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Dubai’s Internet Providers Rise to Covid-19 Challenge

Internet service providers in Dubai have stepped up to meet the surge in demand created by large volumes of people working and studying from...

Special Offer: Free One-month icflix Subscription or Uber Ride

Have you tried Uber's services? Now you can do that absolutely free of charge. Tourists in Dubai are increasingly opting for Uber over the...

du slashes New Year’s Day call rates

Dubai telecom firm du announced on Monday that all international calls made on New Years Day will be charged at its off-peak rate. Customers will...

2013 Mobile World Congress – First Impressions

Affordable smartphones, new OS, mobile payment and cloud services were seen during the first day of this year’s Mobile World Congress The annual Mobile World...

Etisalat offers Mobile Parking Services in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah

Etisalat today announced that its mobile payment solutions for parking services are now functional in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah. Sharjah is the third emirate...

Dubai-based company invests in telecoms, digital broadcasting in Bulgaria

Bulgarian telecoms operator Vivacom has sold its remaining 50 per cent stake in rebroadcasting subsidiary NURTS to Dubai-based Bluesat Partners for 57 million euro,...

Women are an Underserved Market for Mobile Financial Services

A study released today by the GSMA mWomen Programme and Visa Inc. entitled, Unlocking the Potential: Women and Mobile Financial Services in Emerging Markets,...

Samsung Mobiles celebrates Ramadan with region-specific Islamic applications

Samsung mobile owners can now celebrate the Holy Month of Ramadan with Samsung Noor, a fully-fledged section of the Samsung Apps Store aimed...

du partners Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Programme to launch first-of-its-kind...

In another first-time initiative in the UAE, du announced today that it will be franchising its du Shops in various phases throughout 2010. This...

Virgin Mobile’s Proposed Entry into UAE Telecom Market Viewed as Beneficial

The announcement that Emirates Integrated Telecom Company (EITC) intends to introduce Virgin Mobile services on its infrastructure caused quite a stir in the market...

UAE Ranked Global Leader in Fiber Optic Networks for 2nd Year

The UAE has the highest Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) penetration globally, with a coverage of 94.3%. A significant amount of this coverage is provided by Etisalat...

Samsung introduces ‘Smart Phone for Smarter Life’ with the launch of...

Samsung Electronics, a leading mobile phone and telecommunications provider introduced its vision of ‘Smart Phone for Smarter Life’ with the launch of the two...

WhatsApp Video in UAE is Live

WhatsApp video and voice calls went live in the UAE to the pleasant surprise of mobile phone users in the country. Users reported they...

SMS 20th Anniversary Special

How Text Messages Changed Modern Society Today we mark the 20th anniversary of the SMS (Short Message Service). Two decades ago, in 1992, a young...

du launches new unlimited video on demand service in the UAE

Confirming its position as a premier provider of home entertainment services in the UAE, du today announced the launch of the first of...

Google Unveils Project Fi – Why and How

Surprise, surprise! Google is entering a brand new market and it will compete not against Apple, Microsoft and the likes, but against big carriers....

TAWASUL Telecom revolutionizes communication in the GCC via their new regional...

Global telecommunication access made available to GCC based corporations and institutions thanks to Tawasul Telecom’s Regional MPLS Network with worldwide reach. Tawasul Telecom (K.S.C.C)...

Technocare introduces foneswap program for easy trade-in for mobile phones

Dubai based Technocare, a part of the Koohiji Group of Companies introduces its foneswap program in the UAE. The web driven process provides an...