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  Dubai Internet City Visions 2005
Dubai Internet City (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 1.6 billion people with GDP of $1.1 trillion.
Dubai Internet City was conceived with the mission of creating an infrastructure and environment for ICT and media companies to operate locally, regionally and globally out of Dubai with significant competitive advantage.
Dubai Internet City (DIC) is a strategic base for ICT 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 GDP $ 1.1 trillion.
www.cpilive.net /news_ver2_old/guides_2005/dic_visions/about_dic.htm   (2040 words)

  
 Dubai Internet City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dubai Internet City (DIC) is an information technology park created by the Government of Dubai as a free economic zone where companies can operate without restrictions, such as a maximum 49% foreign ownership, which prevail in other provincial economic zones in the United Arab Emirates.
Dubai Internet City opened doors in October 2000, developed by Dubai Holding, an affiliate of the Government of Dubai.
Dubai Internet City is about 25 kilometers south of the center of Dubai city on the Shaikh Zayed Road towards Abu Dhabi city.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dubai_Internet_City   (594 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Senior officials from Dubai Internet City (DIC), which is part of the Dubai government, met the chief minister and made a presentation on their work.
The DIC team has come to Bengal at a time Kerala’s new Left government has been dilly-dallying on a draft agreement between the company and the previous Congress-led ministry for a Smart City in Kochi.
DIC has built the Dubai Internet City, the Dubai Media City, Knowledge Village and the rest of the kingdom’s knowledge economy.
www.telegraphindia.com /1060623/asp/nation/story_6388826.asp   (373 words)

  
 InternationalReports.net : Dubai, UAE 2003
Dubai Internet City and Dubai Media City were conceived with the mission of creating an infrastructure and environment for ICT and media companies to operate locally, regionally and globally out of Dubai with significant competitive advantage.
Dubai Internet City and Dubai Media City are located in a city that has long served as the region’s most important trading center.
Dubai Internet City (DIC) is a strategic base for ICT companies targeting emerging markets in a vast region extending from the Middle East to the Indian subcontinent, and Africa to the CIS countries, covering 1.6 billion people with a GDP of $1.1 trillion.
www.internationalreports.net /middleeast/dubai/2003/2dubaiinternet.html   (1492 words)

  
 USATODAY.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Dubai is located in the north east of the United Arab Emirates and is the country's principal commercial center, chief port and the capital of the state of Dubai.
The city has a population of approximately 970,000 people, a large proportion of which are expatriates and, according to the Dubai Development and Investment Authority; the population is expected to reach 1.4 million by 2010.
Dubai's economy was built on the back of the oil industry, which developed rapidly after oil was first struck in the mid 1960s.
www.usatoday.com /marketplace/ibi/dubai.htm   (821 words)

  
 Dubai TECOM :: Gowealthy.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Dubai Internet City (DIC) is the region’s first Information and Communications Technology hub, attraction foreign investments and researchers to its modern facilities.
Dubai Media City (DMC) is the region’s first freezone catering to companies from all aspects of the media industry, including print, broadcast, new media, audio-video production, advertising and public relations.
Dubai Knowledge Village is a vibrant, connected learning community that will develop the region’s talent pool and accelerate its move to the knowledge economy.
www.gowealthy.com /realestate/uae/dubai/tecom.asp   (777 words)

  
 Emirates Free Zone
Dubai Internet City is located in Dubai - U.A.E. It was established in January 2000.
Dubai Internet City has grown rapidly in the past year into a vibrant international community of about 400 ICT companies and 8,500 knowledge workers.
In the past two years, Dubai Internet City has been working closely with the region’s ICT community to identify the areas of technology expertise and infrastructure for which there is an urgent need in the region.
www.emiratesfreezone.com /dubai_internet_city.asp   (369 words)

  
 Dubai Internet City
Dubai Internet City (DIC) is the first complete Information Technology and Telecommunications centre in the world to have been built inside a free trade zone.
DIC’s infrastructure is second to none with Sun Microsystems providing the server platforms, iPlanet the software, Lucent the cabling, and Cisco the active components.
Dubai Internet City is the biggest IT infrastructure build in the Middle East, and has the largest generation Internet Protocol telephony system in the world.
www.sugandh.org /dic.html   (435 words)

  
 Free zones in Dubai UAE - Internet city, Media city, Airport Freezone, Jabel Ali Freezone
Dubai Internet City was conceived with the mission of creating an infrastructure and environment for Internet and media companies to operate locally, regionally and globally out of Dubai with significant competitive advantage.
Dubai Airport Free Zone is situated within the vicinity of an airport, so the activities permitted at the Zone are limited to high value, low volume products, which require a rapid access to markets.
Dubai has pushed hard and fast to become the main business hub in the Middle East, other nations like Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon other countries have also been developing their free zones and infrastructure without all the noise generated by Dubai.
www.guide2dubai.com /freezones/index.asp   (785 words)

