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Sharjah / WAM Personnel from Sharjah’s Department of eGovernment (DeG) visited Sharjah International Airport, where they registered their details with the facility’s smart gate system. The visit came in line with the department’s commitment to supporting digital and electronic ventures that facilitate the ease of conducting procedures and which elevate the environment of Sharjah for its residents and visitors. “DeG’s ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), Abu Dhabi’s leading national entity for development aid, and the Government of Morocco have enjoyed strong bilateral ties dating back to 1974. The four-decade-long close relations continue to drive sustainable socio-economic development across key sectors that benefit the citizens of Morocco. To date, the Fund has supported Morocco with ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business The total value of 481 active transport projects exceeded AED 321.49 billion ($87.6 billion) in the first half of 2017, according to BNC Network, – the largest and most comprehensive construction intelligence service in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Of these, 364 projects with a combined value of $36.5 billion are road projects ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business A record total of 8.06 million international overnight tourists arrived in Dubai during the first six months of 2017, reflecting a stellar 10.6 percent increase over the same period last year. Figures released by Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) affirm the foundational strength, and sustained acceleration of the emirate’s tourism sector, as ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) participated in INNOPROM 2017, Russia’s largest international industrial trade fair, as part of its efforts to showcase Dubai’s potential as a global hub for emerging industries. The conference and exhibition, held in Ekaterinburg, featured a Dubai Chamber stand which provided visitors with an overview of the Dubai Industrial ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business The UAE’s market leader in innovation, Mashreq Bank, announced the launch of MashreqPay — a digital mobile wallet providing secure easy-to-use payment for purchases, anywhere in the world where cards are accepted and the merchant terminal has NFC (near-field-communication) capability. Since 2014, when Mashreq launched the first mobile contactless payment wallet with its Tap-n-Go sticker, the ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The UAE has officially submitted its candidacy for membership into the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Category B during its participation in the organization’s General Meetings held in London. The plenary sessions, which was chaired by His Excellency (HE) Abdullah Belheif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Infrastructure Development and Chairman, Federal Authority for Land and Maritime Transport, ...

Bloomberg Three hundred ten. That’s the electric range of a $44,000 version of Tesla’s Model 3, unveiled in its final form on July 28 night. It’s a jaw-dropping new benchmark for cheap range in an electric car, and it’s just one of several surprises Tesla had in store as it handed over the keys to its first 30 customers. Tesla ...

Bloomberg BT Group Plc is proposing a 600 million-pound ($788 million) plan to bring faster Internet coverage to the rural UK, to be paid for by charges to other broadband users. The former phone monopoly’s Openreach wholesale division by 2020 would build connections enabling broadband download speeds of at least 10 megabits per second for almost all of the remaining ...

Bloomberg AT&T Inc. named three new divisional chiefs to lead the company when its $85.4 billion takeover of Time Warner Inc. closes later this year. As reported earlier by Bloomberg News, John Stankey, who ran AT&T’s DirecTV division, will supervise integration planning for the merger and lead the Time Warner businesses after the deal closes, the company said. John Donovan, ...