Madar Research Group to exhibit in the DIC Community Zone at GITEX Dubai 2003

Notes and media contacts

About Madar Research Group
Madar Research Group, headquartered at Dubai Media City, is the region's sole provider of primary and secondary B2B research on all segments of the Arab world's Knowledge Economy. Its mission is to provide companies in the region with vital e-market data and analyses, giving them a competitive edge by improving their eBusiness planning and hence decision-making and business performance. Additionally, the Group aims to attract new international clients who, due to lack of accurate information, are not committed to venture out in the region. The Group publishes the only Knowledge Economy market research journal in the Arab world, the Madar Research Journal.


About Dubai Internet City
Dubai Internet City (DIC) provides a Knowledge Economy Ecosystem designed to support the business development of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) companies. It is the Middle East's biggest IT infrastructure, built inside a free trade zone and has the largest commercial Internet Protocol Telephony system in the world. DIC is a strategic base for companies targeting emerging markets in a vast region extending from the Middle East to the Indian subcontinent, and Africa to the CIS countries, covering 1.8 billion people with a GDP of $1.5 trillion. In line with Dubai's liberal economic policies and regulations, DIC offers foreign companies 100% tax-free ownership, 100% repatriation of capital and profits, no currency restrictions, easy registration and licensing, stringent cyber regulations and protection of intellectual property.

Within a short span of time, a dynamic international community of ICT companies has established itself in DIC. The global ICT giants are all here: Microsoft, Oracle, HP, IBM, Compaq, Dell, Siemens, Canon, Logica, Sony Ericsson, Schlumberger and Cisco, to name just a few. These companies represent a formidable community of over 14,000 knowledge workers. The cluster of ICT companies in DIC comprise of Software Development, Business Services, Web Based & e-Commerce, Consultancy, Education & Training, Sales & Marketing and Back Office Operations. DIC provides a scalable state-of-the-art technology platform to companies looking to provide cost effective Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Services such as call center operations.


Madar Research Group Contact:

Abdul Kader Kamli
President & Research Director
Tel: +9714 390 3053

Press Contact:
Nadine Salem/Kate Martin
Gambate! Communications
Tel: +971 4 391 6424