DUBAI / WAM Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company, du, has entered into a ten-year co-location agreement with Emirates NBD to provide the organisation with third party data centre co-location services in the UAE. Emirates NBD will benefit from du’s ‘always-on’ and resilient data centre infrastructure which is supported by high-speed connectivity. Besides optimising operational expenses, Emirates NBD also gains direct ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, is leading the UAE trade and economic delegation to the Belt and Road Summit, which will be held in Hong Kong from May 18-19. The delegation includes Juma Al Kait, Assistant Under-Secretary for Foreign Trade at the Ministry of Economy; Saed Al Awadi, CEO of Dubai Export ...

  KHOBAR / Reuters State oil giant Saudi Aramco has awarded a $1 billion-plus contract to India’s Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Singapore-based Emas AMC for the expansion of the offshore Hasbah sour gas field, industry sources said. Increasing its supply of gas is a top priority for Saudi Arabia. Many industrial firms have complained about a shortage crimping expansion ...