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Telecoms liberalisation 'soon', says Etisalat

  |  October 29, 2012

Telecoms liberalisation 'soon', says Etisalat
Ahmad Abdulkarim Julfar, chief executive of Etisalat Group. (Jake Badger / The National)

Two long-delayed initiatives designed to boost competition between the UAE’s telecommunications operators are expected to go live soon, according to the head of Etisalat Group.

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Souq.com bags investment

  |  October 29, 2012

Souq.com bags investment
Ronaldo Mouchawar, chief executive of Souq.com (Courtesy Souq.com)

Souq.com, the Dubai-based e-commerce portal, has attracted a multimillion-dollar investment it says will help fund its expansion in Qatar and Bahrain.

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Alwaleed to keep hold of Apple

  |  October 23, 2012

Alwaleed to keep hold of Apple
Prince Alwaleed speaks at the Forbes Global CEO Conference in Dubai. (Sarah Dea / The National)

Prince Al Waleed bin Talal says he plans to retain his stake in Apple, which he says is still rolling out products developed by the late Steve Jobs.

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Forbes to press on with print

  |  October 21, 2012

Forbes to press on with print
Steve Forbes at the Forbes Global CEO Conference in Dubai. Satish Kumar / The National

Forbes remains committed to printing magazines, despite the surprise move by fellow US title Newsweek to shut down its presses.

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Contactless payments on the cards

  |  October 18, 2012

MasterCard is to boost the number of UAE stores accepting contactless payments to 1,000 by the end of the year.

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Al Waleed news station seeks staff

  |  October 10, 2012

Alarab, the TV-news station backed by Prince Al Waleed bin Talal, has launched a recruitment drive for 300 staff, one third of which it wants to be local Bahrainis.

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Arab ad market 'has potential to double'

  |  September 17, 2012

The billionaire behind one of India’s largest media companies says the Arab advertising market has the potential to double by 2016.

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Online ad associations click with Mideast

  |  September 6, 2012

Online ad associations click with Mideast
Anna Bager, vice president and general manager of the Interactive Advertising Bureau's mobile marketing arm, speaks at the Mobile Media Forum in Dubai. Photo: Charles Crowell for The National

Two trade associations specialising in digital advertising say they are interested in boosting their activities in the Middle East.

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Faster broadband promises $2bn boost

  |  September 6, 2012

Quadrupling broadband speeds in the UAE would give the local economy a $2.16 billion boost, according to Ericsson.

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Top 10 UAE websites

  |  September 4, 2012

It should come as no surprise that Facebook is the most popular website in the UAE, with over 77 per cent of internet users logging on to the social networking site.

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