Technology

Collaboration reaffirms commitment to the Kingdom’s digital transformation agenda and Vision 2030

The National Digitization Unit (NDU) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with NXN (formerly neXgen), a leading smart city consulting and digital service provider in the Middle East and Africa, marking NDU’s first step towards harnessing open data to achieve the digital transformation of the Kingdom.

The Company’s District cooling capacity to reach 1.340 million RT by the end of 2017

 Ahmad Bin Shafar: Empower's participation at WETEX and WGES reflects its continuing commitment towards providing world-class district cooling services to Dubai

• Ericsson announces latest Innovation Awards 2018 for students worldwide
• This year’s theme is ’The Future of Truth’
• All entries will have a chance to win a trip to Stockholm, an expert Ericsson mentorship and a €25,000 grand prize!

Ericsson has recently announced that it's 2018 Ericsson Innovation Awards competition is now open until November 15th, 2017, for students worldwide.

du demonstrates the future of the Internet at RIPE 75 Meeting in Dubai!

UAE telecom operator du is introducing IPv6 at the RIPE 75 meeting as the latest Internet technology experience. Being the connectivity sponsor for RIPE 75, du has provided IPv6-based Internet connectivity and infrastructure for the meeting which runs from October 22-26 at Conrad Hotel Dubai.

Redmi Note 5A phablet to roll out in local market as well

• In its annual 5G Readiness Survey, Ericsson compiles 5G-related plans and activities among operators
• 78 percent of the respondents are involved in 5G trials this year compared to 32 percent last year

Event hosted by Telecommunications Regulatory Authority to shed light on latest issues facing Internet community worldwide

Introducing the next era of mobile smartphones equipped with the world's first Kirin AI processor inside to deliver a faster, more customized mobile experience

• Recent study expects local e-commerce sector to reach AED 40 billion in 2018
• itcan, which offers innovative e-commerce solutions, notes growing demand for integrated digital marketing solutions

The UAE’s e-commerce sector is gaining milestones in light of the growing popularity of online shopping in the country where the internet and smartphone penetration rates are among the highest in the world.