Global IT spending to grow 6.2pc in 2018: GartnerWorldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.7 trillion in 2018, an increase of 6.2 per cent from 2017, according to the latest forecast by leading research and advisory company Gartner. "Although global IT spending is fore More… |
Axiom Care continues GCC expansionAxiom Care, the region’s largest after-sales service provider for mobile devices, axiom care, is continuing to expand ad currently has more than 25 service points in the region, which include eight in the UAE, and 17 in Saudi Arabia. More… |
Dubai Smart Govt inks deal for mobile paymentsDubai Smart Government Establishment (DSG) recently signed a strategic partnership agreement with Quisk Middle East, a leader in digital cash, for payment services via mobile phones numbers for retail customers in Dubai, UAE. This More… |
$130m fake mobiles seized in DubaiMore than 60,000 fake mobiles worth Dh48 million ($130.6 million) were seized from August 9 to 23 by Dubai Police’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID), said a report. The CID’s Anti-Economic Crime Department reco More… |
Dubai’s foreign trade in phones hits $44bnDubai’s foreign trade in phones totalled Dh163 billion ($44.37 billion) in 2013, representing about 12 per cent of the emirate’s overall foreign trade volume, according to the latest data released by the Dubai Customs. Trade More… |
US tightens airport security over new threatsAirlines with direct flights to the US have been told to tighten screening of mobile phones and shoes in response to intelligence reports of increased threats from al Qaeda-affiliated militant groups, US officials said on Thursday. More… |
Etisalat offers 'lowest rate' for calls to mobilesEtisalat, the UAE’s leading telecommunication services provider, has launched two new bundles offering as low as 20 fils per minute calls from Etisalat home telephone to any mobile network in the UAE. Claimed to be the lowes More… |
'Smart' moves by airlines, airports growingMore than half of passengers would use their mobiles for flight status, baggage status and airport directions and by 2016 the majority of airlines and airports will offer these services, according to a study. In total, 100 per cen More… |
Egypt unified telecom licence by June 30Egypt's Telecommunications Minister Atef Helmy said on Sunday the country's long awaited unified telecom licence for both mobiles and landlines will be activated within three months. The licence would allow telecommunicati More… |
BA relaxes rules on electronic device useBritish Airways will become the first airline in Europe to allow its customers to use their handheld electronic devices during taxiing, take-off and landing, said a top official. “We know that our customers want to use their More… |