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Oman’s Ooredoo connects 77,000 homes with ‘super fast’ fibre broadband
Oman-based telecom provider Ooredoo has provided 77,000 homes across the Muscat region with super fast fibre home broadband from the existing fast home broadband. 0 5536
HH Sheikh Mohammed launches UAE strategy for AI
This is the first such strategy of its kind – not only in the region, but in the entire world – to promote government performance and create an innovative and highly-productive environment by means of investing in AI.
RTA unveils latest Smart Drive app updates
The app now boasts several additional features, including displaying landmarks more attractively and interactively, updating the UAE map, and displaying the locations of metro and tram stations, bus stations, water transit stations, and parking areas in Dubai.
Young guns: Why millennials will redefine the GCC tech industry
By 2050, 54 percent of the region’s population is expected to be under 36 years of age. How will this growing influx of millennials shape the future of technology in the Middle East?
DEWA, Emirates NBD join forces to collaborate on IoT, AI-driven projects
The MoU enhances collaboration in implementing projects that promote innovation and improve services provided to customers. It also aims to exchange knowledge and expertise in digital transformation and artificial intelligence.
DEWA launches tech investment firm in Silicon Valley
JEI Silicon Valley will primarily look for opportunities linked to research and development, R&D, and innovation.
TRA seals MoU with ICDL Arabia to enhance digital security awareness
As per the three-year agreement, the two parties will work to broaden the IT skills and competencies of government employees as ordinary users, to enable them to effectively use IT in office work.
RTA tests new app for on-demand bus service
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has unveiled an on-demand bus service via a smart app, branded MVMANT. The first …
US tech firm secures $30m funding from Dubai investors
Following the completion of this current financing, Nanotronics will have raised a total of $71 million, which will accelerate the development of the company’s optical inspection technologies and proprietary industrial enterprise software.
RTA, Uber explore offering budget taxi services in Dubai
The talks follow a trial of the uberX service earlier this year that aims to provide passengers in Dubai with access to affordable travel.