Information Technology in the UAE


Sources & Links
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1 The UAE Pink Pages
2 Canadian IT Market Analysis
3  Kassem, Youssef, "UAE Bourse Takes Off with Dubai Floor," Reuters: 6 March 2000.
Dubai Gulf News – "Internet Monopoly Should End Says UAE Businessman," Dubai Gulf News: 6 July 2000.. 
5 Economic Intelligence Unit: Near East Regional Summary: 1998.
6 Canadian IT Market Analysis
7. Canadian IT Market Analysis
8.  "ETISALAT Cuts Charges for Mobile Phones," Dubayy Gulf News, in English: 31 August 1999. 
9 "UAE Telecommunication Launches Internet and Multimedia Unit,” Dubayy Khalij Times, 6 March 2000. 
10 "Human Rights Watch: The United Arab Emirates," DIT Group: June 1999.
11 UAE education statistics
12 UNESCO education statistics
13 Tradeport - A great resource!!
14 Languages
15 UAE education statistics
16 UAE Minister of Communications: Over 200,000 Internet Subscribers in the UAE," Dubai Khaleej Times in English: 24 Oct 2000.
17 Canadian Trade Analysis
18  "Over 200,000 Internet Subscribers in the UAE," Dubai Khaleej Times in English: 24 Oct 2000.
19 ECSSR
20 "Chescor launch UAE $100M Internet Fund," Gulf News Room, Reuters:  28 May.2000.
21 Finances.
22 Trading
23 "Dubai Mulls Plans to License Private ISP Firms,"  Reuters: 29 Febrauary 2000.
24 Educational Opportunities.
25 Higher Colleges of Technology Information
26 DIT Group
27 Cairo Supermarket
28 Access Speed  Financial Express Website.  Warning!! This website is frequently taken off-line due to construction.
29  "UAE Telecommunications launches E-Commerce Unit," Dubayy Khalij Times: 24 Jan 2000.
30 "UAE Communications to Launch Arabic Portal," Dubayy Gulf News: 22 Feb 2000.
31  "Dubayy Chamber of Commerce Plans E-Commerce Department," Dubayy Khalij Times in English: 18 January 2000.
32 "Internet Monopoly Should End Says UAE Businessman," Dubai Gulf News: 7 January 2000.
33 "UAE, Qatar Press Headlines," Dubai Khalij Times: 28 June 2000. 
34 "UAE, Qatar Press Headlines,"  Dubai Gulf News: 27 June 2000. 
35 Tradeport
36 ICANN
37 "Economic Intelligence Unit: Near East Regional Summary," 1998.
38 Georgetown Research Paper
39 Tradeport.  The figures in the chart come from 1997 except the total number of Internet subscribers.  These numbers have likely grown significantly. 
40 “Dubai Bank Launches First UAE E-Commerce Service,"  Dubai Gulf News in English: 19 May 2000.  For excerted articles of the Dubai Gulf News click here
41 ICANN information
42 "European Hacker Sabotages UAE Telecommunications Corps," Dubai Gulf News: 21 June 2000. 
43 United Arab Emirates Homepage
44 Legal Issues
45 Human Rights Watch: United Arab Emirates, June 1999 
46 Human Rights Watch: United Arab Emirates, June 1999. 
47 "GCC States to have Direct Internet Link with UAE Hub," Riyadh Spa Newspaper: 27 June 2000. 
Executive
Summary
Telecomm
Infrastructure
Liberalization
& Deregulation
Internet
Diffusion
Electronic
Commerce
Hardware
Manufacturing
Software
Development
IT Users
IT Labor
Market
IT
Geographics
IT
Financing
Government
Policies
Legal
Environment
Transborder
Data Flows
IT Strengths
& Weaknesses
Impacts on Business
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