanced network that is further enhanced by the emirate’s Dubai Smart City initiative (see IT overview). The local population is also highly concentrated, tech-savvy and global in both...
Articles & Analysis | Dubai integrating infrastructure and technology create a more efficient and liveable city from The Report: Dubai 2015
With more than 100 initiatives and 1000 government services involved, the Dubai Smart City (DSC) project is the most ambitious ICT programme that has ever been launched in the emirate. Set to be rolled out over a three-year period, the DSC aims to complete the “third phase” of Dubai’s development, propelling it to be a leading global smart city.
Articles & Analysis | Dubai's retailers move beyond shopping malls as e-commerce outlets gain traction from The Report: Dubai 2015
In recent years, the e-commerce industry in the MENA region has begun to take off. Dubai has been a leader in this field, with online trading a major potential contributor to the emirate’s IT industry, as well as to the overall economy. As e-commerce companies begin to flourish in the region, they hope to capture a bigger slice of the MENA retail market, worth $9bn in...