  
 News @ Cisco: Cisco Systems and Dubai Internet City Offer Next-Generation Broadband, Voice and Video
Dubai Internet City's mission is to become the regional hub for IT and telecommunication companies in the Middle East and beyond.
Dubai Internet City is the first complete information technology and telecommunications centre in the world to have been built inside a free trade zone.
Dubai Internet City allows 100% foreign ownership of companies, and laws relating to partnerships with local sponsors have been relaxed.
newsroom.cisco.com /dlls/prod_040902b.html   (807 words)

  
 InternationalReports.net : Dubai, UAE 2003
Dubai Internet City is a thriving technology park, home to more than 500 companies from across the globe.
Indeed, the U.S. influence in Dubai Internet City is tangible.
Dubai Internet City is also a draw for small startup companies, and for smaller international companies looking to enter the Middle East market for the first time.
www.internationalreports.net /middleeast/dubai/2003/2provingthe.html   (978 words)

  
 kerala Monitor UAE Dubai Internet City
The opening comes after the signing of an agreement between Compaq and DIC to establish the center and was inaugurated today by Compaq's Vice-President and Managing Director of the Business Development Group in Compaq EMEA, Matti Virtanen, along with Joseph Hanania, Compaq Middle East's Managing Director and Dubai Internet City's CEO Ahmed Binbyat.
The mission of Dubai Internet City is to create an infrastructure, environment and attitude that will enable new economy enterprises to operate locally, regionally and globally from Dubai with significant competitive advantages.
Dubai Internet City is the world's first complete Information and Telecommunications center to have been built inside a free trade zone.
www.keralamonitor.com /dic.html   (607 words)

  
 Sheikh Mohammed announces Dubai Internet City
The coming world is a world led by the Internet and communication revolution and distinction will be limited to those with creative ideas and the willingness to adapt to the changes witnessed by world economies.
Dubai Internet City will include headquarters for pioneering international organisations, an e-commerce centre, computer program developers, a science and technology city, a research and studies centre and permanent Internet and e-commerce exhibitions.
Dubai is the business hub for over two billion customers in the region.
www.sheikhmohammed.co.ae /english/events/events_sm_dic_announce.asp   (1041 words)

  
 The Hindu Business Line : The Dubai Internet City -- Creating competitive advantage
That is the kind of credo that the Dubai Internet City is founded on; and delivering to such a mission is the task of its founders.
Dubai enjoys a pre-eminent position within the GCC and in the Middle East Region, particularly in the world of business, with its quality infrastructure in the Jebel Ali Port, Jebel Ali Free Trade Zone, Port Rashid, and the Dubai International Airport.
Dubai's Internet City's aim is to provide cutting-edge high-bandwidth, telecommunications infrastructure to support any level of service a client may require.
www.thehindubusinessline.com /2002/02/11/stories/2002021100080900.htm   (1280 words)

  
 UP 538 - Economic Development Planning Resource Book
While the DIC is in many respects an entity in itself, it is part of a broader economic development network --The Dubai Technology and Media Free Zone.
DIC actively supports the growth and welfare of companies in exploring business opportunities, expanding their operations, and setting up new businesses in the region.
DIC has established strategic partnerships with ICT organizations and trade bodies of developed and developing economies to assist companies explore opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
www.umich.edu /~econdev/gd_dubai/index.html   (1132 words)

  
 rediff.com: Nasscom-Dubai Internet City sign MoU
Dubai Internet city, with its free trade environment claims to have state-of-the-art real estate, robust telecom and ISP infrastructure.
While highlighting that Dubai has always been an ideal location for Indians, Binbyat refutes that it is not only the low-end Indians who relocate to Dubai, but that most of the trade, business and commerce activities in Dubai are primarily run by Indians.
In Dubai, the Internet penetration is about 30 per cent of the population.
www.rediff.com /money/2001/feb/08nas3.htm   (370 words)

  
 Middle East Business and Finance News, DPM News Agency, Dubai Photo Media   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
DUBAI: Dubai Internet City (DIC) said on Friday that it has grown at an average annual rate of 53 per cent since its launch in 2000 and the present number of companies in its information and communications technology (ICT) community stood at 900.
DIC Executive Director Jamal Abdul Salam said: " We have undertaken a massive infrastructure expansion to cater to the exceptional interest from global and regional companies to join the DIC community." Several private investors have struck Property Management Leasing Agreements (PMLAs) with DIC.
In a new initiative, Tecom Investments, Dubai Internet City's parent company, is working to establish partnerships around the world to establish ICT business campuses similar to the Dubai Internet City.
dubaiphotomedia.com /doc_cont.asp?id=103175   (354 words)

  
 Dubai City Guide: News - Dubai - The Wired City
Dubai’s mobile pentration rate is higher than the average mobile penetration rate in Western Europe, which varies between 80% and 82%.
Dubai e-Government’s strategic goal is to provide 90% of Government services through electronic channels, including Web, mobile devices and fixed line telephones, by the end of 2007.
Dubai was ranked 18th among the top 20 cities in terms of digital governance, making it 1st among its Arab peers, by Rutgers University (State of New Jersey).
www.dubaicityguide.com /geninfo/news_dtls.asp?newsid=2323   (446 words)

