Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etisalat on Saturday announced that it has been awarded the Best Regional SMS Service Provider at the fifth annual Carrier Community (CC) Global Awards ceremony in Berlin. The CC Global Awards, which are independently judged by a panel of telecom analysts and experts, recognise innovations and achievements among telecom wholesale operators and ecosystem partners around ...
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RTA opens new bus route to serve Souk Al Marfa, improves 11 routes
Dubai / WAM Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is intending to launch a new route for public buses in Dubai and improve the services of three other bus routes starting this September 9. The move aims to expand the internal bus network and step up the integration of mass transit means in the emirate. The new route, which is named ...
Read More »Adihex highlights importance of women’s role in falconry
Abu Dhabi / WAM Women in Falconry is one of the main topics of the conference “The Future of Falconry”, which will be hosted in the next edition of Adihex in cooperation with Unesco and organised by Emirates Falconers’ Club and the International Association for Falconry and Conservation of Birds of Prey (IAF) which currently has 110 associations from 90 ...
Read More »Amazon Web Services to open data centres in UAE
Dubai / WAM The Dubai Investment Development Agency (Dubai FDI), the investment promotion agency of Dubai Economy, has welcomed the announcement by Amazon Web Services (AWS) of its plans to open data centres in the UAE in the first half of 2022. The new AWS Middle East (UAE) Region will consist of three Availability Zones and become AWS’s second region ...
Read More »DMCC registers record 204 new companies in August
Dubai / WAM DMCC, a Free Zone and Government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise, on Wednesday announced it recorded its best August on record since its establishment in 2002, with 204 new member companies registered, and best eight-month performance in seven years. This builds on the business district’s record-breaking success in recent months, with a strong performance ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi launches internet domain name to promote emirate
Abu Dhabi / WAM Under the supervision of the Higher Committee of Digital Government in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the Department of Government Support (DGS) represented by the Abu Dhabi Digital Authority (ADDA) has announced the official internet top level domain name for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, “.abudhabi”, which represents the digital identity of the emirate in the ...
Read More »Emirates to take delivery of final A380 in November this year
Dubai / WAM Emirates will receive three more A380 aircraft from Airbus this year with its last unit on order scheduled to join its fleet in November, bringing forward the original delivery timeline from June 2022. All three new A380s to be delivered will be fitted out with Emirates’ much lauded Premium Economy cabin as well as its latest A380 ...
Read More »UAE land ports receive travellers from Oman
AL AIN / WAM The UAE’s land ports have begun receiving travellers from Oman, after verifying the readiness of all ports and ensuring the implementation of national precautionary measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19). Khalifa Hamad Al Shamsi, Director of the Land Ports Department at the Public Authority for Security of Ports, Borders and Free Zones ...
Read More »Taliban to unveil government in days after US troops’ exit
Bloomberg The Taliban and other Afghan leaders have reached a “consensus†on the formation of a new government and cabinet under the leadership of the group’s top spiritual leader, an official said. Taliban supreme commander Haibatullah Akhundzada will be the top leader of any governing council, Bilal Karimi, a member of the group’s cultural commission said on Wednesday. Mullah Abdul ...
Read More »Adnoc awards offshore block rights to Pakistani consortium
ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) on Tuesday announced the signing of a historic exploration concession agreement, awarding exploration rights for Abu Dhabi’s Offshore Block 5 to a consortium of four Pakistani companies — Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL), Mari Petroleum Company Limited (MPCL), Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL), and Government Holdings (Private) Limited ...
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