Our Correspondent / EMIRATES BUSINESS Established in 1993, and headquartered in Valletta, Malta, InfiNet is one of the world’s largest privately owned Fixed Broadband Wireless Access (FBWA) design and manufacturing companies. In addition to their headquarters in Malta, the company have a state-of-the-art R&D facility in Ekaterinburg, Russia and a direct presence in sixteen countries (including the UAE and Saudi ...

Sunaina Rana / EMIRATES BUSINESS Kalyan Jewellers is one of most sought after jewellery brands in the Middle East. Starting its journey with a jewellery showroom in 1993 in India, it has enjoyed a long-standing presence in the market for over two decades. The brand has set a benchmark in quality, transparent pricing and innovation. Kalyan Jewellers made its foray ...

London / WAM Europe’s main stock markets pushed higher on Wednesday, shrugging off losses across Asia on the eve of a key meeting of the ECB as traders look for policy action from central bankers. The European Central Bank will almost certainly announce new stimulus measures at its policy meeting on Thursday, analysts said, as eurozone inflation turns negative and ...

ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued, in his capacity as Ruler of Abu Dhabi, a law amending provisions of the Law No. 1 for 2003 pertaining to the establishment of Etihad Airways Company. Under the law, the Board of Directors of Etihad Aviation Group shall also serve as the Board of ...

Bloomberg Torrential rain and electrical storms battered the UAE, shutting Abu Dhabi’s stock exchange and the city’s international airport. Schools were closed and roads across Dubai and other emirates were flooded. Wednesday’s trades at the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, the second-biggest in the Gulf Cooperation Council by market value, were cancelled, according to Al Arabiya TV. No one at the ...

Dubai / WAM Local developer Emaar Properties has invited selected companies to bid by March 22 for the estimated AED500m ($136m) contract to build its Opera Grand Residential Tower in Dubai. The project involves the construction of a 65-70 storey tower a four level basement, ground floor and podium with townhouses, and 56 residential floors with seven levels for services. ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Aldar Properties PJSC (Aldar), Abu Dhabi’s leading listed property development, investment and management company, has awarded an AED 318m contract for Al Jimi Mall’s refurbishment and expansion works to Pivot Construction Company. This investment is the latest component of Aldar’s recently announced AED 3 billion investment strategy. Al Jimi Mall remains a key retail asset in ...

ROTTERDAM / WAM A senior delegation, headed by Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, DEWA, is visiting the Kingdom of the Netherlands, aimed at strengthening ties, exchanging expertise, and promoting particip- ation by Dutch companies in the first Dubai Solar Show, which will be held in conjunction with the 18th Water, Energy, Technology, ...

ALKESH SHARMA / EMIRATES BUSINESS As IoT (Internet of Things) technology comes of age, UAE enterprises are in an immediate need to have cutting-edge solutions that provide the expanded capabilities to utilize the smart devices up to the optimum level. There is an apparent room available in the industry to have enhanced networks capable of supporting the pervasive nature of ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Under the sponsorship and guidance of Tawazun Economic Council (Tawazun), the joint venture named AgustaWestland Aviation Services between Abu Dhabi Aviation and the Helicopter Division of Finmeccanica which designs and manufactures helicopters, is now fully operational. The company provides helicopter spare parts and accessories, component repair and overhaul, helicopter technical testing, customisation, modification and upgrading, primarily ...