2003
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Shuaa Capital, ISI tie-up
The UAE's Shuaa Capital has announced its collaboration with ISI Emerging Markets for distribution on ISI's flagship Emerging Market Information Service. Shuaa Capital data includes hundreds of financial statements, company profiles, and corporate actions for listed companies in 12 regional markets.
Inmarsat, Email in the sky
Inmarsat is displaying its Swift64 system which allows inflight email access for passengers at the Dubai Airshow this week. Emirates, Cathay Pacific, Virgin Atlantic and Lufthansa already have email access on board. Swift64 provides global broadband access and will be supported by Inmarsat satellites.
Plasma screen prices down
Plasma screen TVs are the latest home technology craze with prices now substantially down. The price of a basic Sony 42-inch PDP is down from USD7,000 a year ago to USD4,350 in Dubai. Panasonic promise new models in 2004 with even lower prices.
Jebel Ali, online E-map
Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority has introduced an E-map to locate any company, view standard layouts and facilities, view a sample of furnished offices, check companies profile, inquiry about available facilities, locate landmarks, get a route direction to locate companies and view new products of various companies. Log on to www.jafza.ae and click on JAFZA E-map.
Jordan, UK, USD69.5m IT link
The UK's Export Credits Guarantee Department has sold USD69.5m of Jordanian debt to a local company to establish an IT link within Jordan. The move is to support the development of the local IT sector as well as helping Jordan to reduce its debt burden, said officials.
AME Info launches spam-free Email
AME Info has launched its own Email system for registered users which employs a sophisticated spam-filter to remove junk mail. Registration is free and the basic email service is also free. Users can log in to their email account from any Internet access point in the world.
Sun to move regional HQ to DIC
Sun Microsystems is to move its regional headquarters to the Dubai Internet City early next year. A 100-strong team will support two offices in Saudi Arabia and one in Egypt. Sun is the latest IT multinational to choose the DIC as the location for its regional base.
First PDA and Pocket PC event
The first PDA and Pocket PDA exhibition and forum will be held December 9-10 in the Emirates Towers hotel in Dubai. This event is to highlight the potential of this new technology and is supported by the Dubai Internet City, Hewlett-Packard and Palm One. AME Info is also a sponsor.
Etisalat, Alcatel 3G deal
Etisalat has reached a deal with Alcatel to provide a complete intelligent network solution for the entire UAE to pave the way for the launch of 3G mobile phones in Q3 next year. This state-of-the-art system will handle video and audio streaming.
NetAdvantage, online adverts
NetAdvantage, the first online media house in the region, was launched this week and aims to open up online advertising in the Arab World. A subsidiary of National Technology Group of Riyadh, NetAdvantage is a one-stop shop for net advertisers. The Arab Net has tripled from 4m users in 2001 to 12m today.
KNMT wins Algeria GSM licence
Kuwaiti National Mobiles Telecommunications has won the right to operate Algeria's third cellular phone licence after placing the highest bid of USD421m, reported Reuters. Other bidders were Spain's Telefonica Moviles and South Africa's MTN. There are around 1.3m mobile phone users in Algeria but growth is rapid and telecoms authorities expect 6 million subscribers by 2005.
Wataniya Telecom, Schlumberger
Kuwait's largest mobile phone operator Wataniya Telecom has announced the successful implementation of the Schlumberger BSCS billing and customer care solution. The system will allow flexible pricing, discounts and promotions, and was launched two weeks ahead of schedule.
Samsung, UAE National Anthem
Buy any Samsung mobile phone from Eros Electricals in the UAE and get a free multimedia CD with the UAE National Anthem as a ringtone. This patriotic offer is to celebrate the 32nd UAE National Day and is valid while stocks last. For details visit, www.samsungmea.com
Nokia, new service centre
Nokia has opened its first service centre in the Middle East in Dubai with partners Al Bannai Group. The 25,000 sqft centre near Dubai International Airport has more than 100 staff and will handle high-end servicing for unspecified new products.
Linux initiative from Oracle
Oracle has continued its commitment to low-cost computing and Linux with the certification of the Oracle Database on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 along with technical support for Oracle products on the Red Hat platform. Red Hat and Oracle worked together to define features and enhancements in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 for Oracle customers.
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