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THE ECONOMY - TECHNOLOGY SECTOR
 UAE tops region's consumer electronics market
Posted on 29/08/2010
A recently released analysis by Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry shows that the UAE retains its position as a leading global consumer electronics market thanks to its strong domestic demand that is ever growing.
Its strategic location as an international business hub serving the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the rest of the world is also an important factor.
Located at the crossroads of Asia, Africa and Europe, the electronics distributors of the UAE serve a potential market of
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 Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority Signs MoU with Enviroserve for Disposal and Recycling of Electronic Scrap
Posted on 11/08/2010
Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), the integrated free zone technology park, yesterday announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Enviroserve, a public-private partnership with the UAE Ministry of Environment and Water, for the effective disposal and recycling of electronic scrap collected from its premises.
The MoU was signed by Eng. Muammar Al Katheeri, Senior VP of Engineering Management at Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA) and Stuart Fleming, CEO of Enviroserve at DSOA's
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 Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed announces 131% higher profits for DSO
Posted on 08/08/2010
His Highness Sheikh Ahmed noted that the results achieved for the first quarter of 2010 confirms DSO's strong investment fundamentals and its growth opportunities. He also commended the Dubai Circuit Design Centre headquartered at Dubai Silicon Oasis for winning six new projects in collaboration with leading technology companies to design circuits for semi-conductor chips of TSMC 40 nanometers.
Dr. Mohammed Al Zarooni, Vice Chairman '&' CEO of Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority, said: "Since the
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 Capital has the right stuff for microchips
Posted on 25/07/2010
Dresden - Abu Dhabi could be a world leader in high-tech industries but it needs to invest heavily in training workers, says the head of the Globalfoundries facility in Dresden.
Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC), which is owned by the Abu Dhabi Government, holds a majority stake in Globalfoundries, a maker of semiconductors.
The capital plans to start building a semiconductor factory possibly by late next year as it tries to meet global demand for electronics goods.
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 Abu Dhabi eyes tech future
Posted on 21/07/2010
Double-dip recession or not, global consumers are retaining a crush on their personal electronic goods and super smart mobile devices.
Even in tough economic times, the confluence of advances in computing, communications, mobile handsets, digital content and growing worldwide adoption of the internet is fuelling new purchases and creating a mobile revolution.
Not surprisingly, this consumption is becoming more Asia-centric. While China's gross domestic product constitutes roughly 60 per
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![]() Agreement signed to set up region's first Biotechnology treatment centre
Posted on 09/04/2010
H.E. Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education '&' Scientific Research and Dr. Whang, Chairman of the South Korea-based GL Rapha Group, yesterday signed an agreement to set up the Emirates Biotechnology Centre for the treatment of stem cells.
Under the agreement, a centre for the treatment of malignant neoplasm, stem cell surgery and immune cells treatment of tumours will be established as a joint stock limited company.
The centre, the first of its kind in the GCC
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 Knowledge economy gets big boost
Posted on 04/01/2010
It is extremely important to create opportunities for research and acquire know-how to develop a knowledge economy, said a senior scientist on the eve of the launch of the region's biggest research complex.
Dubai Biotechnology and Research Park (DuBiotech) recently announced the Nucleotide Laboratory Complex, the biggest in the Middle East, is now operational and ready for companies to move in.
Dr Marco Baccantio, executive director of DuBiotech, said since Dubai is strategically placed,
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 US technology and IT firms to expand their presence in the Dubai Silicon Oasis
Posted on 21/12/2009
Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), the region's premier integrated innovations hub for high-technology industries, yesterday announced a high-level official delegation held discussions with a number of US-based technology and IT companies seeking to set up presence in the Middle East.
The companies represented diverse technology segments including consumer Internet, digital media, enterprise software, IT infrastructure, and circuit design.
The delegation was in the US as part of DSO's participation
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![]() UAE’s IT spending to cross US$1.83 billion by 2013
Posted on 27/10/2009
Spending in IT services in the UAE is expected to post a compound annual growth rate of 12.4 per cent between 2008 and 2013, and to surpass US$ 1.828 billion by the end of that period, forecasts the global market intelligence firm Information Data Corporation or IDC.
IT services market in the UAE was worth US$1.02 billion last year (2008), representing a 29.1 per cent year-on-year increase even during the peak recession period, reveals the just-released ‘IT Services Forecast' report from the
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 UAE's ATIC makes bid to acquire Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing
Posted on 08/09/2009
Advanced Technology Investment Company LLC (ATIC) of Abu Dhabi and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (Chartered) of Singapore today announced a definitive agreement whereby ATIC would acquire Chartered, one of the world's top dedicated semiconductor foundries, for US$1.8 billion (S$2.5 billion).
ATIC is offering S$2.68 for each Chartered ordinary share. The total value of the deal is about US$3.9 billion, including debt and convertible redeemable preference shares of approximately US$2.2
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 Classes start for first students at Masdar Institute of Science and Technology
Posted on 07/09/2009
Classes start for first students at Masdar Institute of Science and Technology Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, the world's first graduate academic institution dedicated to the research of alternative energy, environmental technologies and sustainability, has commenced with classes for the inaugural intake of graduate students.
Lectures began today for the 92 pioneering students who were selected from more than 1,200 applicants from 82 countries worldwide.
The new students, who
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 Dubai Institute of Technology, Fraunhofer agree set up Intellectual Capital Framework
Posted on 27/07/2009
Dubai Institute of Technology (DIT), the Research and Development arm of Economic Zones World (EZW), in partnership with Fraunhofer IPK, the leading German applied research organisation, announced the establishment of a framework for Intellectual Capital within the science and technology park.
The agreement, signed by Hamad Al Hashemi, Managing Director, Dubai Institute of Technology and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Mertins, Director at Fraunhofer IPK, will accelerate the progress of knowledge
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![]() UAE ranks first among Arab countries on internet users rate, first worldwide on mobile telephone call cost
Posted on 09/03/2009
The UAE ranked first among Arab countries inn internet users rate, international internet bandwidth rate, the importance of ICT to government vision of the future, personal computers rate, ICT use and government efficiency; e-government readiness index, government prioritisation of ICT, laws relating to ICT, and the number of telephone lines, according to The Global Information Technology Report 2007 - 2008, released by the World Economic Forum based on the estimates of the International
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 TRA, EIAST sign MoU on UAE National Astronomical Telescope
Posted on 19/02/2009
The UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) and Emirates Institution for Advanced Science '&' Technology (EIAST) signed yesterday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), whereby the TRA will sponsor the establishment of a National Astronomical Telescope for the UAE (Emirates Telescope Project) under the technical and scientific supervision of the EIAST that will coordinate with all relevant parties.
The signing ceremony took place at the TRA offices in Abu Dhabi. by Mohamed Nasser Al
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![]() Two new ground satellite will be built out in the desert
Posted on 07/10/2008
Two satellite tracking ground stations are to be built in the desert next year to service the UAE's first satellite communication systems.
One of the sites is about 40km from the city centre of Abu Dhabi, while the other is located near Al Ain.
Combined, the sites will cover 15,000 square metres and house technical and administrative buildings, and large antennae to keep track of the satellites, reports Clarke Bond, the British engineering and management consultancy company appointed as the
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