Merchants can register their products easily through the ‘Montaji’ portal in “less than four minutes,” added Dr Mohammed, and consumers will be able to access the database to search for municipality-approved products.
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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 5537
ITC, MCIT ink SR3.5bn deal for fibre optic implementation
The partnership will “help in providing high-speed fibre optic broadband services to the urban areas of the Kingdom, government offices and residential units.”
Avaya appoints Fadi Hani as VP for MEA region
Hani will play a pivotal role in promoting Avaya’s customer-centric, outcome-based approach in the region, working closely with key customers to help them achieve their digital transformation objectives.
Saudi’s SAB Holding selects IBM Cloud to run SAP apps
IBM Cloud’s SAP-certified infrastructure will provide SAB Holding with the agility and speed the company needs to keep pace with business demands
Google testing tech similar to Snap’s ‘Discover’ platform
Tech firms including Google, Snap and Facebook are competing against each other to develop publishing tools for media companies, hoping to fill their own apps with news, entertainment, sports and other content.
Dubai Police warns of public WiFi dangers
Lieutenant-Colonel Salem Bin Salmeen claimed that many people are oblivious of the risks involved in connecting to public Wi-Fi networks, and the personal information they are exposing to these hackers.
DHA unveils paperless robotic dispenser at smart pharmacy
The robot can store up to 35,000 medicines and dispenses around 12 prescriptions in less than one minute.
Apple Pay to expand to the UAE before year end
UAE residents will soon be able to rely on their iPhones to make contactless payments using the technology, and the iPhone giant ensures that such payments are secure as all transactions are encrypted.
Saudi Arabia to pay two state firms $1.14bn for broadband rollout
Saudi Telecom Co (STC) will be paid about 2.7 billion riyals in “financial support” as part of its agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, the company said in a statement.
Apple hits 1.2 billion iPhone sales in just over a decade
The announcement came as part of the Q3 2017 results, showing a quarterly revenue of $45.4 billion and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $1.67.