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Interviews & Viewpoints | Aisha bin Bishr, Director-General, Smart Dubai Office: Interview from The Report: Dubai 2020
Chapter | ICT & Innovation from The Report: Dubai 2020
Dubai is looking to place itself ahead of global trends by investing heavily in ICT and innovation. With an already highly developed market for ICT products and services, the...
Kuwait is stepping up efforts to strengthen its cybersecurity credentials, amid ongoing threats to its digital services.
Although Dubai has traversed some challenging economic territory over recent years the economic stimulus of Expo 2020 preparation and more stable oil prices have eased this strain in 2019, and business sentiment has improved accordingly. With the long-anticipated expo event set to take place in 2020, attention has started to focus on the important question of sustaining the current economic momentum over the medium term.
Articles & Analysis | Kuwait’s investment in next-generation ICT improves communication speed and capacity from The Report: Kuwait 2019
In June 2019 Zain Kuwait launched the country’s first fully integrated 5G mobile internet service. Speaking at the launch, Nawaf Al Gharabally, chief technology officer at Zain, told local press that telecommunications services are key to accelerating economic growth and boosting trade. “Obviously, existing mobile networks will not be able to...
Articles & Analysis | Kuwait's telecoms providers diversify offerings to increase revenue and customer base from The Report: Kuwait 2019
With Kuwait’s national strategy focused on establishing the country as a global and regional knowledge and communications centre, ICT development has gained significance in the country’s shift away from an economy based on hydrocarbons. The adoption of 5G technology has been key to achieving these goals, as is the earmarking of financial and...