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Smart Dubai Office to be official city partner for the World BlockChain forum

Smart Dubai, the government office driving Dubai’s citywide smart transformation with a vision to make Dubai the happiest city on Earth, is announced as the official City Partner for the World Blockchain Forum being held at the Burj Al Arab, Dubai on March 6th, 2017.

Ministry of Economy marks 12th GCC Consumer Protection Day themed ‘Towards Consumer-Safe Online Shopping’

Price cuts of up to 50 per cent on 4,500 commodities throughout March announced

 The Ministry of Economy has yesterday (Thursday, March 2, 2017) commemorated the 12th GCC Consumer Protection Day at the Sofitel Dubai Downtown Hotel. The special day is celebrated by the Gulf Cooperation Council at the beginning of March annually and adopted the theme of ‘Towards Consumer-Safe Online Shopping’ this year.

Vodafone Egypt and Ericsson launch first commercial virtual network function in Middle East

  • Vodafone Egypt selects Ericsson as partner of choice for Network Function Virtualization
  • Ericsson’s virtual SGSN-MME has been serving and managing commercial mobile broadband traffic on Vodafone Egypt network since October 2016.
  • Ericsson’s Virtual SGSN-MME provides superior scalability and capacity so that operators can optimize their operations and manage increasing traffic volumes
  • Having selected Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) as its Network

Bebuzzd bullish on increasing UAE retailer partner network to 2,000 outlets by end of 2017

  • Partners of newly-launched loyalty program app have witnessed average growth of more than 40 percent in last six months
  • Bebuzzd is only UAE network that gives around 20 to 30 per cent back to partner's most loyal customers

 Bebuzzd, a new Dubai-based multi-store mobile app loyalty program, has expressed optimism in further growing its UAE retailer partner network to 2,000 outlets by the end of this yea

Smart Dubai showcases key smart initiative at Mobile World Congress 2017 in Spain

Highlights Dubai’s smart transformation experience to future city leaders during ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ session

H.E. Dr. Aisha Bint Butti Bin Bishr, Director General of the Smart Dubai Office, recently showcased Smart Dubai's experience of transforming the emirate into a completely smart city to a number of future city leaders during the key session on the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ at Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona, Spain.