  
 Dubai Internet City signs MoU with Kerala Government - SkyscraperCity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Dubai, Sept. 9, 05 (WAM)--Dubai Internet City (DIC) today announced that it has a signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of theSouth Indian state of Kerala to develop Smart City, a hi-tech business campus for information technology companies in the city of Kochi.
This project is also part of Dubai Internet City's global expansion plans where it is seeking to evolve from a regional venture to an internationally diversified organisation.
DIC will also develop programmes for Smart City companies that that can be leveraged by them to explore and expand channel and business development opportunities.
www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=254922   (706 words)

  
 Dubai Free Zones - Eye of Dubai
DIC provides an environment that attracts all elements of the ICT value chain, and in addition, has developed several programmes that can be leveraged by the community to explore and expand channel development opportunities.
Dubai Biotech FZ Announced in February 2005, the Dubai Biotechnology and Research Park (Dubiotech) is a science and business park dedicated to the biotech industry, set within a free zone infrastructure.
Dubai Outsource Zone is the perfect base for both captive and third-party outsourcing operations to provide mid and high-end services in areas such as finance, accounting, IT, payroll processing, engineering, R&D and design.
www.eyeofdubai.com /en/cityguide/dubaifreezones.asp   (4440 words)

  
 Dubai Internet City and Dubai Media City communities set for huge growth | Dubai Internet City (DIC)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The Dubai Internet City (DIC) and Dubai Media City (DMC) communities are poised for massive growth with a number of private investors investing in the Free Zone's infrastructure development.
Dubai Internet City provides an environment that attracts each and every element of the value chain for an ICT business into the community.
Strategically located in Dubai, UAE at the crossroads of the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, Dubai Media City is rapidly emerging as the region's media hub.
www.ameinfo.com /68630.html   (1363 words)

  
 Dubai E-Commerce
Dubai has made major efforts to establish itself as an e-commerce hub, and according to a study carried out by Dubai Media City-based Madar Research Group in late 2002 was at that time on a par with top European Union states in basic online services.
Dubai scored 76 points out of 100 in the benchmark test that measures the services' online availability and the level of that availability - whether a service could be fully completed and transacted through the Internet.
Celebrating its fifth anniversary in 2005, the DIC authorities revealed that as part of the Internet City's 'Going Global' mission, they were in talks with authorities in India, Pakistan, Iran and Malta to set up facilities in various cities.
www.lowtax.net /lowtax/html/dubai/jdbecom.html   (2251 words)

  
 Sheikh Mohammed opens Dubai Internet City
What I'd like to say is, well done to the Internet City team and well done to all these companies who took the advantage.
Dubai must be part of the new economy and my wish is that we are a general part of that economy.
This is Dubai's path and this is Dubai's future.
www.sheikhmohammed.co.ae /english/events/events_sm_dic.asp   (350 words)

  
 BBC News | MIDDLE EAST | Dubai launches Internet City
Dubai has taken what it hopes will be a major step in establishing itself as the e-commerce centre for the Middle East by opening an 'Internet City' free trade zone.
In a spectacular opening ceremony pictures were projected onto a huge white cloth that covered the four main buildings of the internet city.
A BBC correspondent in Dubai says there appears to be genuine backing for the internet city with major companies relocating there.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/996771.stm   (324 words)

  
 City of Arabia » About Dubai
The undulating sand dunes of Dubai yield to a vibrant metropolis complete with chic, glass-fronted skyscrapers and lively shops, businesses, and an abundance of day-time pursuits and night-time diversions.
The bustling souqs and bazaars are counterbalanced by the tranquility of the warm waters of the Arabian Gulf, while the city’s streets are lined with bougainvillea enveloped villas, brilliant white mosque minarets, traditional wind-towers and contemporary shopping malls.
The Emirate is both a dynamic international business centre and a fascinating tourist haven; a city where the sophistication of the 21st century blends seamlessly with the simplicity of a bygone era.
www.cityofarabiame.com /about-us/about-dubai.html   (120 words)

  
 Dubai Internet City - Strategic Base for Companies Targeting Emerging Markets
Dubai Internet City 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 2 billion people with GDP $ 6.7 trillion.
The just released sixth edition of the Dubai Internet City (DIC) newsletter offers a glimpse into new initiatives, activities and programmes that are of significance to the business partners of DIC.
The community spirit, which lies at the heart of all DIC initiatives, finds ample expression in the newsletter and every news item has been selected with a focus on the interest of business partners.
www.dubaiinternetcity.com   (213 words)

  
 Dubai Media City Dubai UAE United Arab Emirates
The Internet plays a strategic role in any company's ability to survive and compete, and gaining a competitive advantage means staying on top of Internet advances and trends.
Internet bandwidth provided by DIC is available at different qualities of service with committed bandwidth rates that guarantee speed and performance based on business partner needs.
Dubai’s cosmopolitan flavour is matched by the city’s many restaurants and entertainment venues, which provide a truly international array of choices for the visitor.
www.dubaibusinessminds.com /artman/publish/dubai_media_city.shtml   (2865 words)

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